Home Gym

Home Gym

by Andrew Stolarik

In the last couple of years there has been a change in the way people think and how we move.  This change has caused several major businesses to close. However, it also opened up opportunities for other individuals.  This change might be due to economics, differential exercises, or being fed up with the “meat market” environment.  Who knows?  Everyone has their reasons. I do know that home based workouts are becoming more and more popular.  That’s right! People are leaving their local gym and working out at home more.  The gyms are recognizing the turn of thought and desperately trying to find new ways form them to keep their business going.   

People are changing their workouts to fit their environment (where they live).  They are doing more home base workouts instead of going to a full equipped machine rooted gym.  Home-gyms are popping up everywhere from garages, local parks, back/front yards, empty warehouses, roof tops, and even in woodland area.  One of the most popular forms of workouts are body weight routines.  In my opinion, body weight routines are a true test of functional and practical strength.  Being able to carry someone a quarter mile up hill, able to sprint through brush, or able to crawl on hands and knees while carrying my children is more practical than trying to over head press 300 lbs or benching 500 lbs.  Don’t get me wrong, lifting weights does have its place in functional strength but at certain times that strength and bulkiness (some people are) can really hinder you.  Crawling on all fours while carrying someone in my arms or on my back could save lives.  I can call upon that strength easier than using my weightlifting strength.

With weights you can only move in a certain linear motion, however, using your own body weight your movement is limitless.  The only limit is your imagination.  Here is my proposal to you- drop your weights and leave them behind for one month.  If you’re not stronger, leaner, and more creative than go back to your weights, like I said before, lifting weights is not a bad thing but you do become depended upon other things.  Be free, train free, free of all hindrances.  Get out doors, get dirty, and fill your lungs of clean, bountiful air.  Eat animals, plants and drink from the source of Mother Nature’s liquids (referring to lean proteins, fruits/veggies, and juice/water).  So once you get your mind of the gutter, here is a challenge workout (modify as needed):

5 rounds (sets) of:

Bear crawl 1 lap around your front or back yard (make the lap worth the energy)

25 push ups

25 squats (any type your choice again make it worth the energy)

25 full sit ups

By the end of this you should feel pretty good about your self.  Next time I will give a whole routine that will last for one month.