Thursday, January 2, 2014

Home Gym equipment.

As many of us are busy with work and always caught in a traffic jam especially you live at KL or PJ, having some simple home Gym equipment can save you time and money. Some people have space and money, they can buy those awesome machine where you see at the Gym, like treadmill, rowing machine, weight machine. Damn! Those ain't cheap Bro, RM2000+ Yo! Sadly most of us don't have that kind of money and space. Average men in Malaysia don't own very big house, and spending that amount of money could be a waste if you don't know how to use it properly, beside it needs maintenance too. Some of you might hate to go to Gym because over crowded, dirty lar, body building feel lar or don't have the time right? Well home training might be just for you. Now lets make it serious a little bit here, if you wanna buy equipment isn't about the price, space and functionality, for me that main thing is commitment. If you wanna do training and be fit, I can tell you is make a time for you to workout. Don't buy it if you are those guys that can't commit to it.

1. Dumbbells



These are the most easiest tools you can get to do some workout. My advice is get an adjustable one, like the one I have now. If you are a beginner, you shouldn't start with heavy weight so buying these can help to increase weight gradually. If you buy those fixed dumbbells, it will cause you even more money and you can not change the weight. The plate is sold separately if you want to increase the weight in the future. One more thing is choose a plastic handle, those iron handle will hurt your hand. Price are around RM250++ for each. There are even more expensive and advance dumbbells which are call power block. They are really expensive but the good thing is the size is same as normal dumbbell but you can adjust the weight easily, meaning you don't have to open the spin lock to change weight like the normal one does.

2. Resistance band/ tube.
If you are busy person who travel a lot and always don't have time to workout then this one if for you. I own one, cost me around RM60 and I use it when I travel, no space needed and easy to carry. They are pretty simple to use but do check before you use them, it might snap if there is a small damage on the tube. There are different resistance bands on the market, some are fixed one which is just band without handle, some with handle, some are non-adjustable and some does. So the best one I found so far is the one in the picture. The tube are detachable and it comes with different levels. If you can't get these, you may get one which the tube is nondetachable but adjustable. The tube is fixed with the handle but you may adjust the tube to the length you want. You can find a lot of exercises from the internet for this equipment.

3. Abs roller
This one I think most of guys who want a six-pack will buy. Its quite cheap and very easy to use. I not really a big fan for this. Because to train abs is quite simple, you can use your own body weight to do it, and the most common problem is guys only focus on using this one and forget to train other body parts. Abs roller only use to train abs, nothing more. For me I prefer to buy something that can train different parts of body.

4. Pull up bar.
These are the one where you hook it at your door frame and train back, abs, biceps and they even usable to train chest and triceps too. This one cost me around RM80+. Before you buy one be sure to check  your door frame. Is there a place for you to hook, if you are like me when the door frame is same  wide as the wall above then you might try to avoid buying it. If not you will end up like me or some other guy who buy it and cant use it. Your door frame should be wider than your wall above to hook it. There are some where it only comes with the bar and nothing to hook. Those are mostly permanently fix it at the door with screws, you cant close the door when you buy it.

5. Jump rope.
No time? Lazy? Then you should get one. I own one too, sometime when my day is like hell and really don't have that energy to lift weight or go out to run, I will use jump rope. It might sound like a girl thing to do but try the advance level. Double under, normal skipping is single under where each jump the rope spin one full circle. Double under is two full circle for one jump. Sounds easy but its like hell when you try to do it. You only need 5 to 10 minutes to do double under and you will burn serious amount of calories and fat.

There you have it, these are the simplest equipment you can get for workout and get that fit body. These are still many types of equipment out there in the market where they are easy to use and save space. I personally think that is not about what equipment you buy, is how you use it. You can use it like your everyday friend or just a Hi Bye friend. Everyday friend will treat you well and give you good results. If you use it like Hi Bye friend where you only use it once in a blue moon then don't expect there will any benefit. Avoid wasting your money to buy those small machine that guarantee results like the one I always saw where the machine shake like earthquake to shake away your fat. Come one lar! Joking mie. If the person eat rubbish food and use that thing also won't change one. Plus shaking the fat ass won't help, the only way you can get six-pack is exercise, no other way. Shortcuts, lazy and easy things wont give good result. You either do it or just accept who you are. This is how Highly-Impressive-Man (HIM) keep six-packs, leave your comments and let me know what you think.

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