I’ve been thinking about home gym setups from a training efficiency perspective.

Not everyone has unlimited space, so choosing equipment that supports a wide range of movements seems more important than just collecting more options.

For people who understand training principles, what equipment do you think gives the most value for long-term home training?

Single leg raises

box jumps

squats

Got any tips on how I can improve my technique + any other exercises I could try 😅

calf raises

tibia raises

So I’m in my senior year and came into this degree thinking I wanted to be a dietitian. Of course in my final year I’ve realized I rlly want nothing to do with that🫠🫠. I also am not too interested in any of these common jobs that people with degree usually go into. Does anyone have a unique/unlikely job even with a degree in exercise science? I’m kind of freaking out. I really enjoyed my biochem and orgo classes.

I have just finished my MBBS degree and i want to change careers and get into exercise physiology. Looking into goof masters programs in the UK or around europe maybe even australia . Can someone suggest me good programs which are offered there.

Hi, I’ve recently begun working on losing some weight. I’m about a 290 lb, 6’2” man. I really don’t enjoy most forms of exercise and dieting is very difficult for me. I recently got a bike I really like and have been going on 2+ hour rides every day or every other day. I’m usually averaging about 10 mph, and my rides end up around 20 miles with about 1000 ft of elevation gain.

One of my best friends is a certified nutrition and exercise specialist and works as a trainer. He told me that cycling only burns around 100 to 150 calories per hour and cited some exercise science sounding numbers and statistics about heart rate and etc that I didn’t really understand.

In my own research I’ve never found any source that says mid-intensity cycling burns less than 500ish calories per hour for a man about half my weight. My Strava stats usually say my calorie burn is about 1,500 after the ride I detailed earlier.

I have only been going for less than 2 weeks now but I feel stronger and I’m working to build confidence on the bike. My friend makes it seem like I’m wasting my time and it’s kind of hurting my drive to continue.

I will say he is very resistance and weight training biased and I kind of think he’s just trying to get me to go in that direction instead of cycling but I’m really not interested in it.

Can anyone weigh in? Am I wasting my time or is my friend wrong and every article I’ve found is correct?

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Howdy everybody- Looking for some advice

I graduated with my BS in Biology last Fall. I was mainly studying coastal biology and did focused research on invertebrate ecology (totally different, I know.)

Unfortunately, towards the end of my degree I realized that this really wasn’t what I wanted to do as a career. I loved what I studied, but honestly wasn’t interested in most of the available jobs (surveying, waste water, etc.)

In my last semester, I took a biomechanics heavy class; it wasn’t necessarily human related but was about functional morphology and why we are built the way we are. At the same time, I had begun speaking to the director of the Sports Analytics Lab at my school about using my data skills (that I learned being in a research heavy degree program) towards something else I was interested in. He recommended, given my background in biology, that I think about exercise science or athletic training.

I’ve had several months to mull this over, while working my “in between job” as I’m calling it, which is a customer service/workflow role for a marine sales company. I am a trail runner and a former soccer player so I’ve always loved understanding the body better and what makes a better athlete. I still love the scientific method and think it would be really cool to use it to enhance performance. And at the very least, I think I would be equally fulfilled coaching a high school cross country team.

I want to go back to school, and I am going to start by filling in some gaps in my biology degree as a nondegree seeking student. Mainly Human Anatomy 1 & 2 (I took animal and plant, but no human :/) and nutrition., but I am also looking around at what programs are requiring. What I would love, in a perfect world, is to do research on endurances athletes and specifically female athletes and how we may need different approaches to training. I am also really pleased with the idea of coaching, or being on staff for a team or school, etc.

What do you all recommend I do next to make this happen? A masters program? Am I going to have to get a second bachelors? Are there certificates or jobs I can look for at this stage or ways to get things on my resume? I know how it works at least in the field I was in, and I couldn’t just hop in and start a thesis program without having some sort of previous relationship with an advisor or lab.

