Is it possible to go Edward Norton mode with just a 45lbs plate as equipment?
If you do enough of the movements and eat properly you'd prolly be fine.
>>35461528
no
>>35461572
this is a DYEL who shouldn't be giving advice.
ignore him
you need progression to make gains.
linear progression as a novice, then progressive overload when those gains run out.
that being said, you can do more than nothing...
so if it is between nothing and a 45lb plate, use the plate.
but ideally get your hands on a gym membership, or some oly dumbbells and more weights or... something.
so many options.
you want to be able to progress in weight every time you work out.
>>35461572
What are the most useful exercises with a plate? I'm guessing front raises and around-the-worlds?
>>35461640
Not the other dude, but this guy is wrong. This physique is very easily achievable if your genetics aren't complete shit.
>>35461640
now, for emergency purposes, you CAN progress without adding weight, just by adding more volume (i.e. sets and reps)
the problem with this, is that eventually it will take 3 hours just to make any gains (more setsxreps = more time spent working out), and that at a certain point, your training will no longer be building strength, but instead be building muscular endurance..
...which is fine, if you don't care about strength... but you will forever be a weak little bitch who has to workout 3 hours a goddamn day.
also there could arguably be a certain point where the aerobic nature of endurance could really reduce gains by elevating cortisol (essentially treating baby-weight lifting as cardio instead of resistance training)
>>35461674
>This physique is very easily achievable if your genetics aren't complete shit
correct.
however you will need more than a 45lb weight to achieve it.
>>35461663
russian twists are good for core.
i can't think of a single upper body exercise that it would be decent for...
hang it off your body and do pull ups for mad back gains.
enjoy your no-chest
>>35461707
>i can't think of a single upper body exercise that it would be decent for...
How about one-armed stuff? I could progress working up to that?
>>35461640
never give advice again
>>35461731
i am not overly familiar with unilateral exercises, but most of the ones i can think of off-hand would require some base-strength.
i don't see how you can progress from 0lb to 45lb with no in-between.
that is quite a large jump, mang
also, just because i can't think of a good upper body exercise, doesn't mean one doesn't exist... it just means i am spoiled by OHP and Bench
i guess find a way to affix the weight to yourself and do bodyweight shit like advanced push ups?
>>35461773
>i guess find a way to affix the weight to yourself and do bodyweight shit like advanced push ups?
That's a good idea, I'm guessing you'd be a big guy 4 u if you can do a couple of sets of 25 reps of pushups with a 45lbs plate on your back, right?
>>35461752
literally why?
you think you can make gains without progression?
>>35461792
25 reps is too much.
you want to be aiming for 4-8 reps
if you can do more, move to a more challenging push up variation.
elevate your feet. try doing archer push ups.
try doing one-handed push ups.
try doing deficit handstand push ups, for mad shoulder gains
there are lots of other variations too..
>>35461815
Those are good ideas, I'll look into pushup variations for intensity and then supplement that with the 45lbs plate work for mad volume.
>>35461815
>you think you can make gains without progression?
you think progression can only be made by adding weight, which shows your knowledge is very limited
>>35461528
You shouldn't even need weights to look like this. If you aren't genetically born with a DYEL body like this you're just a waste of human skin.
>>35461528
a 45 lb plate? like a barbell plate? that's all you have?
you should sell it and save up for actual equipment brah, you're not going to get anywhere with that.
>>35462001
I have enough money to buy more. The real problem here is space, and that all the gyms nearby only have machines and a smith machine.
>>35462071
get two 45 lb dumbbells and a door hang pull up bar. fill a backpack with sandbags. do weighted pushups and weighted pullups.
