Laney
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Wurd up,
I was recently thinking about joining a gym to fit around my normal training but decided that what works out to be £600 a year would be better spent buying some basic equipment and doing it at home.
I don't aim to be massive, but push-ups aren't burning as much as they used to, so I'm thinking just get a pair of dumb bells and bench and go from there really.
Recommendations of what to get? As in, a pair of solid 20kg's, adjustable ones I can add to? Those Bowflex ones that you can select any weight upto 50kg but are £350?  
Banter welcome 
[Edited on 05-02-2009 by Laney]
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Whittie
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£50 a month is quite a lot for gym membership. Have you tried your local council one?
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3028319/Trail/searchtext>DUMBELLS.htm
I got them, they were on offer in Aldi for something like £12!
If you're bothered about space saving, get a cast iron set. They're small and you can still change the weight.
What are you going to be doing with them?
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Hammer
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I wanted to get those Aldi one's when they were on offer but forgot/was too lazy 
Dumbbells I have in the house are shit tbh, need a new set.
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Whittie
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Can't remember how much they were, think it was like £12 maybe less.
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Adge
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bargin them! wish i had picked sum up!
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Whittie
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http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=441445
Original thread.
£8.99
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Laney
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
£50 a month is quite a lot for gym membership. Have you tried your local council one?
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3028319/Trail/searchtext>DUMBELLS.htm
I got them, they were on offer in Aldi for something like £12!
If you're bothered about space saving, get a cast iron set. They're small and you can still change the weight.
What are you going to be doing with them?
Bollocks
I was planning on doing pretty much everything. Chest/Legs/Arms etc. Picked dumb-bells cause I thought I'd be able to do anything a bar could do plus flys and stuff? Correct me if I'm wrong ...
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Whittie
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Yeah, you can pretty much do it all.
Not a great deal you could do for legs though, lunges would be the best option.
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Marc
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I'd join the gym, although you can do a lot with dumb bells theres a lot of machines that can supplement your work out and work muscles that would be hard to achieve with dumb bells alone. In my none corsasport personal trainer opinion obviously
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Laney
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
Yeah, you can pretty much do it all.
Not a great deal you could do for legs though, lunges would be the best option.
Half Squats and running? 
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Laney
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quote:
Originally posted by Marc
I'd join the gym, although you can do a lot with dumb bells theres a lot of machines that can supplement your work out and work muscles that would be hard to achieve with dumb bells alone. In my none corsasport personal trainer opinion obviously
Apart from doing back stuff (which a chinup bar might possibly help with?) I'd say the only thing holding you back would be how much the dumb-bells weigh. Heavy dumb-bells require more stabilizing so generally are harder to lift? (thats probably complete bs )
I'm no professional either, but I'd say that free-weights are probably better to train with than machines anyway?
[Edited on 05-02-2009 by Laney]
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Whittie
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I prefer freeweights to machines.
Warm up set on a machine then freeweights usually.
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Nismo
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get a decent bench and rowing machine for 150 ish that would be a good start.
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Laney
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quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
get a decent bench and rowing machine for 150 ish that would be a good start.
I do loads of cardio anyway so its more just weights tbh!
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Minty_Fresh
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the vinyl ones are shite imo (no offence) get the cast ones, thinner and heavier so fit more on the dumbell/barbell..
just look on ebay, ive spotted a few york benchs in vgc with dumbells/barbell and 3-50kg of weights for around £40..
then buy some weights off ebay or argos, 20kg £20 usually as there normally £1 to 1kg..
should keep you going for abit 
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Minty_Fresh
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and are your sure its £50 a month as thats silly..
my uncle lives in central london and pays £35 a month, huge flashy gym, tvs in every single cardio machine..
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Marc
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quote:
Originally posted by Laney
I'm no professional either, but I'd say that free-weights are probably better to train with than machines anyway?
They are, and its what I primarily use, you can't get the balance unless you're using free weights but they do help, theres certain exercises like the pull down and mts row, and a few others such as cable cross that are very useful machines.
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Laney
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quote:
Originally posted by mk4_boy
and are your sure its £50 a month as thats silly..
my uncle lives in central london and pays £35 a month, huge flashy gym, tvs in every single cardio machine..
Yeah, I'm thinking that getting some 20kg cast ones for now, then adding to it
Yeah, its £53 a month  You're forgetting that Leeds wants to be central london so badly everything is more expensive
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Whittie
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Where in leeds are you mate?
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Laney
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Headingley
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Laney
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Update for those that care
Got a set of these bad boys http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3008243/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CSports+and+leisure%7C12108128/c_2/2%7Ccat_12108128%7CHome+gym+equipment%7C12108295/c_3/3%7Ccat_12108295%7CWeights+and+dumbbells%7C12108306.htm
Decided that for what I need they're spot on and for under £30 I can't complain. Just need to get a bench at some point and the fun can begin 
*flexes*
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Minty_Fresh
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ive got those mate..
there quite pricey though to be honest..
i would have bought a vgc 2nd hand bench (with barbell/bumbells and weights) off ebay personally, as ive seen some good benches with all the above and 50kg of weight go for around £40..
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Wrighty
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York 20kg dumbells @ argoose £27, just got some for home so i can do my arms at home then chest/back in my gym
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Minty_Fresh
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guess you didnt click on the link then :S
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Laney
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quote:
Originally posted by mk4_boy
ive got those mate..
there quite pricey though to be honest..
i would have bought a vgc 2nd hand bench (with barbell/bumbells and weights) off ebay personally, as ive seen some good benches with all the above and 50kg of weight go for around £40..
True, but I had cash burning a hole in my pocket and I wanted them now rather than going through ebay 
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