Home Gym

by Dr. Kal

You are sitting at your computer contemplating. You are trying to decide if you should create a home gym or if you should get a membership to someone else’s gym. Let me make the decision for you. Start a home gym.

Home Gyms

Home gyms are better than a gym membership because with home gyms you:

  • Save money
  • Save time
  • Avoid bad weather
  • Can work out 24/7
  • Never have to wait

Home Gym Benefits

Save money: Your home gym will have a high initial cost as you have to purchase the equipment. However, after those initial costs, your monthly costs are zero. Compare that to the high monthly costs of a gym membership. In the long run, it will be cheaper to invest in your own gym.

Save time: It takes time to get into your gym clothes, drive to the gym, and then drive back home. Before I created a home gym, I wasted over an hour on gym associated activities. With a home gym, there is no travel time and you can literally work out in your underwear.

Avoid bad weather: Are you going to drive to the gym if it is snowing? Are you going to run to the gym if it is raining? What will you do if there is a Tsunami? You are going to stay at home and watch TV. You can eliminate all of this with a home gym.

Can work out 24/7: Want to work out at 4am? Want to work out at Midnight? Want to work out on Christmas? Do it in your own gym.

Never have to wait: When you are the only person in the gym, you never have to wait.

Where to Start

You have decided to create a home gym, but where do you start? You should start your gym with one of these three pieces of equipment:

The Bowflex SelectTech 552 Dumbbells: I started my home gym with these dumbbells and I don’t regret it. The Bowflex Dumbbells are the best adjustable dumbbells on the market. They allow you to get a great full body workout. They also look great.

Read the reviews and get the Bowflex SelectTech 552 Dumbbells at Amazon.com

The Weider 40 LB. PowerBell: The Weider PowerBells are the best adjustable kettle bells on the market. Kettle bell workouts are great for your entire body especially your core. Ready for a six-pack?

Read the reviews and get the Weider 40 LB. PowerBell at Amazon.com

The TRX Suspension Trainer: The TRX system allows you to safely and easily use your body weight for strength training. The best thing about the TRX is that it is portable. You can even take this with you on vacation.

Read the reviews and get the TRX Suspension Trainer at Amazon.com

Other Strength Training Tools

After you add one of the above three starters, you could also consider getting:

The Iron Gym: The back muscles (lats) are the largest muscles and biggest fat burners in the upper body. The best exercises for the back are pull-ups and chin-ups. The Iron Gym is an inexpensive and convenient way to do them.

Read the reviews and get the Iron Gym at Amazon.com

The GoFit Ultimate Pro Gym: Don’t underestimate the power of resistance bands. You can get a full workout with the Pro Gym and they are portable.

Read the reviews and get the GoFit Ultimate Pro Gym at Amazon.com

The MiR Weighted Vest: When your body weight becomes easy to manage, get a weighted vest. You can use this vest for walking, jogging, stair climbing, pull-ups, push-ups, chin-ups, dips, etc.

Read the reviews and get the MiR Weighted Vest at Amazon.com

For Cardio

You don’t necessarily have to buy equipment to do cardio. You can simply:

  • Power Walk
  • Jog
  • Run
  • Climb Stairs

Or a number of other activities your creative mind can come up with. However, if you want some equipment for your home gym, consider these:

Treadmill

Bowflex Series 7 Treadmill: You’ll feel safe running or walking on this sturdy treadmill.

Read the reviews and get the Bowflex Series 7 Treadmill at Amazon.com

Elliptical

Schwinn 430 Elliptical Trainer: Get all four limbs moving with this fat-burning elliptical.

Read the reviews and get the Schwinn 430 Elliptical Trainer at Amazon.com

Exercise Bike

Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike: Even if you have bad knees, you can still get some cardio in. Get a recumbent exercise bike.

Read the reviews and get the Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike at Amazon.com

But I’m Broke

If you are motivated to work out, but you cannot afford the Bowflex Dumbbells, Weider PowerBells, or the TRX Trainers, don’t just do nothing. Instead start your home gym frugally with the Iron Gym and the Ultimate Pro Gym. You can get started with just these two.