Been like this for most the pandemic at this point, with small spurts of a month or so trying to get a routine going.
I have a kettle bell, some small 4 lb hand weights, and a very small yard. That's my exercise equipment. There's also a bike, but my anxiety wants me to work my way up to that since I'm on a major road with a lot of hill.
Advice on where to start? Like I said big scary road, lots of hills, so don't want to start with jogging and biking yet. But need to get cardio somewhere.
Gym is still bad, I'm in the south and covid freaks me out.
Here's a set of exercises that should get most things:
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V-ups
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Kettlebell rows (bent, not upright)
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Pushups
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Bicycle crunches(edit: wait you have a kettlebell, do the Russian Twist) -
Squats
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Lunges
Do 10-15 of each (edit: rows, bicycle crunches, the Russian Twist, and lunges are two-sided, so you end up doing twice that many), restart at the top, go through the whole thing three times in a session, then evaluate whether you need to add/remove more weight or difficulty for next time (you want your last lap to be struggling, not dying). Do the whole routine three times a week. Go for a walk on off days, adding a little running when you feel like it. If something isn't working for you, you want to add more, or you're bored of a specific exercise, ask.
If you'd like to take less time per session or emphasize strength, you can instead do the first half some days, and the second half others. If you don't like counting or want to emphasize cardio, you can instead do one exercise for 45 seconds, take a 15 second break, and move to the next, going through the laps (a tabata timer will help).
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Check /r/bodyweightfitness on :reddit-logo: it's usually pretty good, and they've got a great routine, if you can find a place to do pullups.
P.S: Find a place to do pullups. Shit's important. If you're willing to put in any money at all, pullup bars are cheap as hell. Also bands if you can't do an unassisted pullup will be necessary.
Forgot about that! I got into BWF awhile back and it helped me out of a similar position like ~6 years ago. I'll go over it again.
Walking the road is a thing you can start with if you don't feel up to jogging or biking yet. That's where I started and I need to get back to it.
Pretty obvious I should be walking it first to work my way up now, idk why I didn't think of that lmao
couch to 5k works pretty well for me, im not a serious runner but i do run in 3-4 times a week from spring-fall so when spring rolls around I hit it to get back into the groove.
fuck running in the snow, its not even nice running when its -35, fuckers cant drive and slide everywhere
Just afraid of cars atm, my road is fucking wild because it's a known local "short cut" aka a neighborhood where people drive 60 through it because cops never fucking go down it
yea i feel that, love sharing a road with a 1 ton metal machine going 50 times as fast as me while an idiot inside fiddles with a cellphone and a dunkin donuts coffee. do you have a public school, college or community centre close by? when i lived in a bigger city a school had a dirt track that was free to use after the kids left.
There's a park not too far, i'll try heading there and see how I feel on a good day this coming week. Part of my issues is the agoraphobia the fucking lockdown added onto my already bad anxiety, so I'm looking to slowly break out of that shell with some exercise. But this sounds alright so long as I figure out which days there aren't a lot of folks
good idea, its always best to start in small doses. I use google maps to find potential routes and to measure distances.
best of luck comrade, getting my heart pumping is my favourite part of the day, i hope it goes well for you
sounds dumb but just do bodyweight fitness stuff from youtube or the internet. if you're that out of shape, basically any movement is good movement.
some of those 20 minute videos can actually kick your ass if you haven't been doing much.
There are bike trainer stands that convert your regular bike into a stationary bike.
Also I'm poor, so if I should buy something it can't be too much
as a poor, i've been looking at stuff on craigslist and facebook and it's all still so expensive.
literally just find heavy things. fill a backpack with books and do squats or whatever.
but if you're looking for general fitness, bodyweight can be okay too. you won't get huge and jacked, but you can still get into a better position.
