Home Gym Equipment to build your new Gym! |
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You'll see that a power rack is the first on your list of weight
lifting
equipment. A power rack should be your highest priority and the center piece of your new home gym. A good power rack will last you the rest of your life! Don't waste money on some machine. |
- Power Rack
If you buy anything for a new home gym, you have to get a power rack. A good home gym without a power rack is like having a car without an engine.
- Weight
Lifting Bench
An adjustable bench will be needed for some of the more important exercises. Without a bench, you won't be doing any bench press, close grip bench press, rack chins, incline dumbbell curls, and so on. Find out what to look for when you buy!
- Olympic
Barbell Sets
An olympic barbell set is a must have for your weight lifting equipment. Without a barbell and some weights, you won't be getting far. Read this article to find out why two barbell sets is recommended.
- Olympic
Weights
Extra Olympic weights are need to progress in strength. You'll never build muscle using the same amount of weight over and over. Get extra weight to add to the bar as you progress in strength. Weight lifting equipment is useless without the weights!
- Dumbbell
Sets
Dumbbell sets will give you a ton of new exercises to do and will add tons of new muscle building potential to your new gym. Purchase a new set of dumbbells to complete your home gym.
- Adjustable
Dumbbells
If you don't have the money for an entire set of dumbbells, get you a set of dumbbell handles and some weight plates. Use your adjustable dumbbells to save money.
- Pull
Up Station
A chin up or pull up station is very important for your weight lifting progression. Most power racks will come with a pull up bar, so ensure you don't purchase a new chin up bar if your power rack already has one!
- Dip
Station (coming soon!)
Parallel Dips are one of the best upper body exercises available in your arsenal. You need to get some dip bars that attach to your power rack or purchase a portable dip station.
- Hip
Belt
I use a hip belt every workout for calf exercises, leg exercises, weighted stretches, weighted pull ups, weighted dips, and more. The uses for the hip belt are unlimited. Take the stress of your lower back with a hip belt!
- Cable
Station (coming soon!)
Cables are just not the same as free weights, but I do like cable station's for certain exercises and weighted stretching. Cable rows are a great exercise along with some forms of the tricep pushdown in which heavy weights can be used. You can get some unbelievable stretches with the cable station.
- Trap
Bar
A trap bar is not a required piece of weight lifting equipment, but you should give it consideration. It adds a new dimension to your homey gym equipment. Use the trap bar for shrugs, trap bar deadlifts, romanian deadlifts, and more!
- Various
Weight Lifting Bars (coming soon!)
It's important to add some variation to some of your exercises. Different bars will give you totally new exercises that work the muscle groups totally different. Get a triceps bar to use with your new hip belt.
- Various
Weight Lifting Handles (coming soon!)
Different handles also add a new dimension to your home gym. Handles change the exercises completely, so you'll add a new arsenal of weight lifting exercises when you add new handles.
- T
Bar Rowing Station (coming soon!)
You can make your own T Bar Rowing Station with a barbell and a corner of a wall in your home gym. If you don't want to do it that way, you can purchase brackets to make your own rowing station.
- Leg
Press/Hack Squat Machine (coming soon!)
A leg press allows you to do one of the best calf exercises available along with some new hamstring exercises and quad exercises. If you've got the money and room, seriously consider getting yourself one for your home gym.
- Leg
Curl/Leg Extension Attachment (coming soon!)
I'm not big on leg curls or leg extensions, but most adjustable benches will come with an attachment anyway. You need to ensure you buy an adjustable bench with a removable leg extension/leg curl attachment. You don't want it getting in the way! Don't make this piece of weight lifting equipment a priority.
- Smith
Machine
I have a Smith Machine that came with my power rack, and I like to use it for several exercises and weighted stretches. I do not suggest you use it as a replacement for squats, bench press, deadlifts, or any of the big compound exercises. A smith machine has it's uses. Free weights are the priority!
- Gym
Flooring
Flooring for your home gym is very important! You want a surface that absorbs shock, and protects your floor from high impacts. Don't let your carpet or concrete floor keep you from focusing on your weight lifting.
Ensure that you read about all of the equipment above before purchasing anything! I give advice on all of the equipment above and help you purchase the best home fitness equipment that works. There are certain pieces of information you need to know before purchasing.
Commercial Gym versus Your Home
Gym
There is no comparison between a commercial gym and your very own home gym. Sure, commerical gyms have more expensive weight lifting equipment and pretty women to look at, but a commerical gym offers nothing but more distractions and wasted time!
A good home gym equipped with all the right weight lifting equipment will build muscle just as well as some fancy commercial gym. A good power rack, barbell sets, dumbbell sets, and a good bench will take you a long way! Take the money you'd spend on your gym membership and build youself a home gym.
You'll never be happier with the decision to build a home gym. How would you like to have know-it-alls coming up to you and interrupting your workout? What about having to wait to use every piece of equipment for your workout? Don't like the music the gym is playing? Too bad!
The distractions in commercial gyms never end. Personal trainers who have no idea what they're doing will come up to you and tell you that going deep on squats is bad for your knees. You'll be led in the wrong direction unless you are strong enough to ignore all distractions.
$$$ More
Money $$$
Now, did you think about the cost of a home gym versus a commercial gym? A home gym will cost you so much less in the long run! You'll have to deal with the contract the gym has you sign and then have to fight with them to get a good deal once your membership has run out.
You won't have to pay for gas to drive to the gym. You won't have to take your pre and post workout shakes with you. You won't have to worry about the gym being closed. You won't have to listen to crappy music. You'll be able to play your favorite weight lifting music with no worries! You won't have to wait on machines or weights. The list goes on and on.
You simply cannot get any better than a home gym equipped with the necessary weight lifting equipment. You will build more muscle for less money, and you'll never be inconvenienced. Weight lifting equipment for your home is your number one option. Commercial gym is second!
 Get your new power
rack today!
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