Eating healthy and working out for a low-budget teen?

[MusicMan450]

I'm 17, weigh 155, am about 5'11", and I'm kind of on a low budget due to not having time for a job due to marching band and having to save up money for drum corps this summer (Basically marching band on steroids, you have to be in top condition to even attempt the crazy s**t these guys pull off).

Anyway, my family isn't big on the whole health and fitness thing, and basically scoff at the mentioning of working out or buying healthier foods.

I was wondering what the best possible foods that I could be buying on a low budget, and how to prepare these foods in a fast manner, as most days of the week I get an hour before I go to school, an hour to come home and grab my stuff for band rehearsal, and getting home at 9pm leaves me an hour or two to do homework and stuff.

There's really no gyms that are close enough to me to get to every day that I'm off (Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays). So if there are any "body weight" programs that anyone can show me to, that'd be awesome.

 

[HariPoter13]

Eggs. They are cheap and probably the best muscle building food around.

 

[theblackcat]

Eggs, oats and peanut butter for food, kettlebells instead of bodyweight exercises...

Good Luck!

 

[MusicMan450]

Eggs, oats, and peanut butter, awesome.

I'm guessing that by peanut butter, you mean the healthiest, most "organic" type that I can find? And by oats, is just normal Quaker oatmeal okay, or am I getting it confused?

 

[EFFORT]

What is your monthly food budget?

 

[theblackcat]

Eggs, oats, and peanut butter, awesome.

I'm guessing that by peanut butter, you mean the healthiest, most "organic" type that I can find? And by oats, is just normal Quaker oatmeal okay, or am I getting it confused?

Spot on. As simple and pure as they get.

 

[MusicMan450]

EFFORT, My family spends anywhere from 200-350 on food in the beginning of the month, but a lot of it is snack food or the less healthy, cheap stuff, and I can't really convince my mom to buy anything else. The money that I get is the occasional bits of cash that I get from her and from doing other people's lawns and stuff, and that goes towards either gas or food.

And thanks, Blackcat, I'm probably gonna hit up the store today and buy all that stuff!

 

[HalfAddict]

Do not forget tuna and chicken, if you cannot get boneless skinless breasts you can always remove the skin!

 

[Jack Wealthy]

Skim milk is perfect for pre- and post-workout. To workout with bodyweight you have to have a pullup bar, door fram ones are fairly cheap.
I used to work out with sole bodyweight and the majority of my strength is from that. To get stronger it is inceasing resistance not weight. You can lift the same weight or near the same weight (ie your bodyweight) forever and still get stronger. The trick is DO NOT fall into the trap most bodyweight trainers do of endlessly adding reps.
Progressively decrease the leverage of the working joints, google proper form on these excersises:
Pushups (start on your knees if necessary) when you can do 4(sets)x12 move on.
Pushups with feet raised 4x10
Hip pushups 4x8
Pseudo Planche Pushups 5x6
Offset pushups 4x5
Lever Pushups 4x4
Pike pushups 4x10

That's the progression I used and it took me six months, but my shoulders are proportianately weaker then the rest of my body so Pike's should be after pushups with feet raised.
Pullups:
Eccentric chinup 2x3 (for 15 seconds)
Chinups 3x2, build up to 5x3 then progress
Pullups 3x5
Wide grip 3x5
Narrow grip 4x8
Tuck front lever 5x5
Icecream maker/ front lever pull (same excersise)4x3
Flat tuck front lever 5x5

When you reach the rec. reps progress to the next variation. Mix up variations and reps, for example use L pullups, back levers...

Do bodyweight squats also, find a progression on dragondoor.com for single leg squats.

I recently tested myself for strength: I was 74kg's but stopped weights and started bodyweight with a max bench of 70kgs for 1 rep.
I hadn't bench pressed in 4 months, after bodyweight training I did 90kg's for 3 reps at 78kg bodyweight.