Fittness Things to do in the Home

Anonymous
Anonymous Posts: 79,666
edited February 2010 in Health, fitness & training
I was wondering if anyone knew any ways I could get fit, but in the house, and cheaply

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  • rhyko7
    rhyko7 Posts: 781
    LMAO run up and down your stairs
    get a 2nd hand excercise bike or Xtrainer.
    just get some cheap roadie type tyres & some cheapy lights then get out and ride!
    although its a pain in the arse changing tyres all the time :(
    Dont look at it-ride it! they are tools not f*cking ornaments

    my riding:
    http://www.youtube.com/user/rhyspect

    Some of my Rides Data/maps:
    http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/Users/527337
  • Surf-Matt
    Surf-Matt Posts: 5,952
    Skipping rope, punchbag and some cheap weights.

    Use each correctly with body weight exercises and thou shalt be fit and toned for very few pennies.
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,183
    sit ups, fighting with the other half?
  • Paulie W
    Paulie W Posts: 1,492
    Check out Charles Bronson's (the long term prisoner not the actor) Solitary Fitness. In amongst the wierdness there are some great routines for staying fit which use absolutely no equipment and require a very small (cell like in fact) space to do!
  • loamy
    loamy Posts: 154
    bigbenj_08 wrote:
    sex?

    you mean you guys get that cheap? i need to change my supplier.

    yeh press-ups and sit ups are a good idea, if you put it into youtube you get loads of videos sudgesting different routines and exercises. then its just a case of motivation and persiverance.

    hope that helps atleast a little.
  • bigbenj_08 wrote:
    sex?
    Its very kind but no thanks. :wink:
    I just want to say good luck.... we are all counting on you.
    199? Well used Orange Elite,RC35s. My only bike
  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,694
    Buy the following: Total Gym, prob get one on EBAY for under a ton. Works really well.
    Argos Medicine ball, 28 quid.
    Argos weights/dumbells, about 25 quid.
    Argos resistance set, bag full of variious rubber bands/tubes. 20 quid.

    One of those things you see on the TV, you can do chin ups, press us etc. It fits onto the door frame, about 25 quid or so.
    Turbo/ and an old bike, for bad weather training, sprints etc. About 50 quid.

    I've got all the above, plus loads more and I use them all the time. No excuse not to train with a bit of snow around...
  • Step Ups onto a solid table/dining chair, with good technique great glut exercises for all us cyclists with Glut insomnia...!
    Think how strong u cud b.........
    Couple of 5 spots, a hummer and a handjob.....
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    Do you want to get fit, or strong?

    How many sessions do you plan?

    I do at least one session of hip flexor stretching, glute exercises and core work. Maybe with some strength stuff consisting primarily of squat jumps some sort of hamstring exercise (to do the antagonist). Then a cardio session.
  • god1406
    god1406 Posts: 554
    Get a pull up bar, I got one for about a tenner off Amazon a while ago and do a few sets if I get bored of work.

    Also, I'll second the recommendation of sex :)
  • Press ups, air squats, burpees, sit ups
    Do 100 of each, time it, go faster the next time.
  • Surf-Matt
    Surf-Matt Posts: 5,952
    100 press ups might be a wee bit ambitious...!
  • Surf-Matt wrote:
    100 press ups might be a wee bit ambitious...!
    Not in one set ;) I think my breakdown tends to go 25-18-10-5-2-2-2-2-2-2.....1.

    It takes a while, and that's the point - keeps you working for longer as well as building the chesticles.
  • 26 to Life wrote:
    Surf-Matt wrote:
    100 press ups might be a wee bit ambitious...!
    Not in one set ;) I think my breakdown tends to go 25-18-10-5-2-2-2-2-2-2.....1 and anyway, it's 100 burpees that'll kill ya!

    Perhaps start at 50 of each and build up. If it takes more than half an hour you're allowed to change the rules to "see how far through the workout I can get in 30 minutes".
  • Surf-Matt
    Surf-Matt Posts: 5,952
    Burpees are hard work - they were a favourite when we did kickboxing training - I often led the class. Very good all round conditioner. Did a lot of them in the RM POC Fitness Test too - after which I was very nearly sick. :oops: :lol:

    My home workout kit consists of:

    1 pull up bar (Powerbar - much kinder to doorframes!)
    1 heavy (30kg) punch bag - which I hang off the pull up bar (it can take 100kgs)
    1 skipping rope

    2 sets of dumbells (variable weights)
    1 barbell

    2 stout chairs

    1 settee with solid "arms"

    1 swiss ball

    1 exercise mat.

    This is more than enough.

    The home routine twice a week, also run, cycle and surf a lot) , which takes about 40 mins is:

    A few minutes punchbagging
    A few minutes skipping

    Stretch

    10 Lunges with 2 x 15kg dumbells
    10 One legged squats with 2 x 15kg
    40 calf raises (step needed) with 2 x 15kg

    10 normal press ups then (no rest) 10 clapping press ups
    45 press ups with a hand on a chair and feet on swiss ball (good for core stability) going lower than "ground" level
    20 press ups with a each hand on a dumbell (more intense)

    20 pulls ups
    15 single arm bent over rows with 20kgs (using a sofa arm to lean on) each side

    10 handstand press ups
    20 lateral raises with 10kg in each hand

    10 "chinese" press ups (hard to explain but very tricky
    15 one arm triceps overhead presses with 15kg

    20 bicep curls (15kg each arm)
    12ish concentration curls (15kg)

    80 crunches
    20ish leg raises hanging off the pull up bar

    Stretch

    Beer.
  • soy_sauce
    soy_sauce Posts: 987
    Wii Fit.
    "It is not impossible, its just improbable"

    Specialized Rockhopper Pro Disc 08
  • tsenior
    tsenior Posts: 664
    keep fit and save money: log burning stove

    find wood, carry wood to vehicle, load wood, unload wood, chop wood, split wood, stack wood

    sit back in front of stove and think of the gas bill.

    never really done excercise for its own sake, not enough hours in the day as far as i'm concerned: theres always jobs to be done or fun to be had which provide a workout as a side benefit.
  • Surf-Matt
    Surf-Matt Posts: 5,952
    Naaah - we've got an open fire and a log gathering mission is too easy.
  • tsenior
    tsenior Posts: 664
    you hero :wink:

    knackers me.
  • scad2k
    scad2k Posts: 9
    Argos have a sale on gym stuff. Get yourself a bike or cross trainer.

    I bought a cross trainer last year and love it. Do two hours on that and you know you have had a good work out
  • Recently i bought iron Gym chinning bar. It's very easy to set, no need to screw it into the door.... nice way to work all uper body...
    If I can bicycle, I bicycle.
    David Attenborough
  • tvi_82
    tvi_82 Posts: 32
    Get a kettlebell, heavy dumbbells, pullup bar for your door frame and your sorted.

    Have a look on the following sites

    Ross Enamait, his books/forum is awesome!
    Dragondoor, for the kettlebell stuff
    BodyWeightCulture.com if you dont want to buy any weights/kettlebell.