Gymns closed blessing in disguise?

Doing things at home for workouts I haven’t done in years without machines or weights and I’m sore as shite.
Good for the body and nice to get a gym break. Just hope it doesn’t go past mid April or I’ll go nuts.

It’s honestly pretty impressive how good of a workout you can get with body weight

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Anyone taking advantage of this down time to let joints recover?

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frick no.

More lifting at home now. I have a near full gym at the house. This will get me using it regularly. I hope it continues (me using the home gym) so I can supplement my usual CF classes with more strength and cardio at home when everything gets back to normal.

Thread title is right on, I definitely agree with you.

However, most people will never get strong enough where they need to let there joints recover unless the are either on juice and and/or have too much volume or weight in their workouts which leads to form and posture breakdowns and eventually significant injuries.

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Anyone taking advantage of this down time to let joints recover? Gotten to the age where muscles are stronger than joints. Might be a good time to let the joints recover and recharge. Do just cardio.

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I’m right there with you except Im still doing some resistance work

With gyms closed and working from home everyday (and not traveling for work) , I’ve been using this time to let my body recover and get in extra cardio. At home, I have a treadmill, rogue echo bike, old airdyne bike and standard mountain bike. I’ve been incorporating at least 1 of these everyday


For resistance training, I’ve been using a variety of resistance bands doing upper and lower body splits. I also have a pull-up bar setup in my garage with TRX bands as well. I’m not sure that I want to invest in a barbell and plates for home use (space is at a premium in the garage)

I’ve found several good workouts online from John Meadows, John Russin and a few others . The resistance band workouts have been surprisingly good and challenging. I’m getting good muscle pumps with them

I have been doing some off the wall shite with sandbags and working on my BJJ and cardio. I think I have been a closet cross fitter my whole life.

Yeah that’s a good point. I hit that wall today but I started running with a 65lb sandbag on my back and that brought the suck back.

I hate it. I'm not as disciplined at home. I'm also less disciplined with my diet.

Hate it as I paid for the year, even thought its only $160. Judt do better at the gym.

But i do have P90, P90-3 and Insanity on a thumb drive. So kids and I doing those

I’m shrinking since I can’t do the variety and intensity of same at home.