So, I'm 10 days away from 49, and I'm looking to start working out at home. Since getting going with TRT, I'm finding for the first time in years I have my energy back and want to take advantage of it. I went from 146lb to 236lb in a 4 year period. Please note, 146 might seem low, but I'm only 5'2" which makes 236 even worse. I'm a bit of a mess, and found out through all the bloodwork I'm prediabetic. I've since brought myself down from 236 to 216 in the past 6 weeks. I overhauled how I eat and was put on Ozempic by my family doc to help with blood sugar and appetite. I'm happy, but I'd love to really step it up now.
Unfortunately my schedule doesn't really work well with going to a gym, and I know if I try to go in at 4am, it isn't gonna happen. In the future I'll probably have to bite the bullet and join one, but the long shifts I work really do make it difficult to drag myself there. So at home it is for now. I have dumbbells from 5-40, and I have plate dumbbells I can probably get to 60 with plates I have. A pull-up bar and that's about it for now.
Any helpful info or tips? I was reading that as we push into our 50's and older, we may want to take a look at exercising a bit differently. Instead of bro splits or highly specialized workouts, lean towards heavy compound exercises like squats deadlifts etc, and do less frequent full body workouts with more time to recover. I'd love any thoughts or suggestions. As my primary goal right now is to lose a shit ton of weight as that's what I need, I know I can't see myself doing obnoxiously large amounts of cardio, although the wife have gone back to walking a few km after work most days. It's relaxing and nice to get out.
Finally, I really don't have a ton of desire to spend my paycheque on supplements, but is there anything you think I should absolutely be looking into given my age/TRT use etc? I don't even take a multivitamin right now.
As always, thanks for all the help and wisdom. I have before pics but nobody but the wife wants to see that shit lol
Unfortunately my schedule doesn't really work well with going to a gym, and I know if I try to go in at 4am, it isn't gonna happen. In the future I'll probably have to bite the bullet and join one, but the long shifts I work really do make it difficult to drag myself there. So at home it is for now. I have dumbbells from 5-40, and I have plate dumbbells I can probably get to 60 with plates I have. A pull-up bar and that's about it for now.
Any helpful info or tips? I was reading that as we push into our 50's and older, we may want to take a look at exercising a bit differently. Instead of bro splits or highly specialized workouts, lean towards heavy compound exercises like squats deadlifts etc, and do less frequent full body workouts with more time to recover. I'd love any thoughts or suggestions. As my primary goal right now is to lose a shit ton of weight as that's what I need, I know I can't see myself doing obnoxiously large amounts of cardio, although the wife have gone back to walking a few km after work most days. It's relaxing and nice to get out.
Finally, I really don't have a ton of desire to spend my paycheque on supplements, but is there anything you think I should absolutely be looking into given my age/TRT use etc? I don't even take a multivitamin right now.
As always, thanks for all the help and wisdom. I have before pics but nobody but the wife wants to see that shit lol
