Anybody use dumbells?

[xenon]

I've gone all the way down the home gym rabbit hole.

I have a full set of dumbells from 5 to 50s. It's great and covers almost everything.

I've progressed past the 50's on chest, but it doesn't matter now since I just added a machine that looks almost exactly like this:

[Mik]

You can do pretty much anything on a Smith machine.

[jon-nyc]

It would be hard for me to get motivated to use a basement gym every day.

[Mik]

I don't have a problem with cardio at home, but I enjoy getting out and going to the gym. Down 60 lbs over the past 10 months.

[jon-nyc]

Awesome Mik.

Are you doing GLP-1s too?

[Mik]

Yeah, Zepbound. It's quite unlike other diet drugs which were mostly some form of amphetamine. No side effects at all, it just makes you get full faster and not as hungry. I eat breakfast at 10-11:30 then dinner, staying down between 1500 and 2000 calories.

[jon-nyc]

Nice to see you tolerating it well. I have a few friends that had to stop after a few months for GI issues. Not zepbound in particular, but glp-1 agonists in general.

[Mik]

It seems to have the lowest profile of side effects.

[kluurs]

@Mik said in Anybody use dumbells?:

I don't have a problem with cardio at home, but I enjoy getting out and going to the gym. Down 60 lbs over the past 10 months.

WOW!! That's great!

[xenon]

@Mik Wow! Impressive.

[kluurs]

You are my people! I have from 5- 55lbs, some in the garage and some in the living room where people always have gym equipment.

[jon-nyc]

One thing I would enjoy about having my own weight rack like that is I could actually keep the weights in the spots they belong in. Crazy how randomly placed they get in the gym.

[Mik]

@jon-nyc yeah. People who don’t put things back where they belong aggravate me. Gyms, design rooms, whatever.

[89th]

@mik I bought a set of these, they let you select between 15 and 55 pounds and are relatively easy to use and comfortable: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM658S67

That being said, I do have a pair of 25-pounders that I use for curls and other raises. Those are my workhorses, but the flexibility of the above set-up is nice. I also bought a basic bench that I use them on.