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Re:New fitness habits being created during Covid? by jldugger on Monday August 10, 2020 @03:00PM (#24112771)
I mean, the average person doesn't really need much equipment if the goal is to lose weight (in contrast with the niche hobbyist market of building muscle). There's a ton of bodyweight exercises[1] you can use that require no gym or even weights.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyweight_exercise

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Re:New fitness habits being created during Covid? by neutronicus on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @09:10AM (#24119908)
A decent body weight program is going to require a pull-up bar and if you rent that's a tough ask
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Re:New fitness habits being created during Covid? by jldugger on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:33PM (#24122263)
Maybe I'm just bad at physical fitness but I've never been able to do a pull-up. Seems like the kind of thing that requires both upper body strength and a lean body, which is kind of where I want to finish, not where I get to start from.
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