I am a bit of overweight guy and I don’t know anything about lifting and fitness. I can’t go for strength due to very weak joints. (no loaded squats) I would like to go for body building or hypertrophy training. Some pointers, tutorials and links to resources are welcome.

As equipment goes I only have resistance bands, a bicycle and an outdoor gym.

Also how important is a diet in keeping myself fit?

  • grrk
    1•9 months ago

    I’d recommend ‘convict conditioning’ by Paul Wade. Free pdf / epub is easy enough to find with a quick search. The book does a better job of describing itself than i can, but basically it details 6 “power moves” (push up, squat, etc) and 10 steps within each move-set, 1 being the easiest/introductory exercise and 10 being the ‘mastery’ of the movement. I.e for push ups- step 1 is wall push ups and step 10 is one armed push ups.