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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you do this at home or so you need to belong to a fitness center?

How do you do it at home?  Especially with the leg work?  [/quote]

Strength training at home is really difficult unless you have a true home gym with a range of dumbells, barbell, rack, and a bench.

To properly strength train you need to use weights that are challenging enough to force your body to change/get stronger.

There are ways to challenge your body with limited weights; more reps, slow movements down and so forth, but still having heavier weights is the most beneficial. [/quote]

I think starting at home with lower weights until you’re really comfortable with the movement and know what you’re doing is a good idea. Then when you’re ready, go to the gym. You will be more challenged there and make more progress but if you wait til you know what you’re doing, you won’t get intimidated and just bail, you’ll know what you’re doing. That confidence affects mindset a lot at the gym. [/quote]

On the other hand, OP mentioned that she's been fit for most of her life.  She will VERY quickly outgrow her 10lb dumbbells at home and need to increase resistance.

I agree there are other ways to challenge the muscle.  Isolate a single leg.  Negatives.  Etc.  But eventually, you need to increase the weight.

And newbs get those newbie gains.  Too many people settle in at a certain weight and then stop challenging their body[/quote]

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