You're talking yourself out of exercising. You know as well as I do that you could be exercising right now, there are things you could be doing.
I always encourage people to start simple, really simple. Just buy a used barbell and a few weight plates off of Craigslist and commit to doing 5 sets of 10 reps of curls every other day. This is 10-15 minutes of your time every other day, its nothing. Also everybody has room for a barbell and a few weight plates.
I know you're not necessarily a beginner being that you've worked out before but this will be a good way to get you back into it. I'm confident that if you just start doing this simple routine you will naturally start to expand and do other stuff.
No more excuses. Get the gear today and complete your first workout before the end of today. Don't overthink this just do it.
The irony is that I have a set of barbells sitting next to this computer.
Awesome! Get back to me when you've done 5 sets of 10 reps. Today will be the day you start working out again. Remember to not overthink this, just pick them up and do it. Think of it as a quick 10 or 15 minute block of time.
Put on some killer music first.
Just a reminder you owe me 5 sets of 10 reps. I am fully confident you will complete this today.
OK, I did my arms. Not the workout you defined, but I did it.
I did about 1 set of probably 50 slow and controlled perfect form full length arm rotations from waist to sky (hard to explain in words). Then two dumbbell arm extensions, about 20 reps. Then 20 pushups. Took about 10 minutes and didn't even break a sweat.
I feel good about this and my arms are more firm. Thank you, I SHOULD do this more often.
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