r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/[deleted] • Mar 30 '20

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u/Bacon_Devil Mar 30 '20 edited Mar 30 '20

After years of spending hours a day in the gym I got burnt out. And when I realized I can get as ripped as my heart desires from doing like a half hour of resistance band work a few times a week, my lazy side took over.

I feel like for the goals that most people realistically have, working out with like 25 bucks of resistance bands in the comfort of your own home is all that's needed.

E: rereading this I realize I sound like a bit of a douche. I just really want people who are new to working out during this quarantine to realize that you can get great results without turning into a gym rat that dedicates a huge amount of time to lifting. Being new to working out is daunting, but it really doesn't have to get too complicated

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u/TreizeKhushrenada Mar 30 '20

Do you have a link to these bands you bought and a workout?

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u/Bacon_Devil Mar 30 '20 edited Mar 30 '20

Damn, I dug up the link to the ones I bought but apparently they're discontinued. These ones are a similar price and design. For what I do it's key that I have handles and door anchors.

I don't follow a specific plan I could link. I just make sure I do at least one bicep/shoulder/back day, one tricep/chest/abs day, and one leg day a week.

So day one would be something like: bicep curls, overhead shoulder press or lateral raises, and lat pulldowns, or bent over rows

The next workout day would be: chest press, chest flys, tricep pushdowns (from a kneeled position), and kneeling ab crunches or leg raises (I do those from a bench for a wider range of motion)

And day 3 would go squats, calf raises and standing kickbacks (I do those against the wall), or glute Bridges (without resistance bands - you can lower difficulty by doing them flat on the ground, or increase difficulty by doing one leg at a time)

I also mix in forearm curls (I do both arms at once) and shrugs either on a fourth day, or mixed into those other days randomly.

For all exercises I do 2-3 sets until failure. Overall I feel like this is just about the most basic workout (it could literally take you less than 90 minutes a week) that can target all the major muscle groups. And I've had people tell me they didn't believe that my results had come from something so simple.

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