Workout machines can be divided into several areas. Equipment specifically for resistance training and equipment for aerobic fitness. For a total workout, a home gym, therefore, should comprise both types of equipment.
Aerobic equipment improves your cardiovascular fitness and burns surplus calories. The most popular aerobic exercise equipment includes rowers, elliptical trainers, exercise bikes and treadmills. Aerobic exercise, used frequently, makes your heart muscle stronger together with reducing excess weight.
Resistance training equipment increases the strength and size of your muscles. There is a big range of resistance machines, including benches, dumbbells, barbells, and single and multi exercise machines. As well as helping us with day to day physical tasks, increasing the size of your muscles has the added bonus of increasing our basal metabolic rate and therefore burning more calories.
One of the most popular resistance training tools is a multi exercise machine, more generally known as a home gym. A home gym is convenient because they are available in a range of prices and sizes for every budget. Also, they are an all-in-one exercise machine for the full body.
Home gyms come with various mechanisms of resistance. Bowflex gyms, for example, uses power rods that bend like a bow when the exercise is performed creating progressive resistance that increases as the rods flex. Popular gyms from this brand include the Bowflex PR1000, Bowflex PR3000 and the Bowflex Blaze.
The Total Gym 1800 Club and the Weider Total Body Works 5000, on the other hand, use a bench with pulleys on an incline that generates resistance directly from the user's own body weight.
Finally, the popular Trx Suspension Training Pro Pack is designed as a portable gym that attaches to any door and uses gravity and body weight for developing resistance.
When beginning a home gym exercise routine there are a number of steps you can choose to make sure your advancement stays on track. The first is to write down some short term and long term goals, the details of the program you are to follow, including the time frame.
To appropriately appraise your progress, some before and after information can be useful. Body fat composition stats, one rep strength levels, before, during and after photographs and body part measurements would be useful for such an assessment. To follow your results properly during the program it is a good idea to keep a nutrition and exercise journal. Keeping detailed notes aids in evaluating how well the program is working and how close your are to your goals. Good luck with your fitness goals!
Aerobic equipment improves your cardiovascular fitness and burns surplus calories. The most popular aerobic exercise equipment includes rowers, elliptical trainers, exercise bikes and treadmills. Aerobic exercise, used frequently, makes your heart muscle stronger together with reducing excess weight.
Resistance training equipment increases the strength and size of your muscles. There is a big range of resistance machines, including benches, dumbbells, barbells, and single and multi exercise machines. As well as helping us with day to day physical tasks, increasing the size of your muscles has the added bonus of increasing our basal metabolic rate and therefore burning more calories.
One of the most popular resistance training tools is a multi exercise machine, more generally known as a home gym. A home gym is convenient because they are available in a range of prices and sizes for every budget. Also, they are an all-in-one exercise machine for the full body.
Home gyms come with various mechanisms of resistance. Bowflex gyms, for example, uses power rods that bend like a bow when the exercise is performed creating progressive resistance that increases as the rods flex. Popular gyms from this brand include the Bowflex PR1000, Bowflex PR3000 and the Bowflex Blaze.
The Total Gym 1800 Club and the Weider Total Body Works 5000, on the other hand, use a bench with pulleys on an incline that generates resistance directly from the user's own body weight.
Finally, the popular Trx Suspension Training Pro Pack is designed as a portable gym that attaches to any door and uses gravity and body weight for developing resistance.
When beginning a home gym exercise routine there are a number of steps you can choose to make sure your advancement stays on track. The first is to write down some short term and long term goals, the details of the program you are to follow, including the time frame.
To appropriately appraise your progress, some before and after information can be useful. Body fat composition stats, one rep strength levels, before, during and after photographs and body part measurements would be useful for such an assessment. To follow your results properly during the program it is a good idea to keep a nutrition and exercise journal. Keeping detailed notes aids in evaluating how well the program is working and how close your are to your goals. Good luck with your fitness goals!
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A home gym gives you the freedom to do a complete workout with a single machine, the motivation to get the body you really want, and the convenience to do all of this in your own home. Check out our comprehensive reviews on the Bowflex Blaze and the Weider Total Body Works 5000.
