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Quick notes:
The banded belt squat that Matt suggested worked…not all that well. Not because it wasn’t a sound suggestion but because I was worried I would break the belt thing at the gym so instead of my band (hard) I used one of the ones there (not so hard). And it was okay but mostly just uncomfortable because of the belt. I may have a way around that without buying a belt for now, and i won’t even have to leave the house.
Looking ahead to week 3, there are stones listed as an exercise. I thought, surely there must be something I can rig up? A couple of options popped up on YouTube involving a homemade stick from ripped up barbells and Olympic bumper plates. Obviously I can’t do that but other guys seem to be using a loading pin from ironmind and a collar to help keep plates together. This gym has a limited selection of bumper plates so I’m going to experiment with a single plate and try the technique that looks best to me (more of a straight up pull rather than tipping the plate/s forward to make them easier to grab hold of). Single plate might be too skinny but doesn’t hurt to give it a test?