Lana Golan
Let’s say you want to avoid expensive gym memberships, but are now wondering if it’ll actually be any cheaper to build your own home gym. After looking at some gym equipment options, you can see that many don’t quite fit into your budget. But not to worry. It’s perfectly possible to build a home gym on almost any budget as far as you have the following main equipment pieces.
An Exercise Ball
The first thing to get into place is an exercise ball. This is great for not only working your core, but you can also perform other exercises on them such as chest presses, shoulder presses, lateral raises, and so forth, which will make your muscles contract that much harder as you aim to stay balanced.
For the ultimate challenge, try performing a push-up on the exercise ball. This will work not only the entire upper body, but your core as well.
Resistance Bands
Moving along, you might also want to consider picking up some resistance bands to begin your strength work with. The nice thing about these is that they can easily tuck into a drawer so they’re easy to put away after you finish with them. For those exercise in a very cosy space, they will be ideal.
The drawback to the bands however is that they won’t provide as much resistance as you get stronger, so you might find yourself feeling unchallenged. At that point, you’ll need to move into external weight options.
Dumbbells / Kettlebells
Picking up a few sets of rubber hex dumbbells are perfect for performing a very wide range of different exercise to challenge each muscle in the body.
The nice thing about hex dumbbells is because they are rubber, they won’t harm any floor so you can use them with confidence.
Be sure that you do pick up a few different weight levels so that you can easily progress as you get stronger.
An Ab Wheel
If getting a firm flat core is an importance goal of yours, along with getting the exercise ball, you’ll also want to consider picking up an ab wheel as well. This is one of the most challenging ab exercises you could perform an will also work the shoulders and lower back while you’re at it.
Be sure that you position yourself on a carpet or a mat when using this in order to avoid possible knee injury.
An Aerobics Step
Finally, another smart thing to pick up is an aerobics step. This can be used for two purposes. First, you can actually perform at-home aerobics videos while using it to get your cardio workout in, or you can use it as a bench to perform exercises such as decline or incline push-ups or tricep dips off of.
If you aren’t purchasing a standard weight bench, the step can be substituted for it in some cases. Just be sure that you purchase a few additional risers in order to get it to your needed height level.
So there you have some of the main pieces to consider as you form your own home gym.
Remember that you definitely do not need all of these and what you do decide to pick up will likely vary depending on your own space, skill level as well as your budget.
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