Posts Tagged ‘home fitness exercise equipment’
Written on December 17th, 2009 by no shouts
Home Fitness Tips
By: Cipta Jaya
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One of the major concerns about making a home fitness gym is about how much it will cost. Large exercise equipments like treadmills and ellipticals cost a lot and take up space. And rather than feeling good about exercising, you might end up feeling guilty as you use it as a place to store clothes instead.
If you try to make your home gym to look like the gym that you’re trying to join, this is the mistake that might happen.
Unless that you’re pretty confident about getting large exercise equipments like treadmills, there’s really nothing wrong about it. You just need to make sure of it.
A good suggestion for most people is to make a simpler home gym. A home gym that is cheaper, more likely to be used and of course, more fun!
An example is by having an exercise ball. It can be used while watching TV, and can also be stored in the living room. And if you have kids at home, they’ll probably think that it’s a fun thing to play with. You don’t need to worry about kids pinching their fingers on it too, as it is very safe. And exercise balls won’t attract clutter, as it is a terrible place to store things.
Another great alternative for your home gym are dumbbells and resistance bands. They are relatively cheap, and it won’t take a lot of space even if you own a few of them.
You might even find things to lift around the house, should you feel not buying weight equipments. Water bottles for example, they can be used to substitute dumbbells. Try to experiment a little, do a little test here and there. See if these would fit into your exercise routine, as these equipment substitutes are not designed for your exercise and for the level that you would like to work out at.
Good home gym equipment can often be found at garage sales. This is an excellent way to go if you’re trying to get a large piece of equipment like treadmills. Of course you can always buy new ones if you like, but you can often find exercise equipments in excellent condition for far less, since many people fail to make good use of the equipment that they’ve bought before. The only concern is probably its warranty. But most of these equipments are built to last, they don’t break down easily, and so warranty probably won’t pose much as a problem.
An aerobic stepper can be an excellent investment if you like aerobics. It doesn’t take up space, can easily stored under your bed, and it is a great way to make your aerobic exercise more challenging.
Another good choice to have is a mini stair stepper, as long as you get one in an excellent quality. You can workout your entire body and not just your legs with it as many mini stair steppers are equipped with handles.
The mentioned equipments above are generally small enough and won’t take up much space, they can easily be stored in almost anywhere around your home, or you can place them anywhere you like so that you can do workouts in on a particular day.
The most important thing that you should remember for a successful home gym is that it should work with what you will do for exercise. Even cheap exercise equipment probably isn’t worth the money if you aren’t really going to use it. So take your time and be sure about it first.
Written on December 12th, 2009 by no shouts
Things to Consider When Purchasing Home Fitness Equipment
By: Cipta Jaya
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Before you decide on anything when you want to build your own home gym, take time to examine some of the more popular home fitness equipment available.
The following factors are important to consider when you want to buy your fitness equipment:
1. Price
Most people would surely have a limited budget and therefore price will be a huge deciding factor, as building something as important as a home gym is actually a long term investment on your side.
Depending on the quality of the home fitness equipment, the price of the equipment will vary.
We need to compare our expenses between a formal gym membership fees and travel time with the cost savings that we can enjoy if we have our own home fitness equipment.
2. Dimensions
The dimensions (size) of home gym equipment would determine whether it could be utilized effectively and comfortably based on the space that you have available. We need to consider both the footprint and the height when we are looking at the dimensions of exercising equipment.
Don’t forget to think about the weight of the equipment too, as the construction of your floor would play an important part whether it is able to support the equipment or not.
3. Ease of Operation
To exercise alone and without the help of a fitness instructor can be quite stressful and frustrating, as activities like physically changing weights between sets on a fitness machine should be done all by you.
The fitness equipment should provide comfortable body positions and should be easy to operate and to adjust weights. This leads us to the next point:
4. Types of Weights
People would prefer a home gym that utilizes free weights rather those machines that can not. As we know, a resistance “weight” increases exponentially with travel as opposed to free weights that have a constant weight from rest to rest.
Ultimately, the convenience of not having to constantly change weights between sets and the quality of the exercise would be the deciding factor.
5. Expert opinion
It’s always advisable, before purchasing, to get input from experts in the field or get feedback from individuals who have actually acquired, and used, a particular product.
Written on December 10th, 2009 by no shouts
Purchasing Fitness Exercise Equipment
By: Cipta Jaya
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There are a few factors that you need to consider while selecting home fitness exercise equipment before you take it home or it arrives at your door.
The factors that would really affect your decision to purchase the equipment include:
1. What Are Your Goals?
The biggest factor when purchasing home exercise equipment is what your fitness goals are, what your current fitness level is, and how much you are willing to spend.
You have to keep this in mind and ask yourself first, “What do I want to accomplish?”, before getting a treadmill, exercise bike or an elliptical trainer.
Which do you prefer the most: muscle building, cardiovascular health, or better muscle toning? Do you want to build muscular strength and power? Or are you looking to have better stamina to do just about anything?
You are more likely to get the exercise equipment that will meet your needs if you take the time to answer these questions prior to making a purchase.
2. What Is Your Budget For Home Fitness Exercise Equipment?
You should know in advance exactly what you are willing to spend on your home fitness exercise equipment before you go looking to make a purchase.
There are many types of exercise equipment, all with a different price tag.
A quality treadmill ranges from $1500 to $3500. And for an elliptical trainer, be ready to spend between $750 and $5000. Stationary bikes of reasonable quality cost between $300 to over $1500.
You would want to make sure that you balance the price that you pay with the features and usability for the model that you are choosing, due to the fact that “you get what you pay for.”
Don’t forget:
It doesn’t necessarily mean that you can actually afford to buy $1000 elliptical trainer or a $3000 treadmill just because you have a credit card with a limit high enough.
Examine your overall financial condition and then decide on a budget to spend for your home fitness exercise equipment.
3. How much space do you have?
A lot of people tend to forget about this. The fitness exercise equipment can sometimes took up a lot of space, so you need to make sure that you have enough space to put them.
Also make sure the exercise equipment will function properly in the allotted space.
Most people would surely try the equipment first before they decided to purchase it. But how much space the fitness equipment will take up is something that many people didn’t consider. Will it fit in the corner that you have available is something that you should ask yourself, even though you are in a store and the equipment doesn’t look that big!
So don’t forget to measure the space that you have before going to the store, just to make sure.
4. Make sure you shop around
Don’t rush yourself and buy the first piece of fitness exercise equipment that you find. Try comparing the prices and features of the fitness exercise equipment available by going to other stores or visit a few websites.
Find out what’s the average cost and features that are available for the equipment that you are looking to purchase by doing a simple research online.
Read and take advantage of any product review that you might come across.
5. Take into consideration all costs involved.
There are other costs that might be involved when purchasing home fitness exercise equipment, such as transportation, shipping, installation and other associated costs.
These costs should be considered and calculated before buying your home fitness exercise equipment, so you know you can afford every aspect of getting it and having it ready to use.
