Discipline Equals Freedom Field Manual by Jocko Willink ( PDFDrive.com )
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BUILDING THE HOME GYM<br />
Having a gym in your home eliminates all kinds of<br />
excuses. There is nothing more convenient than having<br />
your gym collocated with your domicile. I have had a<br />
garage gym since I have had a garage. But garage gyms<br />
don’t need to be in a garage—they can go anywhere:<br />
basements, spare bedrooms, offices, backyards, front<br />
yards, patios, car-ports … anywhere. Just like<br />
anything else in life, you do what you can with what<br />
you’ve got.<br />
Once you have carved out some space, it is time to<br />
start getting equipment in place. Start with a pullup<br />
bar. You can mount one just about anywhere and<br />
once you have a pull-up bar, you can work your whole<br />
body with all the varieties of pull-ups, push-ups,<br />
gut work, and squats.<br />
Another useful and relatively cheap piece of<br />
equipment is gymnastic rings. They can also be<br />
mounted just about anywhere and allow a great number<br />
of exercises, including: ring dips, ring pull-ups,<br />
ring push-ups, L-sits, all kinds of various holds,<br />
and countless variants of each of those.<br />
Next up is a squat rack, which should include a pullup<br />
bar and some kind of dip bar attachment. With the<br />
squat rack, a barbell and weights are needed. Rubber<br />
bumper plates allow for dynamic lifts like the clean<br />
and jerk and the snatch.<br />
That’s it. That’s all you need.