If your fitness goals are general fitness and not trying to break personal records on heavy lifts,
My suggestion is to get push up bars, a pull up bar, a kettlebell.
If you can't do pull ups, do negatives and/or assisted pull ups with a chair a few feet in front of you.
Your main focus will be push ups, pull ups, air/goblet squats, and kettlebell swings.
Every set go until you are 2-3 reps from failure.
Shoot for at least 3 sets on your first time. Try to get to 5 sets in 2 weeks. 8-10 sets by spring.
Run it as a circuit. Do each exercise after the other. With a rest period after each circuit. Try to keep the rest as low as possible.
On the final set shoot for failure.
High rep bodyweight regimens build work capacity and mental fortitude, create stronger tendons and greater blood supply, and will improve max strength and recovery.
This will also prepare you for strength and power phases if you want to get really strong down the road.
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