Progress
I’ve been lifting since February 2010 and still LOVE every minute of it!
Here’s where I’ll post progress info!
Sidenote– I work out at home and use a barbell set with plates, dumbbells, a lifting bench with flyes and extension/leg curl attachments, a homemade squat rack, and a pullup bar.
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May 2010
(a few months after I started lifting heavy)
July 2012
(before I lost mass)
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September 2012
Journey Back to Strength
(progress with my bodybuilding coach)
ooooo hey! so you work out at home! Me too…currently I have dumbbells and it’s going pretty good, I’m finding I need more weight for my legs so I started doing bulgarian split squats and goblet squats. Any recommendations? Also do you know of an alternative to a pull up bar? I can’t have one right now due to the framework in my house. any suggestions would be great… awesome progress btw!!!!
Brandi
Hey girl!! Hooray for a fellow at-home lifter!
Regarding legs– have you ever thought about investing in a barbell and plates? I bought a set at Sports Authority awhile back and it’s been one of the best purchases I’ve ever made fitness-wise.
And I’ve found dumbell pullovers to be a great alternative to pullups, as well as a “barbell pullup” like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXWABu7qXfc
Hope that helps a bit!!
Hey thanks for responding! So I invested in an olympic barbell and some weights wooo… I just saw your post on making your own squat rack… omg genius! The only problem for me is I am still living at home and there is no way my mom would let me have something like that in our recroom lol…. I was thinking maybe my bedroom but it’s tiny… man, If I can fit a 7ft barbell in my room and do some squats, I’m doing it. I don’t care….I wanna SQUAT! I’m assuming it would be ok to do barbell pullups on the homemade rack? Anywho, Im liking the home workouts. Yay for us being self motivated. Hey, I find that when I am squating more so on sumo squats my groin area is so sore and right under my butt. I always get that soreness. By now I would think my adductors would have strengthened. *sigh.
So I will let you know how I make out with the placement of the squat rack hehehehe.
Brandi
Awesome!!!! That would be so freaking cool to have it in your room– we can be squat rack buddies ;D Can’t wait to hear all about it, girl! By the way, you seriously ROCK. I mean, your excitement for working out at home is contagious, it’s making me wanna go lift right now haha!! Have a great day Brandi!
I think it’s awesome that you workout at home! I was wondering if you have and good leg workouts that use only dumbbells or body weights? And how many times a week you train your legs? I have a leg extension machine at my house but no barbell. I need to gain some weight and really want to gain mostly muscle, mind me asking if you count your calories? I think my biggest issue is not eating enough.
Hey girl!
Hope that helps!
I can’t think of any workouts off the top of my head, but http://www.bodybuilding.com has A TON to choose from, you should totally check them out!
I hit legs twice a week currently– a heavy day and a light day.
And I recently stopped counting calories because it was stressing me out too much and I was developing an unhealthy habit out of it. If you want to add lean mass, most experts say to eat around 500 cals above your maintenance (which can be calculated via multiple online calculators). As long as you eat enough, get good rest and lift heavy, in time, you’ll make progress for sure!!