I have been following ppl from reddit but mainly just the push/pull. On leg days I only do body weight stuff due to my knees that just can’t handle any stress from weights whatsoever. My bench and ohp have been progressing but my deadlift has been in the same spot the past 5-7 weeks. Is this because I’m not getting my legs trained hard enough? If so what would you all suggest I do.
Like many people, I'm trying to find gym substitutes. One way I have cooped is that I found some car straps and cinder blocks. I have been using them for farmer's walks.
The problem is this setup makes it so I can't do them the traditional way with my palms facing my body. Instead I have to hold them either underhanded or over handed (kind of like doing bar deadlifts). I have been walking them up and down my hilled sidewalk. I've been doing underhand up the hill and overhand down the hill.
Which arm direction would be better? Would the direction I'm walking on the hill decided the best arm direction?
The metal rack is scrap from powerline towers.
The 2x4s and screws are from old election signs.
The yoga mat and plywood were purchased in their own. So that was 25 dollars.
The rest was just stuff I had lying around - we decided to just use the timeless method of Montage to save some time to show building and testing.
I'm working on a rack that'll be steadied by a 2" towing receiver so I can go full homeless and still be able to workout.
So Im 17M and obese. When I was 15 I lost 12KG and reached barely normal weight by just walking and eating less but I gained it all back. Now instead of just doing cardio I decided to start lifting.
At my home we have this ball with a mug-like handle pointed upwards. I don't know if it's a dumbbell since English isn't my first language. Anyway I have basically 0 muscles and it weighs 6KG.
I started yesterday by lifting it 12 times with both arms and did some squats after that. I did that 3 times so 36 times total both arms + the squats which I didn't really count.
When I went to sleep I felt normal but I woke up at 4 and my left arm hurt like hell. This whole day I haven't been able to extend it fully straight without it hurting really bad. When I rest my arms it automatically points forward by a pretty big amoun because it won't go straight.
Anyway I know it's normal and I'm not worried about lasting damage but I was wondering if I should ditch lifting entirely untill I can leave the house and by better weights. The other alternative is using the same weights but only doing 8 or so reps instead of 12. I don't know if that's effective because so that's what I'm asking.
Bonus question is it worth it if I can't get much protein in my diet? I'm basically just eating what my mom makes every day and some days I eat absolutely no protein as far as I am aware. I don't know if my mom would appreciate sponsoring me with protein powder and I don't really fancy buying it myself being a teenager and all
Edit: going to sleep so will not reply to comments for about 7 hours
