Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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NEED HELP i need a substitute for weight

arjunarora
arjunarora
Posts: 1
Joined: 2005/07/05
Canada
2005/07/08, 08:53 PM
Hi im 14 and i dont have and free weights i cant get them right now cause im low on cash does anyone know wwhat i can use instead of free weights??:dumbbell::(
sivysivy
sivysivy
Posts: 391
Joined: 2005/02/11
United States
2005/07/10, 11:51 PM
Try bands-- you should be able to get some at walmart.
GuyIncognito
GuyIncognito
Posts: 63
Joined: 2004/01/10
United States
2005/07/11, 04:02 AM
You can also adapt some callisthenic exercises eg. do pressups with your hands on two dining room chairs, do sissy squats for your legs and calf raises on one leg at a time using the stairs in your house. You can also improvise with stuff you may have around the house - eg. lateral raises with tins of food. Keeping your reps high doing a program put together with these kinds of exercises should get you off to a good start. Alternatively, there are also Charles Atlas type exercises (technical name for them escapes me), many examples of which you can find at http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/compindex.htm.

Good luck.

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