Basic equipment to set up a Home Gym

Basic equipment to set up a home gym 

Those who want to train at home, can do it without major inconveniences and without the need to resort to specific equipment, because they can be fit without too many inconveniences. But to achieve specific goals, and achieve a true home gym , we must aim for a little more.

At the request of one of our readers, baruk , we will show what the basic equipment is to set up a gym at home , for this we must take into account the different training areas as well as some elements / accessories that are very helpful.

Cardiovascular area

In order to warm up or burn calories, it is necessary to have an element that allows us to raise our heart rate and consume energy. We can use a simple music player and dance or we can use a step , a skipping rope or a mini trampoline to start. Although we also have more sophisticated and bulky options such as cardio machines , for example, an exercise bike, a treadmill or an elliptical.

Although much depends on our objectives and our pocket, we can progress and little by little, have two or more alternatives to work in this area without getting bored. For example: jump rope, mini trampoline and elliptical.

Bodybuilding / toning area

To tone, work force and hypertrophy, we only need to concentrate the work on our muscles, for which, although we can carry out self - loading exercises , it is always good to have on hand elements that serve as overload for work. We can buy dumbbells , bars , elastic bands or other weights and  bars serve as weight to exercise.

On the other hand, it is always good to have training surfaces, which also serve to develop flexibility and stability exercises . Therefore, we can buy a simple mat , a fitball or a bosu . Of course, the simplest will be the mat, but later, we can acquire a fitball to incorporate variants to the training and progress in the routine.

Accessories / elements to consider

In every gym, and even more so at home, where we need to carry out self-monitoring and motivate ourselves to exercise regularly, it always helps to have a mirror to monitor postures, explanatory videos that do not need to be purchased, as we can get them from the Internet. Likewise, a great ally of training is music , which stimulates and entertains us while we work, as well as a heart rate monitor that we can acquire over time to perfect our training and achieve the proposed objectives with help.

Of course, it is not necessary to acquire all this initially, because as I have already said, with little we can train and be fit at home. Although if we can appropriate a new element each month to achieve, little by little, a complete and adequate gym to meet the goal that we set ourselves at home. That is, we can all set up a home gym , but we must have patience for it and progress little by little in its structure, although we must not forget that it is not essential for training in the middle of the home.


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