It’s not uncommon to hear friends and relatives make promises, declarations and resolutions to take up new fitness regimes to lose/gain weight, to get fitter, or to get themselves a washboard stomach. It’s also not uncommon to ask these individuals who had such high hopes a week later what happened to their new regime to be met by blank stares. In other words, of the hundreds of people who try to begin a training routine, only a few stick at it. And one of the main reasons for this is the simple fact that going to the gym in itself can be a trek that takes time out of the day, an unnecessary expense and simply an unappealing prospect if its raining or cold.
Having a home gym then can be a great way to sidestep this problem, and to make significant gains in fitness and strength without ever having to set foot outside. This can turn a two hour gym trip into a forty minute workout while watching Friends. At the same time you’ll stay warm and dry and will have the added bonus of saving membership money.
Many people think they need to join a gym due to a lack of space to store equipment in their home, or because they think it will cost a lot of money. What they may not realise though, is that workout equipment need not cost a lot at all, and that only a couple of small items are needed to provide a perfectly serviceable full body workout. In fact most of the body parts can be worked out just fine with no equipment at all and using only bodyweight and calisthenics exercises to train most of the body. This however would make it hard to train the biceps and lats, so the first item of home gym equipment that anyone needs to buy should target these. That can mean a pull up bar, or dumbbells or preferably both.
These will then allow you to train your biceps as well as opening up a whole range of new exercises to work every single body part to a much greater degree. This variation and increase in resistance will see your physique and strength develop rapidly as you ad pull ups, chin ups, leg raises, curls, shoulder presses, lateral raises, rows and all manner of exercises to your routines.
Once this starts to seem limited you can once again open up a whole range of exercises with a bench. The best of these will allow you to adjust the angle so that you can lean back or tilt upwards and change the angle of the downwards pressure against your body. Combining this with your dumbbells will then allow you to do chest presses, pec flies and various other moves; while also providing means to do preacher curls and incline sit ups.
As you progress further you can add weight to your dumbbells and progress to a barbell for a variety of new exercises again. In other words then the home gym and the equipment develop and progress as you do and you should purchase each item as you begin to plateau using your current equipment. This means there’s no large up front expense and that anyone can get started very cheaply.
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Home gym equipment should be bought expecting it to last many years of regular use. The same should be said for treadmills, exercise bikes and cross trainers too.
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