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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I feel you. I lift heavy -- with the kind of equipment we just can't fit into our home (barbells and safety racks that weigh hundreds and hundreds of pounds). It elevates my mood, keeps me fit, and most importantly, keeps me sane!

And I haven't gone for a week now. And I'm missing it tremendously. It's horrible.

But I don't want to carry this virus to my parents or my elderly neighbors. And so I'm going to look into some home workouts that I won't enjoy nearly so much, but at least will help me work my muscles a little bit.

In the meantime, I'm still paying my (boutique) gym, because I really really want it to still be around when this whole thing is over.[/quote]

Totally in the same boat.  My son even has Olympic weights and a squat rack, but  the rack is rickety and has no safety pins, so he only uses it when I spot him.  No way I'm going to try to do heavy squats with no power rack.  Also can't do 245+ pound bench with no spotter (teen DS isn't strong enough to help me re-rack) and a rickety bench rack that I'll knock over when I re-rack the weights.  I've thought of doing high rep squats, but if I  do enough to get a workout I'll be back at the same issue of not having safety pins and I don't know how to drop a bar with 185 or 225 pounds safely off my back if I fail on rep 15 without a power rack.  Plus I _hate_ high reps.   And, we don't own enough weights for me to deadlift or floors that could take it if I tried.

First world problems, but a drag for me.[/quote]

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