I was running on a treadmill I got for free, but my knee is mess up and I can’t even handle that. I’m looking for a free stationary bike to keep up on my cardio. But what are some effective workouts to do without any equipment? I just recently started with 3 sets of 20 push-ups, 3 sets of 20 lunges, 3 sets of 15 squats, 3 sets of 20 knee to elbow touches. Any input is appreciated!

  • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    if those things are easy for you, find progressions for each movement to make them harder.

    I'm using this guy's pushup progression because I want to do one-handed ones

    I usually aim to do 3 sets of 6 pushups and then move to the next one, going to failure on the new version then going until tired on the old version (still 3 sets of 6+ pushups of some variety).

    AthleanX on youtube has a lot of gimmicky videos, but if you have a specific workout you want a progression on they have good stuff too.

  • aaro [they/them, she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Make sure you get your leg muscle stretches in! It's not a workout but I have a messed up knee too and it's only ever gotten better and stayed better after stretching for extended periods of time.

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Russian twists!

    Yoga! (<-- very important to prevent cramps)

    Planks!

    Chair dips!

    Leg lifts!

    Crunches and Reverse Crunches!

    A lot of these are core, but core strength adds to every other strength so you should train it every time.

  • MarxistHedonism [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    I’m definitely not an expert, but here are some of the low/no equipment exercises I do with my trainer:

    • Hip bridges, you can also just put something heavy on your stomach if it’s too easy with just your body weight
    • Mountain climbers. You can do this on the floor or something around bench/couch height if you need to modify.
    • We do a ton of variations of step ups/step downs, you would need something stable to step onto. Doesn’t have to be very high but you might need to hold weight if you feel you’re not being challenged.
    • Planks
    • Wall sits
    • There’s also lots of ways to modify squats like sumo squats, one-legged squats and probably a lot more.

    I don’t do these, but you could also do burpees or jumping jacks.

  • Rod_Blagojevic [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    50 burgers/50 situps. Then 40/40, 30/30, 20/20, 10/10.

    You can adjust the intensity based on how you're feeling.