All this time I hear people saying "good luck making gains at home" "you cant do anything with 5kg"
I tried did lots of bicep curls 4x12 and shoulder press with my 5kg dumbbells and my arms have become pumed, toned and a lot bigger. So there. Proved all the doubters wrong
Haha 5kg will take a very long time to become unbalanced But yes good comment, what are you doing for fitness?
Right now I'm only doing callisthenics, so I do pistol squats, handstand push ups, squat jumps and knee tuck jumps. I got into (and out of) the habit of doing 200 push ups a day (in sets of 4, then I press my arms over my head 4 times an keep going) and I got a really good pump going, but I've done nothing in the last 2 days. I used to go to the gym but decided to stop as I have exams, I tried to lower the intensity but it was no fun so I just kill myself with more endurance less strength . I should be going back soon and I like most of the normal barbell exercises, especially the rearloaded squat . I've lost a bit of weight but I'm really looking forward to getting back in the gym after my last exam! Any reason why you don't go to the gym or was it a sort of preference thing?
Right now I'm only doing callisthenics, so I do pistol squats, handstand push ups, squat jumps and knee tuck jumps. I got into (and out of) the habit of doing 200 push ups a day (in sets of 4, then I press my arms over my head 4 times an keep going) and I got a really good pump going, but I've done nothing in the last 2 days. I used to go to the gym but decided to stop as I have exams, I tried to lower the intensity but it was no fun so I just kill myself with more endurance less strength . I should be going back soon and I like most of the normal barbell exercises, especially the rearloaded squat . I've lost a bit of weight but I'm really looking forward to getting back in the gym after my last exam! Any reason why you don't go to the gym or was it a sort of preference thing?
The gym is filled with too many meatheads and it costs a lot of money, which i'd spend elsewhere Calesthenics are good keep it up.
Just in-case anyone actually decides doing what OP did in hope to get 'bigger' and think that it will work - it wont work. 5kg wont do much, if anything at all.
Just in-case anyone actually decides doing what OP did in hope to get 'bigger' and think that it will work - it wont work. 5kg wont do much, if anything at all.
How can you say that, it works. And it depends on how big your arms already are, based on genetics and HOW MUCH YOU EAT.
lmao 5kg dumbbells will add mass if you're a 50kg male with no muscle mass at all and eating correctly, though the gains will come to a halt extremely fast.
It doesn't matter if you lift 5kg dumbbells and eat 5000 calories a day you wont get muscle mass you will get fat. Your muscle fibres will not break down with 5kg dumbbells to achieve any gain.