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Originally Posted by Bruce For example, I think it's laughable to think you can make significant gains without the inclusion of at least some equipment aid but that's because what I associate with the word "significant" when it comes to training happens to be pretty hardcore. Many people would think differently, so there’s no real general consensus. | What kind of equipment aid is necessary? I'm referring more to the expensive machinery that takes up alot of space. |
I wasn't terribly specific, was I.
What I mean by "equipment" is really anything that aids you in your training practices, be it a machine of some sort (eg. a
lat pull down machine, a
pec fly machine, a treadmill or
elliptical machine, etc.), a dumbbell, a barbell, some sort of crazy "ab crunch" equipment that you see on TV, a massive tree branch that you tie to yourself and pull behind you as you go running (I wouldn’t recommend this... it’s quite challenging, but rather painful),
ankle weights, a
pull-up/chin-up bar, a punching bag, a
bench press, a normal training
bench, a
squat rack, “
grippers” (used for increasing grip/forearm/wrist strength), some sort of weapon that you do fighting training with (such as a staff, a
nunchaku, a sword, baton, etc.), punching into hot sand (a fairly old school practice used to condition your fists for punching into things), etc.
From the information you've given, you shouldn't need much equipment at all. You'd probably benefit most from something like a skipping rope,
maybe some ankle weights (you could use them for skipping once it becomes too easy -- but with what I'll be recommending, that will be a while
), and a going to the gym. A gym membership would be good, but it really depends on what payment options you have available (ie. whether it is feasible and reasonable financially to pay for just one-off visits, pay for a monthly visit pass, or if you are required to actually get a full membership and pay yearly) and how much you want to be going to the gym. Weight training isn't absolutely necessary if stamina/endurance is your priority, although I'd personally choose some rather then none due to the efficiency of weigh training (that’s just me, though). Anyway, I'll give more info on this a bit later.
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Originally Posted by The David Body type: Ectomorph. If that article is accurate, I'm even more of an ectomorph than I had previously thought. |
I wouldn’t be too concerned about the accuracy of the article and the description of an ectomorph, other then this part:
It’s just easier to give training advice to someone when you know how their body is likely to respond to certain training (not everyone will respond the same, but from my experience, the
somatype body analysis is a good guideline).
Anyway, thanks for getting back to me with that information. I’m a little busy at the moment and can’t respond to your right now in any sort of depth or detail (it will take me a while to write out a decent post), but I’ll definitely get back to you.