Exercise Equipment That You Don’t Need (Pt. 3)
Exercise Equipment That You Don’t Need (Part 1)
Exercise Equipment That You Don’t Need (Part 2)
Bench and Free Weights
There are millions of garages with a bench and a set of weights in them. The equipment is usually covered in dust. The bench is used as a chair or as a resting spot for boxes. The weights are rusting away.
I like free weights and use them in my workouts, but they are not necessary for weight loss. Strength training can be done without lifting free weights. When you are a beginner at strength training, your body weight or inexpensive resistance bands can provide all the resistance you need.
If you have free weights at home, dust them off and use them. However, if you are considering buying some, don’t. Use the inexpensive strategies in the Don’t Go Broke Activity Plan.
Push-Up Aids
Any device that claims to improve the push-up is a waste of money. The push-up is a great body weight exercise. You can strength train with push-ups for years without needing to add extra resistance. You can simply switch to a more difficult variation of push-up.
The average person can not do 3 sets of 12 regular push ups without any additional push-up device. So, the average person does not need any additional push-up device.
In the Don’t Go Broke Activity Plan, you will learn how to make the regular push-up more difficult by increasing the distance between your hands or adding an inexpensive resistance band.
Push-ups are a great exercise for working your chest and arm muscles. Push-ups can also strengthen your core. There is no need to buy any device to enhance or improve them.
Exercise Apparel
Sporting goods stores and department stores are filled with exercise apparel that is supposed to help you work-out. Unfortunately, none of it works. This is not to say that technical fabrics are not beneficial but they do no have to be expensive.
Expensive clothing and footwear will not help you lose weight. There is no magic in the logo. You may look attractive while you work out, but you will not burn more calories. Your closet may be fuller, but you will not be any thinner. You could save money and buy your exercise apparel at Wal-Mart or Payless.
Target and Wal-mart carry moisture wicking exercise clothing for a fraction of what you pay at “specialty stores.” This type of clothing is much better than working out in cotton t-shirts as they draw the moisture away from your body.
This also applies to those body suits that are supposed to make you sweat more. The sweat suits that look like space suits. These suits will make you sweat more and eventually stink more. However, the suits will not help you burn fat.
Excessive sweating does not help you burn more calories. Excessive sweating simply creates a need to drink more fluids. Excessive sweating will make exercise more uncomfortable. If you have one of these sweat suits, do not use it. If you do not have one, do not buy one.
Exercise Equipment That You Don’t Need (Part 4)
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