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I have a home gym / treadmill desk setup at home. I also don't own a dedicated power-rack yet or olympic bar and I've found I can get by fine just using an iron
by Kagerjay 9y ago
I have a home gym / treadmill desk setup at home. I also don't own a dedicated power-rack yet or olympic bar and I've found I can get by fine just using an ironmaster-superbench with dip bar and pullup station. I walk at 1.6mph on my treadmill desk while playing rocket league as a pre-warmup before working out, because I don't take preworkout or caffeine.
I don't like going to the gym since everytime I want to use the power-rack after work its usually occupied and it throws my workout schedule out of tempo.
I tried following 5x5 stronglifts / greyskull program but it wasn't to my liking.
I follow reddits r/bodyweightfitness program recommended routine. https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/kb/recommended_routine https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/kb/recommend.... I follow it verbatim. Its essentially a fullbody workout & callisthetics. I like this since its easy-to-remember, has clear progressions laid out, and has a big emphasis on warmup and equal emphasis on skillwork.
Each workout takes ~1.5 hours of time. 20 minutes to do skillwork (handstands, dip holds) & warmup to prevent injuries. 1 Hour to actually do the workout. 10 Minutes to do post-recovery via muscle massage.
I workout 2-3 days of the week. It only takes ~4 hours on average of working out/ week and I see a lot of results for the small amount of time I spend. Normally I'll watch TV inbetween sets.
I did lots of research of what supplements to take and how I want to take them.
- Creatine
- Whey Protein
- Fish oil tablets
The 3 above supplements are well established and researched for muscular growth, with no long term side effects. Creatine made a big difference when I stagnated on muscle progression. You can opt to take other supplements like multivitamins, Vitamin D if you live up north, ZMA for increased recovery, etc.
I usually can't bother to remember when to actually take supplements, so I have the following routine, when I wake up and only after post workout
- PROTEIN SHAKE (20 oz shaker bottle) = 30g Protein Powder + 5g Creatine (2.5g for postworkout) + 50% SoyMilk (Silk Vanilla Brand) + 50% Water + 2 fish oil tablets in morning. It tastes good, healthy, requires no absolutely no effort, and soymilk has a shelf-life of 2 months. I normally prep this in <1 minutes, then get dressed while downing my shake so I can spread out 20 oz of liquid over a longer span of time. I normally use 50% soymilk and 50% water as a mix because the shake needs to taste good enough (soymilk), while at the same time soluble enough for protein powder (water). This also hits 3 of 8 glasses of water requirements I need / day.
Whenever I workout, I don't use an app, count calories, or anything like that. Its far too much effort to keep track of. I keep a simple moleskin notebook. I write down what weight rating I get for evey set. I write specific notes on whether my form was good or not. I add any notes about how I felt that day (was I sick, was I on vacation for some time, did I sleep well the night before, etc?).