- The last 90 days have been an absolute disaster for my workout regimen between two moves and work. But now my home gym is now fully set up and I'm ramping back up to where I was before everything went to hell.
home gym flex (not me flexing, just the set up)
- if you are in the market for equipment for home, highly recommend the NUOBELL adjustable dumbbells. Same idea as the Bowflex version, but wayyyyy less bulky and much smoother adjustment. They're not cheap, but the 5-80 lb version is cheaper per set than equivalent individual DBs for those weights. the Bells of Steel lat pulldown cable system is also very smooth. My husband had a hell of a time putting it together, but it's been perfect for us so far. (Plus: Bells is based out of Indy, and they will give you a pretty significant discount if you pick up the equipment rather than shipping it.)
- Did day one of my second run of
this "powerbuilding" 10-wk program last night. I ran it this spring/early summer and it was manageable in terms of volume/recovery. As much as I love maxing out and how sad I am I'm not actively training to compete in powerlifting anytime soon, this gave me a nice balance of muscle building/strength and improvement in cardio/work capacity. I modified certain movements and used specialty bars (cambered bar, SSB, duffalo bar, etc.) and deadlift variations (blocks, pins, bands, etc.) the first time I ran it to satisfy my conjugate training itch and was pleasantly surprised at the results. You can also skip the 4th day (shoulders) or sub it for something else without missing much if you want more cardio or your shoulders are trash.
