Home Fitness - Best Home Fitness Equipment?

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Shaggameister — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:08:33 -0400

Today, I bought a power rack with 380 lbs of olympic weight. I'm going to keep my machine though and use the rack for doing squats and benching.

Power Blocks

GittenFitten — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:03:54 -0400

I have a recumbent bike and a treadmill but I also have a set of Power Blocks (dumb bells). I need to now find a total body workout using the Power Blocks. Can anyone point me in a good direction?

Going to the gym waste my time.

Shaggameister — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 10:53:00 -0500

I personally prefer free weights. But because I can not count on anyone to spot me, I was using a Smith Machine. However, my wife and kids are starting to exercise now, so I sold my Smith Machine and bought a universal type of weight machine that pretty much does it all. I also have a set of Bowflex 1090 dumbbells and an incline/decline weight bench for versatility. For cardio, I have an elliptical, a treadmill, and the two legs that God has given me. For working on my core, I have an exercise mat, a stability ball, and a captain's chair. My universal machine also has a cable for doing crunches. Plus I use my dumbbells for doing lower back exercises like stifflegged deadlifts and I do side bends for my obliques. I do own a set of resistance bands. However, I only use them and do calisthenics when I go on vacation. When I'm not expecting to be around any other exercise equipment.

kicking bag & resistance bands

joeykuras — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:46:53 -0500

My favorite piece of equipment is my Wavemaster XXL. I punch and kick that thing and it totally wears me out. I love it. Also Bodylastics resistance bands are excellent. I have had some for 10 years and three of the bands finally gave out and I just ordered another set. I prefer those to barbells or dumbbells.

Wow..

fatdaddybrian — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:08:11 -0500

I would say the Wii ithas helped me a lot and they come up with new games..I mean workouts. I like Active, Wii Sports

Weider X-Factor

Erik_Leppert — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:30:43 -0500

i recently got the Weider X-Factor and must admit that it seems to be a pretty good buy. It came with 3 workout dvds (Total Body, Explosive, Abs) and a nutrition tracker and meal planner. So far im happy with it and with the workouts i get out of it. http://www.weiderxfactor.com, any questions, send me a message

Total Gym XLi

spacebunny — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:24:21 -0400

My favourite piece of equipment is the TotalGym XLi, i bought it a long time ago but for quite a while I have only got it out on special occasions, hehe. the idea is you use a pully system to move your body weight and the higher up you set it the more weight you pull or push up to about 60% I think. I think it was about £140 at the time.

Most versatile

kslyter — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:37:43 -0400

Most verstatile has been dumbells from 1 to 60 in 5 pound increments.

Also enjoy my Iron Grip Strength cage and pulley system with incline/decline bench.

My favorite new items is Rogue Fitness pull up bar that switches out with fitness rings.

Recumbent bike for HIIT cardio and occassionally the elliptical.

My current setup is in my garage until I finish my dedicated space for my home gym.

Simple for now

StarveFerris — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:12:29 -0500

A Sole e55 elliptical, an excercise mat, my Kindle and iPod.

I see some good suggestions here and look forward to checking some of these out.

My Equipment

Cieron — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:07:18 -0500

My best equipment is the following:

Elliptical Machine
Adjustable bench with leg extension/curl
Dumbbells

I also have:

An exercise bike (a very basic model)
Another adjustable bench
Fitness ball

I think my next buy will be a Hi Lo Pulley that uses plates rather than its own weight stack but without a bench (as I have two). There aren't many on the market though, as all the maunfacturers seem to be pushing home gyms.

Oh and

Patti234 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:51:35 -0400

My computer also always comes in handy for streaming music from the Internet.

My Favourites

Patti234 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:49:17 -0400

My favourite exercise equipment is:

- custom metal DDR dance pad with ps2

- spin bike ($1500 bike for $300 off Kijiji that required inexpensive brake pad replacement)

- stacking free weights

- Nintendo Wii and Wii Active

- TV + DVD player + yoga videos / Women's Fitness exercise DVD with Jennifer Smith (so much fun!!)

mini trampoline

sewblue — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:33:22 -0400

I have had this for a while but haven't paid much attention to it . Only used it occasionally. But after reading about the benefits of rebounding, I'm going to try using it more. The reseach says that the G force from rebounding helps activate the removal of toxins, improves coordination, helps improve bone density and enhances digestion and elimination

aerobic step

dlavie — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:35:17 -0400

I have an aerobic step, not the "club" size but it does the job.

I also have a "powercage" multi position weight system. The bench press station has multiple sets of pegs to hold the bar in case I fail in my last rep.

dave

Tony Little's Gazelle

reptiliam — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:19:17 -0400

I use a Gazelle, and I actually really like it! I've heard some people have a hard time getting their heart rate up, but it always works great for me.

Stability ball is another favourite, with some free weights.

Bodylastics and FitDeck

jasonryer — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:38:27 -0400

Here's the perfect combo for resistance band workouts:

Bodylastics has durable bands - www.bodylastics.com

and FitDeck has the Resistance Tube exercises - www.fitdeck.com/boosters_resistance_tube.php

Enjoy!

resistance bands?

stooboy — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:59:18 -0400

ive got some of the equipment mentioned I was thinking of adding a medicine ball, also anyone have links to good resistance band exercises, i only know about 2 and would like to vary it up a bit.

Wii

TiagoDM — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:07:28 -0400

Hey, I don't use any equipment at home... i have a few weights and a rope, but wii balance board would be "the thing", 'cause you will be burning without even notice.

Kettlebells

haleyestes — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:44:26 -0400

My husband introduced me to kettlebells when we 1st met, and I was hooked. I HATED lifting weights, but the compound kettlebell movements make my workout more enjoyable. Plus, they make for a great workout!

aheath — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:41:38 -0400

I love my TRX. Tons of things to do with it. I made my own.

I also use:

a step (for strength training not step aerobics)

balance ball

ab roller

hand weights

Tlamb — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:32:18 -0400

A VKR Station with pull-up bar is a good item to have for about $100.

kevin_2 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:27:47 -0400

I agree the perfect push up is definitely a great pick up

resistance bands

sewblue — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:44:20 -0500

resistance bands are a must have for me. You can do so many exercises with it, and you really feel your muscles working if you do the exercises correctly. I also love my stability ball.

Home Fitness Workouts by FitDeck

jasonryer — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:16:16 -0500

I often use no equipment for my exercise but definitely use FitDeck as a guide.

If you have a cell phone (especially BlackBerry), you'll have to check out our FitDeck app at

http://www.fitdeckmobile.com

If I am using equipment, I typically use a pull-up bar and/or stability ball.

atomicbliss — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:17:19 -0500

I'm loving my stability ball, too. It's affordable and really gives me a good workout (the feet on ball pike kills me!)

The dumbbells are also great, but I was extremely suprised how expensive they can get and have resorted to buying 1 of various weights.

I'm also looking into resistance bands.