mr. bill


I’ve been learning more and more that if want to effectively lose weight i will have to start strength training. I’ve done a little research but I don’t really have enough money to invest in much equipment right now. I have some dumbells lying around, and thats about it. Are there exercises I can do using only these, plus other things like pushups that i can do to build muscle? Or will i have to bite the bullet and invest in more equipment like a weight bench + more weights?

2 Responses to “Tips for beginning strength training?”

1. Shannon L on August 24th, 2009 11:10 pm

   Old school workouts don’t require expensive machines. Even if you didn’t have dumbbells you could use soup cans. For optimum fat burn you want to spend about 4 days on cardio and 3 days on weights. Alternate these days or do something like:

   Sunday: Cardio – 45 min.
   Monday: Shoulders & Arms – 1 hr. & Abs – 15 min.
   Tuesday: Cardio – 45 min.
   Wednesday: Legs & Back – 1 hr. & Abs – 15 min.
   Thursday: Cardio – 45 min.
   Friday: Chest, Shoulder & Triceps – 1 hr. & Abs – 15 min.
   Saturday: Stretch – 1 hr. or Rest

   I’ve adapted this from Beachbody’s P90X program. My husband are doing pretty much that combination (we’re following the guide, I just don’t have it on me to make the daily routine specific). We’ve both had great results, cut our body fat percentage and have built nice muscles. I hope this helps! Whatever you do, just keep it up, be patient and you’ll get results. Healthy diet always is good too!

2. RockaSta on August 27th, 2009 2:28 pm

   hello, get a gym membership. if u want muslces u need to work ur body harder than u have worked it before each time in order to send a signal to ur body to gain more muscle. go for 3 sets 6-8 reps. just doing pushups wont build muslce but it will tone it

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