Group: Beginners to Exercise

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Home gym Equipment

Zorob
Zorob
Posts: 1
Joined: 2003/11/23
South Africa
2003/11/24, 08:14 AM
Hi All,

Over here in south africa gym training can be expensive. SO I went out and bought a compact home gym cage, the one with selectable weight rack. I know that to the gym pro this is a no go, but anyway. My question is, where can I find specific or near enough, training plans that will suit this type of equipment, or does some one know how to substitute.
aaronmp2003
aaronmp2003
Posts: 65
Joined: 2003/02/22
United States
2003/11/25, 12:06 AM
Zorob,

I wouldn't worry as much about finding exercises that are specific to the equipment that you have. Instead, I would look for information on exercise MOTIONS. A lot of the motions are very similiar, but just done in different ways, i.e. - free weights vs. machines.

Get yourself a good list of exercise movements/patterns, and then just apply them to the equipment that you have available.

-- Aaron

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Aaron M. Potts
Aarons Personal Training
http://www.aaronspersonaltraining.com
agamble
agamble
Posts: 1,029
Joined: 2003/09/22
United States
2003/11/25, 07:46 AM
With regard to what Aaron said, check out www.exrx.net. That site has good resources on the motions to use. Very similar to what ft pro offers.
laneylou
laneylou
Posts: 277
Joined: 2003/10/21
United States
2003/11/26, 07:43 PM
OWE! I looked at some of those and it's gonna be years 'fore I can do anything like that. LOL 'course blondes have a lil balance issue sometimes. ;)
aaronmp2003
aaronmp2003
Posts: 65
Joined: 2003/02/22
United States
2003/11/26, 08:02 PM
HA! Don't sweat it, Laney! You'll be surprised how fast your brain and your muscles learn to work together to do fairly complicated things! :)

-- Aaron

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Aaron M. Potts
Aarons Personal Training
http://www.aaronspersonaltraining.com
agamble
agamble
Posts: 1,029
Joined: 2003/09/22
United States
2003/11/26, 10:34 PM
Laneylou, the simple fact that I am typing this proves Aaron's point.