Gym Equipment - Lets Get Started

You make yourself the same promise every year: I'm going to get in shape. But it never happens. You join a gym, but never go because you're too busy, you're too tired, and you still remember how sore you were when you got back from your first (and, possible, only) workout. Now it's just a three year contract that's sucking away your bank account $40 at a time (cancel at any time! But you won't because you keep telling yourself
So now what? You could forget about it and become a permanent fixture on the sofa, or you could realize it's not you, it is the very industry itself. Fitness clubs are business enterprises, and they want to turn a profit. If you are one of those super-motivated individuals, health fitness clubs have tons of great (and not-so-great) gym equipment. For the majority of people, the idea is to get them to spend a lot and yet not come to the facility. After all, the gym equipment and the space for it are not free.
So, you would like to know how a motivated person gets motivated. They started little by little and had a little success. That success gave confidence and more motivation. You do not need much to create a small at-home gym. Start with a few small items, only what you need to get going. Do a little bit each day and you will see results, which will in-turn motivate you even more.
I have already tried using a home gym. The equipment comes with a cable and pulley and looks more like a medieval torture device than gym equipment. I have now turned it into a clothes rack and the same treatment was meted out to an exercise bike with the moving handlebars, the great whacking fan for the front wheel, and no rear wheel. I now use it to dry towels after a shower.
I'm not talking about fancy fitness equipment though, just the stuff you use. You'll probably want to start with simple stuff like pushups and deep knee bends (find out correct form, though. If your knees hurt, you're doing them wrong). Maybe buy a duffel bag from the military surplus store, and a few 50 lb bags of playground sand at the home store, partitioning it into 5 lb portions in duct-tape wrapped freezer bags. Lift from the ground to overhead. Put it down, and repeat for reps or time. Total cost? Maybe $25 if you get the expensive duffel bag.
When you feel you're making progress, then add a cheap barbell set, and maybe a way to get the bar off the floor so you can do barbell squats and standing military presses. Skip the dedicated bench press things, they're not really worth it. Whatever you ultimately do, though, be sure to have your doctor check you out before you start (oh, look, another excuse to use to put off that workout!).

By: Edson Buchanan

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