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by beza1e1 6275 days ago
Do you have an idea, how to do deadlifts and cleans without "professional" weights and without a gym?

Bodyweight squats are good. So are chin-ups, pull-ups, dips, push-ups, burpees and planks. I'd avoid sit-ups, especially if you hunched over your desk all day. A fun way to spice up the workout is "Parkour".

My workout is running a few kilometers to a selected tree, doing some of the exercises above and running home. Takes about an hour each. Three times a week.

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I've been doing this (other than doing it I'm unaffiliated with the site):

http://www.simplefit.org/

It's been good - it's a program of pull-ups, push-ups and squats with 3 sessions a week and a series of levels to work through. Pretty nice if you're busy, none of the workouts go past 30 minutes because there's a focus on high intensity in the workout.

Probably wise to take the guys nutrition advice with a grain of salt, since it doesn't see to be his main area of knowledge.

Other than that I run about 5km 3 times a week.

Kettlebells. You can do a form of deadlift and cleans with them. Google for "kettlebell deadlift" and "kettlebell clean" to get an idea how.