Need advice for working out at home? What equipment do I need to buy? ?
January 312010
Hey all,
I am a 26 yr old man. I am 5"7 (173 cms) and I weigh 67 kg’s (147 pounds approx.) I plan to start working out from home. Please suggest the most useful fitness equipment I should buy. I am not looking at becoming Schwarzenegger II. Just a lean athletic bod is good enough for me.
P.S. Looking at buying equipment for home. Cannot afford a ’station’.
Well, it doesn’t have to cost almost anything!
Weights
Fill a small, medium and large bottles of water as a set of dumbbells. Large heavy books can do the trick too.
Jump Rope – This is excellent to improve stamina and make your heart healthier. Professional boxers use the jump rope to keep fit, so this is not for any 5yr old girls!
Jogging round your area is free too, as well as cycling.
Dancing to some music in the comfort of your own home is fun as well as a good workout. Blast your favorite tracks and come up with your own dance routine. Don’t be scared too!
A Lateral Thigh Trainer (or cheaper ones of a different brand, see ebay.com) is a great overall workout. You can (if you look around enough) get them for around $50.
I’m sure of that there are some fitness books around that have ideas on what workouts you can do at home with little or no Equipment.
A gym ball is a very hand piece of kit for as little as $15 which works out your core.
Finally, check online for instance google.com and search ‘Free online workouts’ which should show you different exercises to do with no/few Equipment.
January 31st, 2010 at 5:03 pm
stability ball/Bow-Su, a set of free weights, or a stepper. good for balance, muscle building, and cardio, respectively.
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January 31st, 2010 at 5:34 pm
A chinup bar and a kettlebell or two. A pair of running shoes and/or a jump rope should pretty much cover the bases.
You can do a lot with bodyweight exercises.
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January 31st, 2010 at 6:04 pm
good running shoes, ankle weights, and wrist weights.
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January 31st, 2010 at 6:18 pm
You don’t need to buy any goddamned equipment. Just follow the home workout sections of this site. Believe me it is excellent, i am telling by experience. This site : http://www.netfit.co.uk
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January 31st, 2010 at 6:57 pm
Well, it doesn’t have to cost almost anything!
Weights
Fill a small, medium and large bottles of water as a set of dumbbells. Large heavy books can do the trick too.
Jump Rope – This is excellent to improve stamina and make your heart healthier. Professional boxers use the jump rope to keep fit, so this is not for any 5yr old girls!
Jogging round your area is free too, as well as cycling.
Dancing to some music in the comfort of your own home is fun as well as a good workout. Blast your favorite tracks and come up with your own dance routine. Don’t be scared too!
A Lateral Thigh Trainer (or cheaper ones of a different brand, see ebay.com) is a great overall workout. You can (if you look around enough) get them for around $50.
I’m sure of that there are some fitness books around that have ideas on what workouts you can do at home with little or no Equipment.
A gym ball is a very hand piece of kit for as little as $15 which works out your core.
Finally, check online for instance google.com and search ‘Free online workouts’ which should show you different exercises to do with no/few Equipment.
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January 31st, 2010 at 7:38 pm
treadmill and cycle will be good enough
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January 31st, 2010 at 8:13 pm
hi ajay, since you are looking forward to training at home why don’t you look into the Xattack program. I am client of their X-Melt program it worked fantastic for me, its a 90 days based in home training program ,with ton of different work outs to do at home all you need to do them either a set of resistance bands or a set of weights. they even provide their clients with custom nutrition to help them succeed in their goals. If you want you can check out their website its.
http://www.xattack.in
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personal experience
January 31st, 2010 at 8:23 pm
You can do push ups , dips , situps , chinups , crunches .
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