I wish I could weight train- I don’t have anywhere close to where I live to do it. I’m having to drive 75 miles round trip just to be able to swim (hubby doesn’t a pool in our yard but I’m about to the point where he’s going to get one anyway). One thing I am doing for exercise is using a push mower on my lawn.
“One thing I am doing for exercise is using a push mower on my lawn.”
Theres a start.
But you don’t have to join a gym to weight train.
Start with cheap dumbbells, leverage body weight, buy a book and do it at home.
I NEVER go to “the gym”. I have free weights, stationary bike and bicycles at home.
I find gyms inconvenient, dirty and pretentious.
Push mower is good. Suggestion: check your library for strength training resources that use your own body weight. Over the years, I’ve found that you can get a workout in at any time in any place. (Even in bed while watching TV—look up “floor exercises.”) To verify this, try to do a push up in good form with your toes mounted on a solid chair seat. You can do dips using the seat of a chair with a heavy object in your lap. Just be certain that your progress is gradual; otherwise, you risk injury if you attempt to lift too much too soon. Best wishes for you and for your family’s training.
A fairly simple and effective weight training device is a “power twister”. Use the straps on one...let’s not say how I found out that is important.
Advertised for chest strength but I find the big improvement has been in forearms and grip - an area a lot of us older folks have problems with.
Lots of bodyweight exercises - variations of push ups, pull ups and dips. Squats can be done without weights, or with a dumbbell in each hand. A lot of good exercising can be done at home. Good thing because I hate gyms!
I wish I could weight train- I don’t have anywhere close to where I live to do it.