Ah yeah maybe I should’ve clarified a bit I’m not talking about bodybuilding I’m talking about strength training which is way more functional. It’s not easy to get bulbous, it certainly won’t happen by accident. Was able to do a 120km bike ride last summer through the mountains, big hikes, etc no trouble. But when it’s time to lift something heavy jaws drop hah. Judo partners are like “Shit” Everybody could use a few extra pounds of muscle
With weights, I’m always a bit afraid to do something wrong and actually hurt myself long term
Do you have any resources on hand, where I can read/watch how to do it right?
Or do I need to go to the gym with a trainer?
Which will be quite a time suck and I just really prefer to do such things on my own…
Which is maybe stupid, but well, maybe I’m stupid
I learned it all without a trainer and did it with a squat rack in my basement, eventually upgrading to a power rack. There are essentially only three main compound lifts that you need to learn and they pretty simple. Jeff Nippard has technique videos on youtube for every lift you need - Squat, bench and deadlift. He also shows variations that may work better for you and feel safer. For me I do a Romanian deadlift and front squats to protect my back.
First off, thank you very much again
As a second, sorry, you already gave me a link
By now so many people answered, that I’ve lost the overview…
I’ve bookmarked your link and saved your comment and will lookup Jeff Nippard.
Such videos are usually very helpful.
As already mentioned in another comment, I plan now to finally get rid of the “storage room” in our apartment and do something reasonable with it.
I’ll need to talk with the wife about the details, but read thinking about a mix of gym and reading room.
So, fuck the my flu (hopefully soon) and I’ll have a summer project, that actually helps me in the future :-)
Thank you very much for your input.
That was really motivating and I really want to go for this now :-)
Maybe with some adaptions to my personal preferences, but the spark is here now.
So, again, thank you very much for that!
Ah yeah maybe I should’ve clarified a bit I’m not talking about bodybuilding I’m talking about strength training which is way more functional. It’s not easy to get bulbous, it certainly won’t happen by accident. Was able to do a 120km bike ride last summer through the mountains, big hikes, etc no trouble. But when it’s time to lift something heavy jaws drop hah. Judo partners are like “Shit” Everybody could use a few extra pounds of muscle
That sounds good
With weights, I’m always a bit afraid to do something wrong and actually hurt myself long term
Do you have any resources on hand, where I can read/watch how to do it right?
Or do I need to go to the gym with a trainer?
Which will be quite a time suck and I just really prefer to do such things on my own…
Which is maybe stupid, but well, maybe I’m stupid
I learned it all without a trainer and did it with a squat rack in my basement, eventually upgrading to a power rack. There are essentially only three main compound lifts that you need to learn and they pretty simple. Jeff Nippard has technique videos on youtube for every lift you need - Squat, bench and deadlift. He also shows variations that may work better for you and feel safer. For me I do a Romanian deadlift and front squats to protect my back.
First off, thank you very much again
As a second, sorry, you already gave me a link
By now so many people answered, that I’ve lost the overview…
I’ve bookmarked your link and saved your comment and will lookup Jeff Nippard.
Such videos are usually very helpful.
As already mentioned in another comment, I plan now to finally get rid of the “storage room” in our apartment and do something reasonable with it.
I’ll need to talk with the wife about the details, but read thinking about a mix of gym and reading room.
So, fuck the my flu (hopefully soon) and I’ll have a summer project, that actually helps me in the future :-)
Thank you very much for your input.
That was really motivating and I really want to go for this now :-)
Maybe with some adaptions to my personal preferences, but the spark is here now.
So, again, thank you very much for that!
Good luck and if you ever wanna talk routines or equipment or whatever drop me a line!
Thank you, I’m pretty sure, I’ll come back to that offer :-)