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I used to go to the gym. I have a membership to my university's gym and I went for a solid 6 months 3 times a week but that ended up being reduced to sporadic workouts for the following year until I stopped going all together. I wasn't seeing enough results. I was even taking protein powder and the whole bit. I read enough information on websites and observed other people at the gym who looked like they knew what they were doing (and had the muscle to prove it) that I think my form and weights used were ok.
Then I switched to more natural exercises done at home and I have experienced a noticeable increase in strength and to a lesser degree in size. I don't know what it is but lifting free weights wasn't working for me. I still do benchpresses as I have a bench press at home though. I hate taking the weight off it and I don't have enough extra plates to make a heavy enough dumbbell (nevermind 2 of them). Maybe I will have to break down and buy some so I can work them into my workouts to see again if it will help.
I'm kinda thinking maybe now that I have developed muscle through weightless exercises that free weights might serve me better? The reason this topic came up for me to ask is that I have also reached plateau in working out at home and thought maybe to learn some new exercises will help me out.
Then I switched to more natural exercises done at home and I have experienced a noticeable increase in strength and to a lesser degree in size. I don't know what it is but lifting free weights wasn't working for me. I still do benchpresses as I have a bench press at home though. I hate taking the weight off it and I don't have enough extra plates to make a heavy enough dumbbell (nevermind 2 of them). Maybe I will have to break down and buy some so I can work them into my workouts to see again if it will help.
I'm kinda thinking maybe now that I have developed muscle through weightless exercises that free weights might serve me better? The reason this topic came up for me to ask is that I have also reached plateau in working out at home and thought maybe to learn some new exercises will help me out.