the one year deadline doesn't just apply to dieting...
i'm referring to the saying "a year from now, do you still want to be staring at the starting line wondering if it's your turn yet?"
one of the things that's held me back from weightlifting is, well.... there's no gym. we have one of those chi-chi-foo-foo "curves" type rigs but it's absolutely no help at all for what i want and they limit how long you're allowed in the club (probably bec it measures 15x20 and if there's more than 3ppl in at the same time, it's a problem).
the nearest ***gyms*** - with, you know, actual *poundage* on an actual *weight rack* - are a 40min drive in one direction or an hour drive in the other.
i looked into buying my own set and the sticker shock once the shipping was added nearly finished off what the hypertension started.
today i was at the pharmasave in town and happened to pass by their dinky little "fitness" section. as usual, right down at the bottom shelf just above the floor, there were the barbie weights - brightly coloured, 1lb, 2lb, and 4lb. as usual, i picked up the 4lb weight trying to see if there was *something* i could do with it but... no.
this time, though, something made me look behind them - WAY behind. and there, rolled all the way to the back, was a black dumbbell. i grabbed it and thought "oo! heft!" - it's a 10lb-er!
only the one - nobody knows what happened to the other and the price tag on it is yellow with age - but you know what? it's a start!
one year from now, i could still be moping about not having access to a gym or i could have maybe a cpl more dumbbells but one thing's for sure: i'm gonna have great biceps!
Last edited by threenorns; 03-31-2012 at 06:16 PM.
it's an hour's drive to the nearest *macdonald's*, lol.
for now, i'll keep using my resistance bands (which is getting a bit ridiculous: i bought the "extra heavy duty" ones and i'm using them tripled up) and my 10lb dumbbell but eventually, I WANT A FREAKIN' WEIGHT SET - 45lb olympic bar and plates in 5lb, 10lb, 25lb, and 45lb increments on an ugly home-welded rack.
i want the floor covered with ugly black rubber matting.
i want chalk dust floating in the air.
i want Zatox or HeadHunterz on the radio being DJ'd by Nikkita.
i want powerlifting and MMA champions postered all over the walls.
i want the cops hammering at the door bec someone reported a wild animal has been locked in the garden shed.
and who knows - maybe some of the dweebs around town will have something else to do than sloth around under the bridge smoking pot all day.
sorry - i'm a little frustrated.
Last edited by threenorns; 03-31-2012 at 07:13 PM.
Probably a long shot for you, but keep your eye out on Craigslist too for as far as you are willing to drive. People dump fitness stuff for cheap all the time.
yeah - i've been eyeballing kijiji, craigslist, and freecycle but i don't drive. right now, i'm a G1 and we can't afford the insurance hike for me to get my G2 yet. probably not for another year. but i'm looking.... =S
This is a serious question. I am baffled because after reading your first post where you say "...one of the things that's held me back from weightlifting..."
Of course do whatever feels right for you, but I'm going to second John on this one. You can do the entire P90X series with just resistance bands and a pull-up bar, and trust me when I say that it is a killer strength training routine.
Actually I'm not a fan of P90x. Too much exercise for the average person to commit to. If someone is in good shape and wants to get in better shape than P90x is good but as a fat loss tool or a muscle gain tool I think there are better options. P90x is really a muscle endurance/cardio routine dispite the marketing campaign.
Probably a long shot for you, but keep your eye out on Craigslist too for as far as you are willing to drive. People dump fitness stuff for cheap all the time.
i want to get back into powerlifting. there's a strongman competition should be happening this september and it'd be nice to do better than the 3rd place i took in 2010.
Actually I'm not a fan of P90x. Too much exercise for the average person to commit to. If someone is in good shape and wants to get in better shape than P90x is good but as a fat loss tool or a muscle gain tool I think there are better options. P90x is really a muscle endurance/cardio routine dispite the marketing campaign.
I wasn't advocating that she do P90X, I was just using it as an example of strength training without free weights. Though I do P90X and personally I don't think the cardio is challenging enough, so I substitute other workouts and just do the strength training.
the one year deadline doesn't just apply to dieting...
