Question to the 1 or 2 people that know what's going on in here

[Lickitung]

I lost my gym membership a while back because I didn't rejoin due to health problems.

Now I'm doing better and I started exercising again.

I was wondering if this routine would be good enough even though I don't have much to work with.

What I did (here for the first time in forever that I exercised with my upperbody)

Was 3 sets of pushups (knuckle style arms straight and parallel with back) so it'd do my triceps and chest and I did about 20 of those 3 times (about 18 on the last set :thumbsdow).

I did that because the bar I have at the house is not as long or heavy as the real bars at the gym (my bar is about 30 pounds and a few inches shorter than the olympic bar).

Basically I think I did cleans for my main exercise (about 5 sets [12,10,8,6,4 reps]).

Where I'd bend over to the bar like I was about to grab it and pull back so it'd work my lower back but instead I held it up with my arms to my chest and then went back and I put it on my chest and should pressed it and put it down (SMOOTHLY not psychotic like the ones doing a ton of weight where they throw it down) and I repeated for as many reps as I was doing.

After that I did bicep curls with the same bar (Reps being [12,10,8,6,4])


Is this good enough to work all of my muscles? It's all I have to work with right now.


But damn it feels good to start exercising again :yes:

I'm also doing cardio 2 times a week so don't ask about that.

And of course I'll be changing up the reps to weight ratio to maintain a uncomfortable enviroment to gain muscles :yes:

[andre patton]

So you got a bar, and some plates, right?

Do you have a bench? If not, maybe you could pick one up from wal mart, or search craigslist for used weight lifting stuff. You can get it for the low if you got cashflow issues.

The only good thing pushups are good for is warming up. You're not going to add any muscle mass, burn any significant calories, or anything else. Its just going to rush blood to your pecs, tris, and delts.

For a mass building chest exercise you can do flat bench press, or incline. Both are good. If you can rig somethin up so you can do dips, that would be good too. I've seen people use their bathtub. If you can do a lot of them, start adding heavy ass books or weight plates on your thighs.

For shoulders, you can just use your bar/weights to do standing military presses. Clean the weight to your chest, then just push up.

For your back, cleans are good. You should definitely do deadlifts if you have enough weight. Bent over barbell rows are a must, too. Pullups are good. If you can do too many, put a backpack on and start adding books or weight plates to it.

Curls and skullcrushers are fine for your arms.

I would also recommend you do something for your legs. You can do front squats. Clean the weight to your chest just like a military, then just start squatting. You can also do **** squats. Get a vid off youtube if you dont know how to do those.

[Young City]

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[ddoubledash]

iight here's the deal, the human body is ment to adapt, so even if you do find 2-3 good excercises that you feel are good for you, your body will adapt and those excercises will do less damages to your muscle because your ripping the same strrands. now push ups, they are excelent, they are one of the few excercises you do that really focus on your core, which is the real determining factor in how much power/strength you have, what you want to do is alot more core than you do focusing on certain specific muscles, doing this will help you lift more and develop better. do things like pull ups, chin ups, sit ups, and push ups with many different variations (i know, boring) but thats the easiest and most efficient. if you want more tips p.m. me............... most importantly is ur nutriotion though<---- hardest but most important part