r/homefitness

Due to budget constraints, I won’t be able to continue my gym membership for the next couple of months. I used to work out regularly, around 6 days a week, so I’d like to stay active and maintain my fitness while I’m away from the gym.

Could you suggest some effective home workouts and tips that I can follow without needing much or any equipment? I’d especially appreciate guidance on how to structure my routine so I can maintain my strength, fitness and consistency during this break.

hi, i am 17 f trying to build a more masculine physic and lose fat.

I have minimal access to a shitty gym and no equipment at home💔

I'm currently 163 cm or around 5'4 i think and 63 kg

I'm mostly trying to lose fat around my stomach, hips, chest and thighs and also build muscle.

I'm really unsure of what to do, i tried some YouTube pilates for around a month but i honestly didn't see much progress.

having a crazy diet is also quite hard to do for me since i am in school and don't have much time/don't eat at home.

any (kind) advice is very appreciated:)

I do kickboxing 3 times a week and I’m starting bjj which will be 2 times a week so I’m going to do one good full body workout a week. I have a bench, one of those multi machines with cables my dad got from Costco and I’m buying dumbbells and also have a pull up bar. How can I make a good workout which will suffice for once a week

I have always trained with barbells and dumbbells but after moving into a smaller place I don't have room for a full setup anymore. I have started reading about adaptive resistance training and on paper it sounds like a clever solution. What I'm curious about is whether it actually helps you get stronger over time or if it is mostly a convenience feature. I enjoy tracking progress and pushing heavier weights, so I don't want to sacrifice results just because the equipment looks more modern. Anyone who's used adaptive resistance for several months, did it actually improve your strength or did you eventually go back to regular weights?

I’ve been looking at home workout setups and realized that having the equipment is only half the problem. Bench height, band anchor position, floor space, and cable angle can completely change the same movement. What exercise only clicked after you adjusted the setup around it?

I want to see if its something for me, i dont want to enroll in a gym just yet or ever, i have been thinking about purchasing weights, but before i spend money i want to see if i like it. So i want things you dont need weights for (pushups, squats etc) and how far you can come with them result wise, i have skinny arms and id like to change that.

I have 1 and 2 kg dumbells, 6kg kettlebell and 3 different resistance bands. Is this at home equipment enough to tone up a little? Or do I need to hit the gym?

I got one a few years back and I do use it 3 - 4 days a week. I also have a treadmill, elliptical. I definitely am happy with the results , but it's been slow.

I’m quite a fit guy as I do a lot of manual labour for work and weekends I bike ride for around 1/2 hrs.

But I want to get fitter in terms of muscle mass.

At home I do HITT workouts (x2 a week) along with callisthenics (x1 week)

Would you guys recommend getting weights also? Or do you think this is enough just need to up my calorie intake?

Thanks.

I've been debating this for months. A gym membership is obviously cheaper upfront but I know myself well enough to admit that convenience usually determines whether I actually work out. I'm considering investing in equipment for muscle building at home instead but it's a pretty big purchase. My biggest concern is whether I'll still be using it six months from now or if it'll become another expensive piece of furniture.

Hello!

I have been looking into buying a pull up bar, but I live in a very small apartment and need to be able to save space. I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on what bar to buy?

I was considering a doorway pull up bar but I’m about 200 pounds so I worry about damaging the doorway, since it’s an apartment I don’t want to damage anything. I also preferably want to be able to transport it because my parents are divorced but I’d like to have access to it every week and not just every other week.

Thank you so much!

TLDR: I need help structuring my home workout routine to fix like my entire body.

I'm so unhealthy right now, my pelvis is tight which messes up my legs and feet and stability. And my posture is bad too, which problems leads back down to my bad hips. Also my mobility/flexibility is also bad... so I'm pretty sure that messes me up too.

So right now, I'm doing strength training HIIT on youtube for about 30mins a day. But I'm confused, would I need to add posture, mobility, and hip exercises right after? And some the instructions are like do 2-3 times, and I'm adding it all up takes so long.

Or would working out fix most of my issues? But then I would see advice videos where they tell gym-goers that they need to work on their mobility and hip exercises to be even better, so I guess I would have to it into the routine.

see so many people doing 30 day ab challenges training core every single day and honestly I never got how that works

tried doing it a while back doing crunches every morning and by day 5 my stomach just felt permanently exhausted and my form was totally garbage. felt like I was just going through the motions instead of actually building strength.

you guys train abs daily or treat them like any other muscle group with rest days?

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Hello, I want to start working out for the first time in my life. I am 19 years old, 6’ and 180 lbs, however i have barely any muscle so i appear a little chubby. I have already tried to start working out, however i haven’t been able to find a routine, as there is so much contradictory information out there. I am also bad at the exercises i have done. I have access to two dumbbells that can be any weight from 5 pounds to 20 pounds! Let me know what other info might be needed and if yall need body pics. I do want to focus mostly chest and abs, as that is where most of the fat is

I’ve gone from 250lbs to 135lbs in the last 5 years by walking and strength training at home. My husband has tried working out with me before but I’ve been doing this for years so I’m more advanced than he is and he ended up stopping. We are now experimenting with peptides and he is now on a low dose of triz and wants to start working out again. What are some good standard workouts or plans I can get him on? His primary goal is upper body and back as he works construction and needs to build his strength, his legs are already strong due to standing and walking most days for work. He also has a back issue, he has a herniated disc and he’s been told by the doctors to strengthen his back. My workout experience is so different, I’m more focused on lower body and abs than upper so it’s just hard for me to help him with a plan for his needs and he has zero knowledge to make his own plan.

For me it's always been the lack of motivation when working all alone.
You see, when you are working alone, it feels good no doubt, but the friction to get started is real when there isn't someone else working out next to you or pushing you for your next bench set.

I'm not really a gym guy. I prefer working out alone at my own speed and in my own space. But the social feedback loop is a real thing I miss.

Ok so i used to spend like $80 every month on pre workouts and fancy isolation protein shakes thinking i needed all that fancy stuff to get results while working out at home honestly was just making my stomach hurt and my wallet empty

3 months ago i just totaly stopped buying supps and switched to basic stuff cottage cheese before bed, canned tuna, and cheap eggs also added Greek yogurt with frozen berries for my sweet cravings instead of protein bars

guess what? my muscle recovery is actually better now and i saved so much money for actual dumbells i feel like supplements industry completely brainwashed us into thinking regular food doesnt work

am i the only one who realized this way to late or do u guys still rely on shakes heavy

I swear I plan to work out and then somehow end up doing literally anything else around the house instead. How do you all actually make it happen?