Summer is coming, and I plan to use the warmer weather to run more, lose fat, and improve my cardiovascular fitness. Gaining strength between now and the first snowfall of autumn is not as important to me, and probably only after then will I start thinking about how I can gain muscle mass. Even so, I'm starting to think about what home weight lifting equipment I should consider getting. Right now, I have almost nothing, just two 20 pound dumbbells, a door frame pull-up bar, and my own body weight. The barbells I use for curls. My biceps are still pathetically weak, but I nevertheless am ready to graduate to a higher weight for curls. I hope to be able to do pull-ups someday, but I've always been unable to really do them. So, the pull-up bar is currently set at about 2-1/2 feet so that I can pull myself up in sort of a reverse push-up position. (I'm not sure what that exercise is called.) I do push-ups and sit-ups. That's about the extent of my weight training.
As I've said on other threads, my goal is not to be extremely strong but to at least be reasonably strong and having the strength necessary to be a more explosive runner and jumper. I'm thinking that, depending on finances and stuff, I will want to invest in some weight equipment at some point within the next year. I'm open to different ideas, including some sort of home gym, but if there are simpler, cheaper options to acheive my objectives, that would be great. I'll spend a decent amount of money if it would likely be worth it, but I don't want to waste my money on something that would be way above what I need. It's not like I'm ever going to bench press 300 pounds. I wouldn't want anything that would require a spotter, so I can't imagine I'd have much use for barbells. We have a fair amount of space in our basement for stuff, so space isn't really a concern.
If you were in my position, what would you be looking to get?
As I've said on other threads, my goal is not to be extremely strong but to at least be reasonably strong and having the strength necessary to be a more explosive runner and jumper. I'm thinking that, depending on finances and stuff, I will want to invest in some weight equipment at some point within the next year. I'm open to different ideas, including some sort of home gym, but if there are simpler, cheaper options to acheive my objectives, that would be great. I'll spend a decent amount of money if it would likely be worth it, but I don't want to waste my money on something that would be way above what I need. It's not like I'm ever going to bench press 300 pounds. I wouldn't want anything that would require a spotter, so I can't imagine I'd have much use for barbells. We have a fair amount of space in our basement for stuff, so space isn't really a concern.
If you were in my position, what would you be looking to get?
