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To Your Health: Home workout equipment tipsPublished Feb. 20, 2011
I am often asked what is the best home gym equipment to do highly effective workouts at home.


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Home Gym Equipment

You can enjoy all the benefits of gym membership - a wide variety of equipment and facilities, good advice from staff and other members and the incentive to work out by making the gym a destination. But, you can also enjoy having the ease of access and the absence of a commute by purchasing home gym equipment.

 

But what should you buy?

 

If you're just getting into, or back into a fitness routine, you should hold off purchasing anything. Using relatively new professional equipment, under the guidance of a knowledgeable instructor, will give you a good basis for comparison when shopping.

 

One of the first pieces of equipment anyone interested in weight training will want is, naturally, a set of weights.

 

Free weights can be purchased for very little money - a basic set is often under $50. You'll want a mixture of small, 10 lb (4.5 kg) and 20 lb (9 kg) hand-held dumbbells and a bar with larger, exchangeable weights. Just about any bar is as good as another, but weights can be either metal or plastic. Some people like the old-fashioned clink of metal, but plastic weights (usually composite or sand-filled) are marginally safer.

 

At some point, you'll want to 'graduate' to a weight machine. They offer the ability to focus on specific muscle groups - biceps, quadriceps, deltoids and others - in a much safer way than free weights can. Also, some muscle groups - calves or hamstrings, for example - are harder to work using free weights.

 

Once you're ready for a weight machine, be prepared to spend some serious cash. Costs and configurations vary. Some are just simple resistance machines, essentially composite rubber stretching straps that allow for some adjustment to the tension. These run a few hundred dollars. Others are multi-station, adjustable weight stacks, often costing from $1,800 to $5,000 or more.

 

Stair steppers are becoming increasingly popular. A very simple model can run anywhere from $80-$150. It offers you the ability to get a good cardiovascular workout in a small space at home with low joint impact, while you build thighs and calves. Beware anything that looks like too good a deal, though. Reliability is key here; otherwise you've spent $100 for nothing when it breaks two months after purchase.

 

Some stair steppers run as high as $1,700 or more. At this level you should be getting a lot more than just the ability to simulate walking up stairs. Apart from reliability and handrails, which should be rock solid for 5 years or more, you should be able to adjust resistance level, speed, angle, and distance between the pedals. You should also get a heart rate monitor and other digital readouts (speed, distance climbed, calories burned, etc) as part of the package.

 

Treadmills, too, are becoming a more common part of the home gym. Since they run anywhere from a few hundred dollars to $2,000 or more, you should expect to get a lot for your money.

 

Again, they should be completely smooth working, stable and reliable for several years. A good treadmill should have a great, non-slip surface and it should be able to go faster and offer more resistance than you could ever use as you build up.

 

Like stair steppers, it should come with an impressive panel of controls and digital gauges. Any treadmill that costs over $1,000 should have, at minimum, adjustments for and measurements of speed and distance 'walked'. It should include calories burned, with tailoring based on age, weight, etc. A heart rate monitor is a great plus.

 

Of course, if you plan to spend several thousand dollars to acquire home gym equipment, you should be prepared to dedicate yourself to a consistent, regular workout. But that's something no manufacturer can guarantee.

 

 

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Dr. John Spencer Ellis

Each week, over one million people enjoy a fitness and wellness program created by John Spencer Ellis. His programs are implemented in the top resorts, spas and health clubs. John is the CEO of NESTA (National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association), the Spencer Institute for Life Coaching, and the Get America Fit Foundation.

He created Adventure Boot Camp, the largest fitness boot camp system in the world. His TriActive America signature series of outdoor exercise equipment is used worldwide. John has been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, FOX, FOX Sports, FOX Reality, SPIKE and ESPN. He is the fitness and lifestyle expert on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Orange County and Daybreak OC (KDOC news). John is the producer of the documentary The Compass (Jan. 2009).

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One of the most important pieces of exercising equipment that are useful to have at your home gym is the treadmill. Nowadays you will find that there are a large number of treadmills - both in makes and models - available in the market and you will find difficulty in making a choice out of them.

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The last time that I got a gym membership, it did not work out. It was a pretty reputable gym, and they had some decent fitness exercise equipment, but I just could not convince myself to get over there regularly. Part of it was that I was self-conscious about my body and did not like to workout in front of other people, but that was not all of it. I think that I just did not like to have to get up, head out, and go somewhere to workout. That is why I decided that the best thing to do was to buy myself some home gym equipment.

There are many different kinds of home fitness equipment,. I did not start out buying my gym equipment all at once. Instead, I though that the best thing to do was to keep it simple and basic. First I bought a set of hand weights, a jump-rope, and some gym pants to work out in. I thought that that would give me just enough to do a basic workout, and it turned out that I was right. I could get my heart rate up, have a little bit of strength training with my lifting, and feel like I was getting one step closer to being the trim, fit person that I had always wanted to be.

After a while, however, that gym equipment I had just wasn't enough anymore. I did enjoy the hand weights, but I wanted to get a better workout. The next thing that I thought was an elliptical machine. Soon after that, I got a Nautilus machine to do some more heavy-duty strength training. Once I got this gym equipment, it felt like my routine was really coming together. I have enough machines and exercises that I can vary it from day-to-day, and I can switch from elliptical to jump rope for the cardiovascular exercises. All in all, it feels pretty good.

Sometimes, it is still a little bit difficult for me to motivate myself to work out. You get home from work, you feel tired and lazy, and you just want to sit around in front of the TV. Knowing that the gym equipment is in your own house, however, makes things easier. You can exercise in your underwear if you want. You never have to get up and go anywhere to stay fit and look great. I look better than I have in years, and feel the same.

Are you in the market for a home gym, or do you already have one? Either way, you should furnish your gym with commercial fitness equipment for your convenience, for your safety, for your budget, and for your body.

Club style gyms are great for people who need to get out of the house and socialize in order to get in a workout, but I prefer to work out on commercial fitness equipment in my own home gym. If you have the discipline to work out at home, without the added motivation of socializing with your gym buddies, then outfitting a home gym with commercial fitness equipment is the best of both worlds.

Save Time With A Home Gym

Say you want to get to the gym to work out on weights, treadmill, and other commercial fitness equipment before you leave for work in the morning. You could save yourself a lot of time by working out at home. What time do you leave your home to get to the gym? Ten minutes early? Fifteen minutes early? Now add the time you spend packing your gym bag, paying your gym dues, signing in, showing your pass, arranging your locker, and waiting for the commercial fitness equipment to become available while someone else is using it.

With a home gym, you wake up, get dressed, open a door, and you're there; a room full of commercial fitness equipment is ready and waiting to challenge your will and keep you looking and feeling your best.

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