What is Reddit's opinion of Iron Gym Express Chin-Up Bar?

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I recommend working out at home. No transit time or other gym BS, just working out whenever is convenient. Get one of these. Start doing chinups (5 sets of 7 reps), using your legs to cheat, but as little as possible. As you lose weight and gain muscle, you should have to use your legs less and less, eventually you'll be pounding them out no problem. Chinups are great because they work biceps, back, and lats. Do pushups (again, I like 5x7) and wear a backpack with stuff in it if you find 7 reps too easy (if 7 is too hard, then work up to it). That will work core, triceps, and chest. You can do lateral raises of a heavy backpack for delts, and jump squats for legs. Between all those exercises, you'll be hitting every muscle group you care about. Also, if you need help with energy, look into ephedrine. It definitely can give you the pep you need to do a workout.

Or just work out at home. I've been doing it for over 2 years now and am very happy with the results. No transit time or other gym BS, just working out whenever is convenient. That said, I would recommend setting up a regular schedule so you stick to it. For the first year, I worked out every 3 days, same routine every time. Now I do every other day, with some bodyweight jump squats on the off days.

Get one of these. Start doing chinups (5 sets of 7 reps), using your legs to cheat, but as little as possible. As you lose weight and gain muscle, you should have to use your legs less and less, eventually you'll be pounding them out no problem. Chinups are great because they work biceps, back, and lats. Do pushups (again, I like 5x7) and wear a backpack with stuff in it if you find 7 reps too easy (if 7 is too hard, then work up to it). That will work core, triceps, and chest. You can do lateral raises of a heavy backpack for delts, and jump squats for legs. Between all those exercises, you'll be hitting every muscle group you care about.

I'm a big fan of working out at home. Been doing it for over 2 years now and am very happy with the results. No transit time or other gym BS, just working out whenever is convenient. That said, I would recommend setting up a regular schedule so you stick to it. For the first year, I worked out every 3 days, same routine every time. Now I do every other day, with some bodyweight jump squats on the off days.

Get one of these. Start doing chinups (5 sets of 7 reps), using your legs to cheat, but as little as possible. As you lose weight and gain muscle, you should have to use your legs less and less, eventually you'll be pounding them out no problem. Chinups are great because they work biceps, back, and lats. Do pushups (again, I like 5x7) and wear a backpack with stuff in it if you find 7 reps too easy (if 7 is too hard, then work up to it). That will work core, triceps, and chest. You can do lateral raises of a heavy backpack for delts, and jump squats for legs. Between all those exercises, you'll be hitting every muscle group you care about.

Also, if you need help with energy or appetite suppression, look into ephedrine. It definitely can give you the pep you need to do a workout or hold off a meal for a bit. When it comes to dieting, it sucks. Don't be afraid to try a bunch of diets until you find one you can stick to.

I'm a big fan of working out at home. Been doing it for over 2 years now and am very happy with the results. No transit time or other gym BS, just working out whenever is convenient. That said, I would recommend setting up a regular schedule so you stick to it. For the first year, I worked out every 3 days, same routine every time. Now I do every other day, with some bodyweight jump squats on the off days.

Get one of these. Start doing chinups (5 sets of 7 reps), using your legs to cheat, but as little as possible. As you lose weight and gain muscle, you should have to use your legs less and less, eventually you'll be pounding them out no problem. Chinups are great because they work biceps, back, and lats. Do pushups (again, I like 5x7) and wear a backpack with stuff in it if you find 7 reps too easy (if 7 is too hard, then work up to it). That will work core, triceps, and chest. You can do lateral raises of a heavy backpack for delts, and jump squats for legs. Between all those exercises, you'll be hitting every muscle group you care about.

First thing to note is that weight loss has way more to do with dieting than exercise. You can keep being a couch potato and still get the body you want, you just need to cut calories and do a few basic exercises to keep up muscle strength. That has worked well for me.

Dieting sucks, but is essential. Plain and simple. Do whatever you need to to make it happen. If that means caffeine, ephedrine (google Bronkaid), DXM (helps suppress appetite at low doses), as well as a specific meal plan and routine, then so be it. I found HMB also made food cravings less bad, though that's anecdotal. Find foods that you don't really like eating, but make the hunger go away without many calories. I recommend chicken breast and some kind of vegetable. It may also help to keep busy, so try taking on some hobby that keeps you from eating. Stick with a diet plan long enough to see the scale start to drop (a week or so) and that should provide some motivation to continue on the diet.

As for exercise, I second the recommendation to work out at home. If I had to go to the gym to work out, I wouldn't work out very often at all. Get one of these. Start doing chinups (5 sets of 7 reps), using your legs to cheat, but as little as possible. As you lose weight and gain muscle, you should have to use your legs less and less, eventually you'll be pounding them out no problem. Chinups are great because they work biceps, back, and lats. Do pushups (again, I like 5x7) and wear a backpack with stuff in it if you find 7 reps too easy (if 7 is too hard, then work up to it). That will work core, triceps, and chest. You can do lateral raises of a heavy backpack for delts, and jump squats for legs. Between all those exercises, you'll be hitting every muscle group you care about.

Alternatively, you can get a doorframe pull-up bar for your house/apartment. Best $30 I ever spent.

Bodyweight exercise is pretty straight forward man, right from that bb.com post:

Routine: Push ups, 3 sets, max reps

Chin-ups, 3 sets, max reps

Single Leg Squats, 3 sets, 3 max reps

Bench Dips, 2 sets, max reps

Ham-Glute Raises, 3 sets, max reps

Calf Raises, 3 sets, max reps

Upside-down Shoulder Press, 3 sets, max reps

Crunches, 5 sets, 25 reps

Neck, 3 sets, max reps

All you would need to do is invest in a pullup bar (if you can't afford the $18.00, ask your parents to buy it for you, as an early christmas present or something)

Either that, or get your parents to get you a gym membership, so you can start weight training, there's plenty of free routines available (starting strength, stronglifts, leangains, etc.)