Friday, September 7, 2012

The Best Cheap Exercise Equipment

By John Makers


Cheap exercise equipment is a good alternative to joining a local gym, who's monthly fees can really cut into your budget. If you are just starting out though, there are a lot of fitness products that you can buy that don't cost a lot, but can give you quite a return in terms of fitness.

In this article, we'll examine a variety of cheap exercise equipment which cost less than fifty bucks. For this amount, you can purchase products that are great for if you are just starting out or if you are just looking to be able to workout at home. Whatever your goals, from losing weight, to toning up or building muscles, the equipment mentioned here combined with some other type of consistent daily physical activity, such as going for a walk will allow you to get a full, effective, and exciting workout.

The first product on our cheap exercise equipment list is the kettlebell. Kettlebells come in a variety of different weights so depending how strong you are you will need to adjust accordingly. There are a few basic exercises you should learn to master before moving on to any advanced routines. The kettlebell swing is a great overall movement for increasing strength for the entire posterior of your body. The posterior being the back of the neck, back muscles, glutes, and back of your thighs and calves. It's one of most simple, yet effective exercises for gaining strength.

For those more focused on gaining muscle, there are 2 products we recommend that compliment each other perfectly. That is a set of the perfect pushup handles and a iron gym pullup bar. These together get you everything you need for a FANTASTIC home upper body workout. You can really get ripped just using these two products and just your body weight. To round out your resistance training, just add in some air squats and lunges and you can achieve 90% of what you could get from an entire weight room.

We would supplement the above some form of cardio training as well, preferably with some interval training like sprinting. This will give you some conditioning and improve your cardiovascular function while still allowing you to build some solid muscle with the body weight exercise products above.

We also really like using resistance bands. For your money, this is probably one of the best overall values when it comes to the sheer number of different exercises you can do with them. They are not quite as effective as pushup, pullups, and squats for building muscle mass, but they will definitely help get your muscles toned and firmed. Resistance bands provide you the ability to get some great resistance training from the comfort of your house, and take up almost no space. This makes them great for those who need portable fitness equipment on the go. Whatever you choose to with any of these exercise products can take you well on your way to getting in shape.




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