Group: New Members Greet & Meet - Introduce yourself

New Members Greet & Meet - Introduce yourself
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 1539, Messages: 27038

Officially introduce yourself to the community by sharing your goals, obstacles or accomplishments. Don't be shy.. we're all here for the same reason. The more support we share the easier it will be to reach our goals!

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don't have access to all equipment

dolphin1269
dolphin1269
Posts: 1
Joined: 2003/01/15
Canada
2003/01/29, 02:31 PM
hi, i am a newbie since Jan.20,2003, I started with the home training program to get started-I have now got a stationery bike for cardio and would like to progress on the weights (i have come in to possession of 2 5lb weights) but when I change my profile to say free weights only, it gives me excercises that I don't have the equipment for-do I just not do those excercises or can you modify them?
( i don't have a "chin-up" bar, hyperextension bench, or a "donkey bench" etc.)
Carivan
Carivan
Posts: 8,542
Joined: 2002/01/20
Canada
2003/01/29, 04:41 PM
You can mofify anything you want. IE: empty plastic bottles filled with water make good weights. Sit on a chair with a couple of heavy books on your lap and you can do seated calf raises, or stand on the edge of a step and do standing calf raises. You can use just about anything, I train at a gym, but i installed a coat rack bar in a doorway to do chin ups, Just some ideas, I'm sure you will get other suggestions from the others on here.
Good Luck to you and Welcome to the site.

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