home gym routine

H22A4 said
You’ll use it for the first bit or so and then, eventually by next Spring, it will sit unused and be a massive dust collector, clothes rack or car parts hanger. Most home workout equipment goes unused after a while......

well, here we are, three years later and im still using it
i will admit there has been times where it set dormant for a few weeks, maybe even a month but ive always been getting back into it

in fact, my boy just turned 13 a few weeks ago and me and him have been working out together
pretty cool

diymirage said
been about two weeks and i think ive been using it a good 5 days a week
heres the routine im using

800 reps on the bike as a warm up

then 3 sets of 10-15 reps of the following

low pulley shrugs, #4 (60 lbs)
preacher curls, #4 (60 lbs)
leg extensions, #6 (80 lbs)
flat chest press, #6 (96 lbs)
butterflies, #6 (40 lb per arm)
behind the neck pull down, #6 (80 lbs)
frontal pull down, #7 (90 lbs)
high pulley ab crunch #6 (80 lbs)

then i add this 7 minute abb work out

and finally 400 more reps on the bike to cool down

the whole drill take me about an hour and 15 minutes

havent noticed any weight changes, or flattening of the stomach, but i have noticed some muscle growth on my arms

so, where are we a few years later?
new numbers in red

low pulley shrugs, #4 (60 lbs) #9, 110 lbs
preacher curls, #4 (60 lbs) #6, 80 lbs
leg extensions, #6 (80 lbs) somehow this one got out of the mix
flat chest press, #6 (96 lbs) #8, 122 lbs
butterflies, #6 (40 lb per arm) #8, 50 lbs per arm
behind the neck pull down, #6 (80 lbs) #11, 130 lbs
frontal pull down, #7 (90 lbs) #10, 120 lbs
high pulley ab crunch #6 (80 lbs) #7, 90 lbs

so im pretty pleased to see there is some gain there, but i did stop doing the athlean, man, that was just brutal

RustyRatRod said
Kitty and I have been thinking about getting one of the Total Gym models. We have a nice treadmill. It's not always nice out for a walk so we could take advantage of those inside. Does anybody have a Total Gym? you know, the Chuck Norris one?

if i would start over id look into a blowflex, i have seen probably a half dozen for free over the last year on craigslist