A man who has autism is now the strongest human being on earth!
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Lads, I want to build up some strength without having to do much cardio as I don’t want to lose weight.
Any ideas?
Have you access to a gym and/or weights?
You don’t do cardio for strength anyway
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No gym, have small dumbbells, that’s about it?
Bulgarian split squats
Push ups
Buy a suspension trainer on Amazon for 20 quid
Hang it off a tree and you can do
Rows
Hamstring curls
Those 4 cover main muscle groups. As you get stronger if you don’t have weights slow down the exercise, pause at bottom etc
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Prepare for the DOMS, no pain no gain.
All ok mate
Viberplates are best for a dude your age
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Pick stuff up and put it back down again. Repeatedly. The heavier the better.
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Cheers mate, I’d just like to work a bit on my strength. I used to be a lot heavier and with that came strength. I’m fit enough now for a 40 year old but weak as ditch water
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Who’s bothering you Francis?
If you’re doing it at home a kettlebell mightn’t be the worst purchase
There is an awful lot of low hanging fruit for a man in his late 30s/early 40s. A decent set of resistance bands on Amazon would cost a bit more than €50 and would be better than buying cheap weights starting off which are shit.
I have zero expertise in this aside from personal experience so take from it what you will - my opinion would be you should look to do a mix of something involving variations of the following in a typical workout if you are looking to go from low baseline
Press and row
Pull/chin ups and swings
Hinge/squats
And then mix in 10 minutes of cardio/core at the end and build up the minutes week on week.
Any reason you don’t want to mix in a bit of cardio?
If you are going doing any form of exercise to get in shape then it is pointless if you are only doing that. 5 portions of fruit and veg a day and 7000 steps minimum a day on top of three 45 minute sessions a week and you would notice a difference in 6 to 8 weeks.
This fella puts up some decent home exercises and tips.
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These yokes are absolute cruelty. I did 40 on each leg in 4 X 10 blocks there a few weeks ago as part of a circuit session. I’m still sore
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Thanks for that, I get plenty of cardio running. It’s not doing anything for my strength though, particularly upper body
Get two kettlebells next time Lidl are selling them … you don’t need massive weights …a few basic exercises and you’ll notice difference very quickly …
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Give us a three times a week 4 week programme scum…
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3 times a week ?? I’m not training for the over 40s olympics …
Tom Stoltman has gone and made this two titles in a row. Savage achievement.
