Great Fitness Equipment For The Home
This article written by Rob Stone
There are a huge amount of varieties of fitness equipment available for both adults and children alike to use to keep fit but also have fun in some instances.
Many of us have been in a position where we have joined a gym online to become before after a short period time due to the same old equipment and the stagnant feeling you can get from becoming bored. This does not need to be the case though as there are so many different pieces of equipment available to get and keep fit.
There are two type of fitness when it comes to exercise which can be classed as aerobic and resistance. Aerobic are activites such as walking, running, the cross trainer, treadmill, boxercise or even gymnastics. Resistance are activities such as weight training, kettlebells, particular circuit training exercise such as pressups and squats.
The equipment for these can vary but here are some great ideas for equipment in the home so the gym is not required and you can have a great workout at home infront your own fitness video or songs on the CD Player.
The trampoline, either a large round trampoline for the garden which can be used throughout the year but mainly in the summer and classed as one of the best ways to exercise you can get. The only variety would be the mini trampoline which can be used indoors such as the front door and seen to be used by personal trainers who visit people in their homes.
Resistance bands , these are large elastic band type of equipment with plastic handles. These go under the soles of your feet with your hands gripping the handles. You move your arms in the same motion as bicep curls so training your arm muscles.
Kettlebells – Another resistance piece of equipment but also quite aerobic at the same time. I personally lost more weight training for two months with a kettlebell than weight training. You swing the kettle bell down to the groud level with your knees and with the momentum of your legs straightening, back into the air again. This tones the legs, bum and tum very well over just a few weeks.
Focus Pads and Gloves – Great for indoor boxercise with a partner, motioning move from boxing but in a lighthearted atmosphere and a superb aerobic workout to music and will tone aspects of the body to.
The Fitball – Great for the abs, laying back on this large inflated rubber ball you can do many ab exercises which soon add up to a very good tight feeling in the abdominal areas.
Put all these to music and who needs the gym?
Rob Stone writes many articles on fitness equipment from Weights to Mini Trampolines.