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By *ensuallover1000 OP   Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

There’s been a plethora of weird and wonderful (and not so wonderful in many cases!) contraptions over the years that have all promised to tone us up, burn fat, strengthen our bodies and bulk us up like Hercules.

Equipment such as resistance bands, Ab rollers and Bullworkers are well known and certainly, during lockdown, sales of such shot up ten fold after gyms were closed.

Good folks: If you have used any alternatives to free weights, what have you tried and how would you rate it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I would do back squats with Mrs Wick on my shoulders.

The added bonus of being able to bone her after the session finished.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Door bar and resistance bands are good

I’ve also used bands hooked under the sofa legs to do abductors and adductors

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Barallettes and a pair of rings and I'm sorted. Bands are handy too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Parallettes

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By *obyn GravesTV/TS
over a year ago

1127 walnut avenue

a pick and shovel ..couple of months labouring work will get you as fit if not fitter than any gym goer

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By *he_Horny_VariantMan
over a year ago

manchester

Resistance bands are the greatest inventions, you have different tensile strengths and it works you at full range of movement

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"a pick and shovel ..couple of months labouring work will get you as fit if not fitter than any gym goer"

It'll get you fit at shovelling stuff. This is great if you like to shovel stuff.

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By *scobar67Man
over a year ago

glasgow

Pull up bar.

Resistance bands.

Press up board.. You can move the handles to target diff areas more... Tris/ back etc.

Another good one I saw was getting a deck of cards and flipping each card at a time... Whatever it shows you need to do that amount of squats / press-up / sit ups... Until you go through the full deck

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By *ensuallover1000 OP   Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

There’s been some rather gimmicky fads over the years which are admittedly rather interesting.

Equipment such as Gyro balls for instance.

I’ve never used one personally so cannot verify as to their efficacy; has anyone here ever had a go?

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By *heVonMatterhornsCouple
over a year ago

Lincoln

Smallish tins filled with sand and rocks. Pretty good actually, not exactly ergonomic, or even close to being calibrated but it worked

LvM

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By *he_Horny_VariantMan
over a year ago

manchester


"There’s been some rather gimmicky fads over the years which are admittedly rather interesting.

Equipment such as Gyro balls for instance.

I’ve never used one personally so cannot verify as to their efficacy; has anyone here ever had a go?

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They are actually quite good for forearms, it’s just that they build a different type of strength as oppose to building muscle

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By *ensuallover1000 OP   Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…


"There’s been some rather gimmicky fads over the years which are admittedly rather interesting.

Equipment such as Gyro balls for instance.

I’ve never used one personally so cannot verify as to their efficacy; has anyone here ever had a go?

They are actually quite good for forearms, it’s just that they build a different type of strength as oppose to building muscle "

I’d imagine they’re great for endurance

I watched a rather funny video of a guy purporting to be breaking a world record with one.

Full kudos to him but the look on his face as he used it was much akin to someone straining particularly hard on a toilet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Plenty on here I’d like to use as my punch bag

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By *929Man
over a year ago

newcastle

As already said, digging, shovelling swinging a sledgehammer ect

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yeah, hitting a tractor tyre with a big ol' sledgehammer, alternating arms each strike.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"There’s been a plethora of weird and wonderful (and not so wonderful in many cases!) contraptions over the years that have all promised to tone us up, burn fat, strengthen our bodies and bulk us up like Hercules.

Equipment such as resistance bands, Ab rollers and Bullworkers are well known and certainly, during lockdown, sales of such shot up ten fold after gyms were closed.

Good folks: If you have used any alternatives to free weights, what have you tried and how would you rate it?

"

Uphill wheelchairing. Brilliant for the shoulders, upper back, core and triceps.

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

Used to do handstand press ups, used to do that thing where you lay back with knees bent and stand vertical, bit too old and wobbly now though

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

I used 400 bags at time, loading the rear holds of a 757 aircraft. I used to do 5 a day.

It was good for upper body strength, add into that a bit of weight loss.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kettle bell, Sand Bag, Slam ball, Battle ropes, Punch bag, tractor tyre & resistance bands are my friends at home!… there’s something to be gained from simple but effective body weight exercises too! Everyone will have a preference, just do what feels right for you, so long as you’re moving …

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I keep being tempted by wall yoga.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

During the lockdowns, I used cushions for some kind of incline for a bench press

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By *ensuallover1000 OP   Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

I saw an odd device on one of the shopping channels a few months ago.

It resembled some scales which when one stands upon, vibrate and apparently (so the viewer was promised) burn calories like you wouldn’t believe.

Efficacious? I know not but it was rather funny to watch them demonstrate it whilst trying to talk at the same time

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By *tanley FunseekerMan
over a year ago

stanley


"There’s been a plethora of weird and wonderful (and not so wonderful in many cases!) contraptions over the years that have all promised to tone us up, burn fat, strengthen our bodies and bulk us up like Hercules.

Equipment such as resistance bands, Ab rollers and Bullworkers are well known and certainly, during lockdown, sales of such shot up ten fold after gyms were closed.

Good folks: If you have used any alternatives to free weights, what have you tried and how would you rate it?

"

Lifting my neice and nephew over my head when they were little , or bench pressing them. Decent workout but noisy and I got tired before they did

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I saw an odd device on one of the shopping channels a few months ago.

It resembled some scales which when one stands upon, vibrate and apparently (so the viewer was promised) burn calories like you wouldn’t believe.

Efficacious? I know not but it was rather funny to watch them demonstrate it whilst trying to talk at the same time "

Probably as effective as those electrical pad things that 'stimulate the muscles'. Gives you a six pack while you're sat on the sofa.

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By *oquars19458Man
over a year ago

sheffield

TRX

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