[Natalie Dormerr]

Well, which should I do? I have a tredmill and a couple 5 pound weights. Should I start buying some? I have kind of a athletic body from playing sports and I want to stay ripped and not become fat lol no offence. How long before I switch to 10 pounds? I usally do about 30-100 reps each arms and some push ups every other night but I feal like I need to step it up a bit ( I have a physical job)

[Cap]

I'd suggest going to a gym since they'll have all of the equipment you need to progress properly. You can definitely go passed five pound weights. It's going to be way cheaper to purchase a gym membership than purchasing your own equipment. You should be able to progress each week or every other week in terms of increase in weight.

[EvaOura]

Unless you are willing to scrape up some money to buy a power rack, Olympic bar, metal plates, bench press chair and dumbbells then get a gym membership.

[Natalie Dormerr]

I'd suggest going to a gym since they'll have all of the equipment you need to progress properly. You can definitely go passed five pound weights. It's going to be way cheaper to purchase a gym membership than purchasing your own equipment. You should be able to progress each week or every other week in terms of increase in weight.

Funny thing is, I used to go to the gym a lot not anymore though and I might want to now because that may be a good way to get some cute girls lol

[Grimzyy]

What is your goal?

I don't know ANYBODY that does 100 reps each arm, no benefit to it.

[Maximum]

Funny thing is, I used to go to the gym a lot not anymore though and I might want to now because that may be a good way to get some cute girls lol

You'll see much more progress at the gym especially since you don't really have that much equipment, also I find doing home workouts not as motivating as it would be compared to being at the gym.

[3301]

Take advantage of all your local gyms equipment.

[minimalist]

You'll get a much better workout at the gym at a cheaper price, assuming that you're not about to shell out thousands of dollars on gym equipment to use in your house.

However, I've moved from going to local & university gyms to walking down to my basement with multiple pieces of equipment. This includes:

1. A power rack (~$400)
   
2. Pulley system (~$130)
   
3. A barbell (~$160)
   
4. 400lbs of weights (~$260)
   
5. A pair of chrome dumbbell handles (~$60)
   
6. Shitty dumbbell steel weights (~$80)
   
7. Horse stall mats (=$150)
   
8. A chinup bar (=$30)
   
9. A few other things, like a treadmill, elliptical, etc. which really don't add much to a workout. Don't get crap for cardio if you really don't have to (~$6500)
   

The first six pieces of equipment are probably the bare minimum that you'll want to get if you want to lift with the kind of satisfaction that you'll get with a gym membership. That brought me to about $1300 without factoring in any of the other crap that I bought. This doesn't even come close to any of the extravagant setups you'll see on the homegym subreddit, made by people whose dedication towards fitness is on a whole new level.

If you can follow my math, the equipment would have paid for itself after 2 years ($60 x 12 x 2 = $1440).

Long story short: don't invest anything too big into fitness until you can ensure that it's something that you really want to get into. I know that you're not looking to get fat (or bulky, or whatever you want to call it), so just go for a gym membership. It'll probably total out to be a hell of a lot cheaper than the amounts that I've put into bettering myself. I don't know, go for a one-week trial, try it out, follow a strength routine, eat well, and see if you like it.

Good luck.

[shreder]

Gym unless you got room for all those stuff.5lb weight is going to do jack after the first week.