Totally cost-effective workout from home with minimal or no equipment
Do ya homework-out every day, kid!
Some thoughts about training by yourself and training with friends
Sports are fun and they are a good opportunity to spend time with your friends. It is very true, unless you are one of those who prefer training by themselves either because you get into your own Zen-state-of-mind this way or because you have a busy schedule. Training - and here I mean training seriously - together with others is only good in my eyes when the session does not end up in chatting about this and that instead of working out.
After this, let's jump into the 'mysteries' of own bodyweight training straight from home...
Do I really need to spend money on outfits, gym fees and equipment?
Training and getting fit is often associated with having to spend a whole lotta money on gym fees, outfits, shoes, travelling and equipment. You can sure spend money on these, for some sports they are necessary. Media is urging us to buy the latest, in most cases unnecessary equipments that, as the commercials say, will produce the required effects and make us all look like Greek Gods.
So, are all these things necessary? Do I really have to buy all these?
Training in a gym requires a certain level of neatness. If you are a weight-lifting fan, you either go to a gym regularly that has the equipment, or build you own gym at home. In either cases money is very necessary. Having a gym at home might be more budget friendly on the long run, though.
Training is not about the clothes you workout in, it is about the workout
Going to a gym also requires to look good on a minimal level at least. Here I mean that at home you can wear that shabby 10-year old T-shirt you love so much because many good memories you lived in it. In a gym, though, a certain level of looks is needed nowadays. People tend to judge you by the way you look and the clothes you wear, so here you should wear something more nice, not necessarily expensive, but clothes that look good, on the contrary to when you train at home when noone can see it. Of course some of you wear them swag yolo gear even when you sleep....just kidding :D
Clothes get worn and torn pretty easy and quick
I have never been a big fan of expensive clothing, let alone shoes maybe. I have experience in some sports and I know that clothes can get torn and worn pretty easy and quick, so unless you do not have a lotta cash to burn, you might consider what to ride your bike in. I know that from experience that trousers are pretty easy to tear in days. Wear something nice that look good but I do not suggest unnecessarily expensive rags.
Okay, so enough is said about gear and equipment. What’s up with travelling? The cost of fuel, public
transport and the time it takes to get to a gym or a court?
transport and the time it takes to get to a gym or a court?
I have a pretty busy schedule because of my dogs and I also limit my BMX Flatland practise and Calisthenics training time because I want to get out of the rat race with the help of my online mushroom coffee business. This need more effort and time in the beginning, an for my long term goals I am willing to sacrifice more of my freetime.
To hell with time management, everyone has 10 mintes a day to workout!
As much as it is important to manage your time right to be able to accomplish more in less time and with more and better results, it is totally unnecessary to do a 10-minute-workout every day. Okay, this short workout also has to or can be planned when to be executed, but due to its lenght it can be fitted easily to a lot of points in your day.
Is a 10-minute-training enough to get fit?
I can tell you that it is very possible to kick my own ass during a ten-minute-workout. I do supersets, which means I switch between two exercises with no or minimal rest. For example, I do leg raises and as a ’rest’, I do tricep dips on the side of my bed.
How about holding a plank for as much as you can? Even a few minutes can be a killer from this exercise. Doing situps, pushups or sprinting or keeping a high-paced tempo for 10 minutes can also get the job done. The 10 minutes I am talking about can be 13, 15, 5 or 20, whatever you want or can fit into your day. The key is on being consisten to do the short but effective training every day.
Time hacks to keep trainings short more effective
A short traiing is also easier to start than to think: ’’Oh,how the hell am I gonna workout for 1 and a half hours? I am dead tired and have so much to do.”
When you only have a goal of accomplishing a short workout, especially from you home, all the problems seem to cease to exist.
My best tips and tricks for Calisthenics training ...
and time management (here we go again... xD)
Okay, so I said forget about time management as 10 minutes of training needs none of this trendy stuff... I still do think so, but I have some hacks that also help to fit your home workout (or homework-out) into your busy daily routine.
So behold some of my tricks and tips you can apply to spare time and be effective in Calisthenics training at home:
1. Do some housework between sets of exercises:
I do a set of pull-ups and as a rest I take the clothes out of the washing machine. Then I do another set of chin-ups. After this I put some of the clean but wet clothes on the dryer racks. Then I do one more set of exercise, and then I hang some more clothes out to dry. Get it?
2. Start training at the moment you arrive home:
It is also good for me to do some leg raises, pull-ups, pushups right after enter my apartment. After the first set I take off my shoes, maybe pack stuff outta my bag. Then comes another set of exercise. Then I change clothes or just get out of my street clothes.
3. Be a kitchen fairy between the sets:
It is also good make a coffee, o cook or prepare some food meanwhile, but in this case too mush hand-washing is involed, not to speak of having to pay attention not to burn the rice or other food, which I sometimes did, LOL. :D
4. Do a set of exercises as you walk around the apartment:
It can also be good to promise to yourself that every time you go to the kitchen or some other room, you do some push-ups. There is the pullup-bar in the kitchen hallway in my apartment, so it is in the way. This does not work well for me, as I like my training to be done and than it does not bother me, but every now and then I do some random pullups when I walk around.
5. Setting up your own gym indoors to laugh in the face of weather:
Own bodyweight training requires no or just some minimal equipment, and if it is done at home, a whole lot of other factors are diminished and you can go on with your daily routine without having to sacrifice money and time for the sake of training. I was considering making a small training spot in my living room for BMX Flatland riding. I have seen a great idea by some riders who covered their apartment or room with OSB wood sheets for the same reasons I suggest traiing at home. It is also good to beat weather and being able to train indoors even when it would be impossible outdoors. I did not accomlish this one, though, as I have people living under me. Doing my BMX Flatland tricks that require less space would be disturbing, especially when I drop my bike or it smashes to the floor.
