Home Gym

Building a Home Gym is a great idea for the health freaks. There are a number of benefits to build a home gym:

• Work out in your home gym 24X7. Weekends, holidays and office hours are no more a problem.
• Saves a lot of time that is spent while driving to the gym and back. No need to wait for the trainer or stick to 9-5 work.
• It saves a lot of money that is spent every month on gym memberships.
• Equipments that are missing in commercial gyms can be added in your home gym.

Home Gym space requirement:

• Requirement for a solid floor for exercises.
• Space necessary can be 10 square meters (10×10 feet).
• Roof height must be of your length + 1 meter. If the roof is too low, you can do Seated Presses.
• Home Flooring should be such that it reduces the noise from the barbell hitting the floor & protect your floor. You can either use 3 layers plywood with a heavy carpet on top or rubber mats to reduce noising and protect the floor.

Home Gym Equipments

• Spend money first on buying aerobic equipments. Do strength training with balls and bands and free weights.
• Buy cardiovascular machines for exercises. Bring gym quality treadmill, stationary bike, rowing ergometer, or elliptical trainer. For budget gym, you can buy used or refurbished gym quality equipment at a discounted price.
• There are numerous multi-purpose gyms on the market. Search for an improved fitness machine with a modest investment.
• Dumbbells save money and space. There are metal dumbbells, rubber coated and adjustable dumbbells that consist of two handles, collars, and series of different size weight plates. Dumbels are available in great versatility, and offers adjustable resistance to suit your needs. There are also other forms of adjustable dumbbells that consist of two handles, collars, and series of different size weight plates.
• Some of the must have home gym equipments are Barbell, Plates, Power Rack, power tower, rowing, stepper, twister, vibrator, lat pulley & rowing, standing calves, weight plates, bearing bar, hyper extension