From the article: Exercise on a Budget
If you workout at home, you've probably found a few favorite pieces of equipment you can't live without. Setting up a home gym can be confusing and you don't want to waste your money. Help other exercisers out by telling us about your favorite pieces of home gym equipment. What's in your home gym? Share Your Favorites
Exercise at Home
- I love my hula hoop and Wii Fit. I've never been so toned and slender!
- —Guest jacquila
I love all my gym equipment!
- I am very fortunate that I have the equipment and space for a home gym. It's really quite hard for me to have a favorite piece of equipment because I DO use all of them equally. However, I do love that I have MIRRORS. They help me to make sure my form is correct when lifting weights which is VERY important. And I can watch the muscle that I'm working which helps me focus more on that muscle. I suppose if I really had to choose to keep only one piece of equipment, it would be the multi-function cage that has several attachments to it. I can work out every muscle group with it. I could always get my cardio outdoors!
- —Guest janlovesgym
Favorite Home Exercise Equipment
- I practically have a full home gym - recumbent bike, elliptical, pilates, BOSU, balance ball, Bowflex weights/bench...however I will tell you the surprising truth about my favorite piece of equipment. It's my Wii. I have The Biggest Loser "game", EA Sports Active, Wii Fit and Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2010. Let me tell you - they give you a workout! It is like having a personal trainer in your home. Each has a fitness calendar with scheduled activities for optimum workouts for the various muscle groups. They track your progress and they keep you honest with whether you have completed your commitments for each day. You set your goals for a given time frame and programs are set for you accordingly. I think the Wii is the best thing to happen in home fitness. I can't recommend it enough!
- —fionashannahan
Favoriet Home Fitness Equipment
- Best equipment is good sneakers. Put 'em on and walk with Leslie Sansone. All o fthe DVDs are good and I look forward to "walking" with her every day. I lost 10 lbs in about three months just walking each day in my living room.
- —FREE2BME09
You don't need much equipment
- I have a few sets of dumbbells, an exercise ball, a step and a great library of workout videos. That's all I need to get a great workout, but I would love to get more equipment just to stave off boredom. A BOSU, a treadmill and a barbell set are all on my wish list. I do think it's harder to workout at home sometimes - at the gym, there's nothing else to do except exercise. At home, you can find all kinds of things to distract you from exercise. It helps to follow a schedule every day.
- —Home Exerciser