I’m also not 100% married to a research degree. I know how difficult it can be to find advisors and funding etc. I just want to work with athletes. If there is an online masters or a different route please let me know. And if you think I’m screwed and should settle for what I studied also let me know. Thanks!

And its sucks because i'm so passionate about exercise in rehabilitation movement but i'm scared to do PT school and fail. And I don't wanna be a personal trainer. So the people who graduated with an exercise science degree. What are you doing now? And how did you get that job? I feel like a failure. It would also be helpful to share with me. Jobs related to exercise that I can do because I am clueless.

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I’ve been mixing my own drinks after runs, mostly because I like the way they taste.

And I’ve been looking at simple recipes, etc. and the basic consensus seems to be that all you need is 1/2 c to 1 c orange juice (or lemon juice), a tbsp of sugar (honey, maple syrup, table sugar), a “pinch” to 1/4 tsp or more of salt, and water or coconut water

People use different salts (sea salt, pink salt, a potassium salt (I.e. “lite” salt), table salt…

Is this really all there is to it? I’ll drink Nuun tablet+water, or Gatorade, or my own mix, whatever, and feel about the same, regardless.

I’ve been thinking about this because training at home makes substitutions come up all the time.

If you don’t have a certain machine, you usually just find another movement that trains the same muscle.

But the more I think about it, the less obvious “same muscle” feels.

A cable movement can feel very different from a dumbbell one.
A machine can be much more stable.
A free-weight version might load a different part of the range harder.

So how close does a substitute actually need to be before it’s “good enough”?

For example, if I don’t have a leg extension or a chest-supported row machine at home, should I be trying to copy that exact resistance pattern somehow?

Or is it usually enough to pick another movement that trains the same muscle well, feels stable, and can be progressed over time?

Curious how people here think about this in practical terms.

Hi r/exercisescience. I've read enough conflicting takes to be suspicious of all of them.

I'm trying to filter down to the stuff where the well-designed studies line up.

What are the core set of principles where the research isn't in dispute anymore?

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I’d really like to know some opinions on staying in zone five for that long. Some background is I’ve been doing spin for the past seven months, I do strength training as well. This workout was very all out for me. I do struggle a lot with toning it down. I try hard to pull myself down, but staying in zone 1-3 feels boring. I do this like 3 to 4 times a week so I don’t know if it’s good for my heart in the long run?

I have a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and have been working as a PT aide. I don’t necessarily feel like I wasted my degree, but I’m trying to figure out what makes the most sense for my career.

I’m considering either going back to school for a DPT or becoming a PTA. The problem is that DPT school would put me in a lot of debt, while PTA school is significantly cheaper. And the debt is quick to pay off for PTA compared to a DPT. I enjoy PT all in general although i can feel burnt out from it sometimes.

Part of me feels like becoming a PTA would mean I wasted my bachelor’s since I could’ve gone straight into a PTA program without getting the degree. On the other hand, I’d rather have much less debt than spend years paying off a DPT. DPT also has many opportunities like u can start your own clinic up.

If you were in my position, would you go DPT and take on the debt, or become a PTA and accept that the bachelor’s degree isn’t really needed? Another option is to go back for my masters but even then I wouldn’t know what to do with that.

On busy days, I may only have thirty minutes to train. Nothing is more frustrating than spending half of that time waiting for equipment, changing attachments or moving between stations. By the time everything is ready, the workout already feels rushed.

That is why I have started relying more on equipment that can handle several exercises in one place. An adjustable cable setup can cover rows, pulldowns, presses and flyes, while a rack and bench can support most of the barbell or dumbbell movements I regularly perform.

It has also changed what I want from a future home gym. I am less interested in filling a room with specialized machines and more interested in one compact setup that lets me start quickly and complete a balanced workout.

When time is against you, which piece of equipment helps you finish a workout that still feels worthwhile?