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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Weightlifting lady person here!

Do you have a rack for the barbell or are you going to have to be lifting it from the floor?[/quote]

I have nothing but the barbell itself so everything from the floor![/quote]

Agree with PP about what this rules in/out.

If you are also the utkatasana poster--it will help but not as much as you think. A correct barbell squat puts your butt on your ankles. A better yoga analogue is malasana. Do you need elevation under your heels or can you get all the way down?

Here is the single best collection of materials on starting: https://stumptuous.com/category/starting skip the first 2-3 posts and save them for later; the ones you want are what you need and don't, basics of a routine, worshipping at the altar of the goddess of form.

She also has series of posts with pics illustrating dos and do nots for form; they are all titled "From Dork to Diva": https://stumptuous.com/category/training/page/4

If you are going to add any one piece of equipment I would either get a squat rack or a pull-up bar, depending on what kind of space you have available. (My rack has the pull-up bar integrated into it, so it's a twofer. But a bar installed in a doorway or w/ev will also go a long way. Get giant elastic bands to counterweight yourself with in training the pull-ups/chin-ups.[/quote]

Thank you this is very helpful. I can get all the way down on a melasana without raising my heels...I will look into all of these links.

And thank you also to the pp before you that offered a concrete routine!

My husband actually has a door anchored pull up bar. I have never even been in the vicinity of being able to attempt a pull up frankly so just assumed that was essentially useless to me! Not sure we have the space for a squat rack (or if DH wants to add that considering I just made a significant investment into the peloton but maybe I'll consider in the spring if I'm successful at building a routine.

Thank you all![/quote]

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