Home Gym Exercise Equipment

The common thought when people hear the word “gym” is to think of a health and fitness centre nearby full of beefy blokes pumping iron. This is the vision that puts most people off from ever joining a gym, along with the often high membership prices. Because of this many people never get around to doing any real exercise and  their health and fitness suffers.

However there is no longer any reason that becoming fit and healthy requires a trip to the gym. The average Joe can now have access to a fully equipped gym in their own home thanks to the vast amount of home gym exercise equipment on the market today.

Having your own home gym exercise equipment is great because it means you can exercise whenever you feel like it, you do not have to pay expensive monthly fees and best of all, there is no one to impress but yourself so you can go at your own pace.

If you are interested in starting a home fitness program then the best pieces of equipment to invest your money in are an exercise bike, a treadmill, a rowing machine and a stair climber. These all provide an excellent cardiovascular workout and will go a long way to tone and strengthen the upper and lower body.

Cardiovascular workouts are great for increasing stamina, burning fat and improving muscle tone, at the same time it is always good to include some form of muscle building exercise. A complete home gym would be very useful in this respect. The home gym is available in a great many styles and a whole bunch of brands ranging from your basic, budget model right through the to top of the range models that would make some commercial gyms blush.

There are three main types of home gym on the market today, these are:

The Free Weight Home Gym

This type of gym is made up from several pieces of equipment that are not linked to each other in any way. This is a very versatile type of home gym exercise equipment and can offer many different types of routine such as, pull downs, rowing, abdomen crunches and leg curls. This type of home gym comes in three categories, these are: Power cage, power rack and traditional.

The Machine Home Gym

This is a home gym that is usually made from a single steel frame with various types of equipment attached to it, these are often interchangeable depending on the workout being performed.

The Plate Loaded Home Gym

This is a combination of the free weight and machine home gym systems and is available in three main types. Smith machine, combination smith machine and machine without weight stacks.