Originally Posted by
Lucas
Ive been doing squats, curls, bench press, leg raise? (the thing on the end of the bench for your legs) front and back.
IMHO you can ignore curls, leg raises. Swap some kind of pullup or chinup for curls, use weights if they're too easy. I do front pullups and hang weights off a simple looped rope arrangement around my waist. Leg raises you'll get better benefits from squats and DL. Basically you want to do compound exercises instead of isolation exercises unless you have reason to want to target a specific weakness.
DL you don't need any special equipment apart from your heavy bar. Squats you'll need some kind or rack preferably with a decent safety bar setup since you're lifting alone. I use a power rack, which is perfect but costs a bit and needs some space.
For these compound lifts a good bar is worthwhile. I definitely prefer Olympic weights (for 2" collars) over standard ones.
Starting light is a good thing. Form really makes a big difference in compound lifts. It took me at least a couple of years to really peak, lifting over 250 days a year. Getting the form spot on can make a 50lb difference at a given strength level I reckon.
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