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I haven't had a drink, or smoked for two months and my sleeping has improved so much it is crazy, absolutely crazy... I do need to get back to the gym, it is just so hard to muscle the strength to go when I'm not feeling particularly good about myself, which is dumb, since that is the reason I want to get back into it...

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Maybe get yourself a couple kettlebells and do some kb swings at home? You can build a lot of baseline strength with a kb or two. Even just doing 100 single arm swings per day is enough at the beginning, and it takes no more than 15 minutes or so. Set yourself a goal of doing it consistently for a while and I'm sure you'll feel pretty confident walking into a gym again after 45 or 100 days.

Rogue is actually doing a 5-items ship for $5 promo for the month, kettlebells included.

Kettlebells are half that price at Walmart. They work just as well.

Oh for sure, I just am very happy with my Rogue equipment and am wiling to spend a little more for it. It's easy to get damaged equipment in the mail with something so heavy, and Rogue is good about reshipping things. I've never purchased anything from Walmart (I live in NYC, we don't really have them), so I'm not sure what they're like.

But yeah, get whatever works for you to start training!

I never associated alcohol with poor sleep (it makes me fall asleep!) until I got a garmin watch and could see whenever I went to bed after drinking, my rest was absolutely awful.

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