How do you start weight lifting at home?

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks folks. There are some really helpful posts in here. My husband has a set of adjustable dumbbells that goes up to 20 lbs, I'm not especially strong so 10 is fine for me to start! Very little space so no room for a bench, but will consider bands and a kettle bell.

I Googled around a bit and it seems like Caroline Girvan is very popular so I'm starting with her advent series on YouTube (shorter videos) and alternating with running days. It's not a lot but I'm already learning stuff.

Caroline is great! I’m surprised no one mentioned her in this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:I do peloton weights (bought dumbbell and kettlebell) I did buy a pack of classes at a CrossFit gym to learn proper form first. I have never had any injuries. I did join a gym recently because I needed to move up in weights and didn’t want to buy a whole new batch of weights (40-60 lbs).

Good for you!! If I ever get up to that level of weights, maybe a gym will be worth it!

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OP decide if you want to workout with lighter weights at a faster pace (3, 5, 8, and 10) or heavy weights at a slower pace.

Here's what I found out about weight bearing exercises. When you weigh more, you can lift more.

I can't eat more food or sleep more hours than I already am. I won't see the muscle 💪 mass gains of a body builder.

I like Fitness Blender and Pop Sugar workouts. I also really like Ellen Barrett who combines yoga, Pilates, and light weights. I like Jessica Smith workouts.These are all free on YouTube. None of the workouts require heavy weights.

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Kettle Bells

And your body weight can always be enough. You may need to more reps, change pace, change positions/setup or exercise.

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I’m 42 and started with the peloton beginner strength program (6 weeks long with Matty and Olivia, I think?). I started it in the summer and have progressed from body weight only to using 15 or 20 lb dumbbells. I do 3 30 min classes a week (upper body, lower body and full body). It’s working well for me and starting with the beginner program taught me a lot and build my confidence with weights a lot. Definitely would recommend peloton strength and some dumbbells

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I like Peloton strength, as well. I don’t want to have to think about a routine, so having someone tell me what to do is ideal. I take 45-minute full-body classes using 8, 10, and 15-lb dumbbells and a barbell that I can load up for deadlifts. Planning to add a couple of kettlebells (prob 25 and 35) soon.

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Anonymous wrote:I started with a set of 5, 10, and 15lb dumbbells. There are so many exercises you can do with that. I just had trouble keeping up the motivation after 6 months of it. The best part was I could just do it for 3-5 minutes at a time and didn't need to work around a 30-60 minute formal workout each day. It really started to make a difference at 3-4 months. I need to get back to it so thanks for the reminder, OP.

Find the exercises you like and do those until you're bored and look up some more. Ask friends how they lift. I used stairs and chairs and couches and a bench at home for certain things. It's easy!

If you need a place to start, my favorites are:
Upper body:
Arnolds
-Bicep curls
-push ups
-lateral raises
-rows
-dumbell fly

lower body:
-any and all squats my knees can take (I often just restrict the range of motion until there's no pain)
-calf raises
-deadlifts

core:
-planks
-bear crawls
-around the worlds

you really need to only pick 2-3 for upper and lower body and I only did one core each workout. I did it 2-3x week.

Enjoy!

This is the answer. It's pretty much what my expensive trainer had me doing.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of health insurance plans provide subscription based fitness video programs at a reduced cost. I'd enroll in an online fitness service that has some weight bearing classes.

Any videos you’d recommend?