Fitness Equipment

Training at home could prove as a good solution for the ones interested. The effectiveness of this type of training could compare to the one of working out in the gym
as long as some factors are considered.

The first
and at the same time the most important of these
is owning the necessary equipment. If
besides this
you also have a partner who trains with you
the exercises can be as effective as the ones performed in the gym. Of course
we are talking now about the ideal situation of affording a gym in your own house.

Even with these conditions fulfilled
some practitioners
especially the more extrovert ones
might lack the stimulating atmosphere
the sharing of experience
the communication that they can find in the gym.

In most of the cases
what you can do at home is improvise a room or just a corner of a room
for fitness. Besides
most of the times you have to train by yourself. As these are the most frequent situations
we'll deal with them now. Anyway
it is preferable to have constant training at home
rather than interrupt it a lot because the gym is too busy
too far
too expensive
etc.

The minimum of equipment necessary for training at home includes: an adjustable bench
a set of two dumbbells
with increasing weights
a barbell
with free weights and a fix bar for pull ups. This equipment will enable both executing basic exercises (squats
bench presses
pull-ups
sit-ups
etc.) and diversity of exercises
necessary for avoiding routine.

The main disadvantage of not having a partner to train with is reflected in the amount of loading in some exercises
which cannot reach its maximum. There are many exercises which can be loaded to maximum without any risk
even if there is no partner to assist you (pull-ups
dips
shoulder presses
barbell curs
dumbbell curls
etc.).

An advantage which comes from training at home is that you can choose the training time without any restraint. Moreover
the speed of exercising can be increased a lot if the practitioner chooses to execute supersets
tri sets or giant sets. You can also save time
as you are not distracted by casual conversation
by waiting for the machines to be available
by having to change the weights for every personal series of exercises
etc.

In the extreme case when we can only afford as equipment a mattress
chairs and a towel
we can focus on exercises using the weight of the body (push-ups
reverse push-ups
between chairs push-ups
squats
sit-ups
crunches
hyperextensions
lunges
plyometrics
plunks
etc.).

All the exercises involving the body weight are considered as really demanding
because they mobilize more stabilizing muscles that ensure coordination and balance. The body-weight exercises are often introduced in the programs at the gym due to their proven effectiveness. They are also used in training and testing people in special troops
as these need a lot of force and discipline in their training.