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    Question Anyone from the UK?

    Hi guys,

    Wanted to ask to all UK people how they are getting on with their home training? What kind routine you following and how you coping during lockdown? It seems gyms wont start to re open until July earliest and it’s crap. I’m struggling with motivation and sticking to workouts since I love the gym and the whole process of going to the gym. Let me know how you’re getting on + any advice!

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    waiting on a barbell then back to lifting
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    Originally Posted by WolfRose7 View Post
    waiting on a barbell then back to lifting
    Have you trained at all during lockdown?
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    Trying to train following link in my sig line, but mixed progress just can't manage handstand and frog (crow) stand. Keep trying, maybe eventually?

    I don't enjoy calisthenics that much, greatly prefer barbell but hoping it's a lot better than doing nothing! It might even be doing me good where I'm filling in gaps by doing something totally different that I'm not good at
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    Originally Posted by ben1500 View Post
    Hi guys,

    Wanted to ask to all UK people how they are getting on with their home training? What kind routine you following and how you coping during lockdown? It seems gyms wont start to re open until July earliest and it’s crap. I’m struggling with motivation and sticking to workouts since I love the gym and the whole process of going to the gym. Let me know how you’re getting on + any advice!

    Cheers
    I've got a very shaky squat rack with no safeties and a bench with a weight capability that I'm overloading but I'm making do. Sooner the gyms reopen the better especially from a safety aspect haha
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    Yep Britain's ocean city here.

    Not too bad I have a home gym set up already even if my weights are not ideal using one inch standard bars instead of Olympic bars. I am running StrongLifts (my personal go to program when in a jam) set up except for deadlifts where I am doing RDL as I simply can't get enough weight on the bar.

    https://stronglifts.com/5x5/

    When I can no longer increase the weight (e.g. bench is nearly maxed out for space) then I add a rep. Can't wait for the gyms to open just hope they are operation sensible and not making users wear masks or something.

    But yeah is difficult to motivate sometimes. I find making sure you choose one hour a day which is set aside for the workout time and don't diverge from the plan (generally I workout when the daily COVID-19 update is on).
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    Purchased a rack, bar, bench and wheels..

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    Originally Posted by ben1500 View Post
    Have you trained at all during lockdown?
    some mixed density work, push ups, plate squats, pull ups etc

    but not consistently
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    Got a home gym in the backyard. Only problem is the weather. Have got a bench, rack, barbells, dumbbells, tricep bar, roman chair, power tower with pull up and dipping bars, DIY cable flye machine, straps and rings, and a few other things. Plates (combined) only go up to 50KG, so making do with high volume workouts spending on average 3 hours per day on isolation, compound and calisthenics. Tough part is staying focused. At the gym I would push myself to the limit because I was paying for the service and under a strict time limit, but now I find myself too relaxed with little pressure to go full throttle and push myself to maximum potential. Will be glad when the gyms re-open.
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    I ordered a chin up bar, dip bars and ez bar early on. Had barbell and weights.

    Haven’t missed a session and mates commented Ive got bigger.

    Full body 3x a week and cardio / rear delts 2-3x a week

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    I'm lucky to already have equipment. Power rack, bench, bar, plates, pullup bar, bands, DB handles, ab wheel, dip bars etc.

    I thought I'd miss cables and machines but I'm really getting into using bands for isolation exercises, it just works really well for single join movements - and is a novel stimulus compared to constant resistance.

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    Push ups, chin ups, lots of dumbbell work.
    **** when I was desperate the first weeks of Corona I went out at 5 a.m and did chin ups on a lantern.
    Some old lady watched me from a window, I had to be aware she might call the police.

    5min 50chins and 100push ups.
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    Originally Posted by Ladiessman217 View Post
    Push ups, chin ups, lots of dumbbell work.
    **** when I was desperate the first weeks of Corona I went out at 5 a.m and did chin ups on a lantern.
    Some old lady watched me from a window, I had to be aware she might call the police.

    5min 50chins and 100push ups.
    If you can pull that **** off with full form you're elite level.
    or very skinny lol
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    Originally Posted by Ladiessman217 View Post
    Some old lady watched me from a window, I had to be aware she might call the police.
    The old lady may have had other motivations, ladies' man.
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