10 reviews for Basement Bodybuilding: Home Gym Upper Lower

7 weeks complete

1 year of prior experience

More than expected strength gains

More than expected muscle gains

I’ll echo an earlier comment saying this is the best at home hypertrophy program on this app. Period. The exercise selection is great, and the cues help tremendously. Coming from a background of doing the cycle of SBD for 3-6 months and then stopping for a year, I’ve had way more gains with this program than ever. The alternative exercises are great. Only modifications I have made were subbing out T bar rows for cable column rows since I have one, and barbell calf raises instead of dumbbell calf raises. All I have is a rack, barbell, plate loaded cable column, EZ bar, and loadable dumbbells. You can easily complete this program with only a barbell, rack, and dumbbells. In 8 weeks, I’ve added 2 inches to my biceps, lost about 2 inches in the waist, and added about 2-3 inches in my chest. My legs have stayed about the same, maybe increasing about an inch in my quads. I thought I would miss doing squats more but I really don’t. I enjoy the rack pulls and RDLs. I do miss having leg press, hack squat, and belt squat. If you have those in your home gym, use those instead of barbell squat. Basement Bodybuilding’s training philosophy has helped me more than anything. The more I learn from his videos, the more confident I feel in my home gym training hard. I have been slowly adding weight to the bar, mainly chasing the stimulus more than the number of plates on the bar. By this time running Starting Strength or similar program, I’d be hurting/aching/tired/injured and I’d be about at the quitting mark. But 8 weeks in I feel great and am looking more muscular. I even plan on sticking with this for longer with slight modifications to exercises (adding in dips on chest day, back extension on back day) TLDR: Just hit start and do the program. Takes about an hour start to finish for me. You’re gonna get swole.

3 weeks complete

1 year of prior experience

As expected strength gains

More than expected muscle gains

I been in the gym for about 2 years and this is probably the best program I’ve done on this app. I’ve been misguided on training for so long I love the 2 sets of 6-8

5 weeks complete

1 year of prior experience

As expected strength gains

More than expected muscle gains

I'd strongly recommend this program to anyone looking to pack on size and strength.

3 weeks complete

8 years of prior experience

As expected strength gains

More than expected muscle gains

Perfect for home gym but also for a full gym

3 weeks complete

3 years of prior experience

Less than expected strength gains

Less than expected muscle gains

Weight from previous sessions was not carrying over to next weeks when adding extra sets.

3 weeks complete

1 year of prior experience

As expected strength gains

More than expected muscle gains

Estou agora a começar a 4 semana e sinto me bem! Com mais músculo e mais confiança! Os exercícios são difíceis suficiente mas acabo por ir variando e mudando exercícios para não ser repetitivo

3 weeks complete

2 years of prior experience

Less than expected strength gains

As expected muscle gains

The programme required a few items if equipment tgat I did not have, thus I had to inprovise. I prefer the simplsistic video graphics as easier to comprehendctgat the cøvideo clips. A litte more explanation on some of these would have been helpful

1 week complete

1 year of prior experience

As expected strength gains

As expected muscle gains

One of the best garage workouts on this app, went from being all over the place and not knowing what to do, to having a scedule that helped focus and worry less about time and more about pushing through. Only made one change which was the bench press due to no spotter.

3 weeks complete

3 years of prior experience

More than expected strength gains

More than expected muscle gains

I am 68 years young, With certain injuries, but despite my challenges - I am crushing every workout. 👍

1 week complete

1 year of prior experience

As expected strength gains

As expected muscle gains

This program is actually the only decent garage gym one I've found so far that balances well considering your using only free weights with some body weight exercises albeit the more taxing such as weighted pull ups. The volume is a great starting point for beginners and early intermediate, and is even accommodating for cuts, as it won't run you into the ground. Leg days are my only gripe, but with limited equipment, you cannot expect anything other than hard work and repetitive movements.