My In-Home Gym Equipment Must Have's

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What a WORLD!! 

Are y’all holding up okay?

With gyms and businesses closing left and right each day, new orders of social distancing, and everything else, one of the things you can control is how you treat your body over the coming weeks.

You may have seen the meme going around of how you’ll look after your 30 days of quarantine. Can we just stop? 

This is not the time or place to be degrading our bodies and our mental health.

Because of these uncertain times, we need to be physically and mentally ready at a moment’s notice to help another individual or our community. There is no better time to make sure we remain mentally strong and focused on maintaining our health!

I’ll be the first to tell you that I hate, hate, HATE working out at home. The excuses and distractions are EVERYWHERE.

However, I’m not one to just let myself waste away because I know that feeling and thinking negatively about my body will only make this situation escalate too awful real fast. When I love and take care of my body I am more productive, cheerful, and just a nicer person to be around. 

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I’ll be the first to tell you that I hate, hate, HATE working out at home. The excuses and distractions are EVERYWHERE.

Is it the most ideal- NOPE. But, you are not immune nor are you alone in this situation.

A client of mine said it best… “I find comfort in knowing that literally no one is escaping the effects of this. We’re all in this together.”

So, as I quickly get on my soapbox… STOP with the attitude that this isn’t going to happen to you and STAY HOME. Stop making excuses for your actions... And, now I’m off again. :) 

ALRIGHT!! So, let's get to why we’re here in the first place!

MY MUST HAVE GYM EQUIPMENT

Here is the most important equipment* I recommend for a basic home gym. (Let me give you a hint at what you’re about to read- it’s so simple and inexpensive!)

Also, don’t forget to join my FREE Facebook group for workouts you can do at home using these items I’ll share with you today.

  1. Exercise Bands - $25 - If you only bought one thing from this list, this would be my number one recommendation as you can use this so many different ways.

  2. Hip Circle Band- $17 - One of my favorite bands for working the glutes/hips. You can also get creative with upper body movements.

  3. Resistance Bands - $30 - You many want to know the difference between this band and the handle band and although there is only slight differences, there are a lot of ways to add options with both kinds of bands.

  4. Furniture Movers- $11 - These are great to use on carpeted areas that a towel wouldn’t work. I love using these for upper and lower body exercises.

  5. Suspension Trainer - OPTIONAL - $50 - You may have used or seen a more popular brand in gyms or online, but I found this one for a fraction of the cost, great reviews, and I just installed it today at my home and I’m impressed with the quality. There are SO many exercises to do with this, but again, optional and I would rank bands higher in priority.

If you were to buy everything listed above you’re looking at less than $175 (after taxes/shipping)! That’s easily less than some gym/Crossfit gym memberships for a month and now you have it forever. Also, everything is space saving and I promise you’ll get killer workouts.

Some of these items I actually own, some are similar to what I own as they are currently out of stock. Since writing this blog the bands with handles are all out of stock, but I have listed a slightly more expensive (but probably more durable) set.

Speaking of workouts- here is one you can do with your own bodyweight! Just grab a chair, two towels, and some water.  You can catch me doing it LIVE in my Facebook group if you want to see me suffer along with you.

BODYWEIGHT WORKOUT

Circuit 1

30 seconds on, 30 seconds off, rest for 1 minute then repeat for 2 rounds

  • Stand to Plank + Pushup (start standing, then walk hands out to plank, then pushup)

  • Towel Hamstring Curls

  • Towel Mountain Climbers

Circuit 2

30 seconds on, 30 seconds off, rest for 1 minute then repeat for 2 rounds

  • Bear Stance Marches

  • Tricep Pushups

  • Side Knee Plank with hip opener

Finisher

2 rounds, 10 reps

  • Bulgarian split squats

  • Deadbugs

  • Forwarded Balance Reaches, each leg

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