Whatever your goal is, whether it’s weight loss, to gain muscle and strength, or just to look good in the buff there is nothing to say that you need a gym, you can put together a perfectly good training program together without fancy equipment and just use your body weight. But add a few choice pieces of equipment to this list and your training repertoire can dramatically change.
Training for a goal is always about slightly changing the stimulus, as long as you have enough equipment and exercise ideas up your sleeve you can keep the body pushing into the direction of positive change. Keep it guessing and adapting and you will succeed in reaching your goals.
So aside from body weight exercises let’s have a look at what pieces of equipment can transform your home gym.
Chin up and press up set: the staple exercises of any fitness program, pushes and pulls. Develop the press up and chin up with this essential piece of kit. Place the chin up bar in a door frame and the handles on the floor anywhere and instantly you have more variety of exercises to do at home:
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Medicine ball: this can allow you to add weight to many body weight movements, do plyometrics, perform upper body based explosive exercises, add rotation exercises for the core, and transform exercises like push ups. Here is the Gold’s 5kg medicine ball:
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Skipping rope: a perfect way to warm up and increase your level of cardiovascular fitness without even having to leave the room. Also great for practicing foot movement and skill and co-ordination work. Here is the Gold’s skipping rope:
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Punch bag: add boxing based movements into your routine with a punch bag. Develop strength, power and speed with boxing drills and techniques. Also a great cardiovascular workout when done for a long time:
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kettlebell: adding something cheap and simple like a kettlebell can change the type of workout you do completely. Perform swings, lunges, squats, rotations, get ups and many more exercises with this versatile tool:
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dumbbells: add a light set of dumbbells to the mix and again you can perform a whole host of exercises to stimulate the body in to further transformation.
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Grip enhancer: a lot of power can come from the grip, strengthen it in isolation using this hand grip enhancer:
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Ab wheel: in many fitness programs the desire is to have a six pack. Well fine tune the shape and look of your abs with an ab wheel, a bread and butter exercise for developing the abdominals:
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With a couple of additions from the above list depending on your budget you can truly transform your home training experience. You can keep it fresh, fun and challenging through as little as spending £50, the usual price of signing up to a gym.
