| If you have been looking at any of the home gym | | | | stand to do deeper pushups. The Iron Gym is a must |
| equipment out there you know it can get expensive | | | | have if you want to build muscle in your home gym. |
| really quickly and the slick marketing divisions of | | | | PowerWheel - the Powerwheel is an advanced |
| these companies make everything look great. I | | | | version of an abdominal wheel. The basic ab wheel |
| believe that the best gauge for equipment is results. | | | | just has two handles so that you can work your |
| Can it give visible results and is it cost effective for | | | | core rolling forward and back. The Powerwheel takes |
| your budget? Weights are really expensive because | | | | it to the next step and has a place to put your feet |
| you pay per pound but you can use equipment that | | | | on the handles so that you can roll from your lower |
| relies on your own bodyweight to give you even | | | | torso while supporting your weight with your hands. |
| more effective workouts. | | | | This creates some incredibly challenging ab exercises |
| Bodyweight Exercises are Superior | | | | that will strengthen not only your core but upper and |
| Bodyweight exercises have always been my favorite. | | | | lower body just through the stabilizing movements. |
| They are the foundation of boot camp exercises and | | | | Stability Ball - this is your basic Swiss ball that comes |
| workouts and can be used to tone and build muscle | | | | in a couple different sizes and can be used for so |
| as well as give an unbelievable overall cardio workout. | | | | many different exercises like crunches, wall squats, |
| I grew up building my body with the basics using | | | | and even used as a bench for dumbbell pressing |
| pushups and pullups. As a wrestler I was conditioned | | | | movements. The variety of ab exercises alone make |
| with bodyweight exercise drills that would get | | | | it a great piece of equipment to have in a home |
| anyone down to single digit bodyfat and in my early | | | | gym. |
| twenties found that 13 weeks on Paris Island for | | | | Monkeybargym Pulleys - Monkeybargym has created |
| Marine Corps boot camp more proof that | | | | an excellent home pulley system that works with |
| bodyweight exercises are the best for total | | | | your bodyweight. There is a portable version that |
| conditioning and fat loss. | | | | can be taken on the road and a more advanced |
| Bodyweight Exercise Equipment | | | | version that can be installed at home. The various |
| You can get a full body workout in without any | | | | exercises and workouts that can be done with |
| equipment at all but to add more variety and fun | | | | bodyweight exercises with this is amazing. |
| there are a few pieces of equipment you can pick up | | | | Kettlebells - Kettlebells are another thing I like to add |
| to make a complete home gym experience. With an | | | | to bodyweight workouts. It can help add some |
| investment of anywhere from $50 to $200 | | | | resistance to a couple of basic exercises that can be |
| depending on your budget you can set yourself up | | | | used for serious fat burning. The nice thing about |
| quite nicely at home. | | | | kettlebells is you don't need a whole set like with |
| Iron Gym Pull Up Bar - this is a great piece of | | | | dumbbells. A pair of light kettlebells is all you need for |
| equipment you can use to put up in your doorframe. | | | | a home gym as you will find something as simple as |
| It pulls in and right out so that you don't have to | | | | the kettlebell swing to be an extremely difficult |
| leave it in place. Pull ups are the best exercise to build | | | | exercise that gets your heart pumping and will burn |
| the upper back and biceps giving that V tapered look. | | | | fat quick. It can make an exercise program with |
| It can also be taken down and used as a pushup | | | | bodyweight exercises more challenging. |