Setting Up a Home Gym

 Setting up a home gym does not need to be expensive or require you to purchase lots of big equipment that requires a truck to pick it up.  Discount Home Gyms helps you figure out the best way to set up a gym in your house.

Whatever the reason may be, you’re ready to ditch the health club and start working out at home. But what pieces of equipment to buy? Here are five essentials to any budget garage gym set up:

1. Pull Up Bar

This could be as simple as one of the newly-popular ‘door gyms’ or it could be something sturdier and more permanent. Regardless, you’ll need something to do your pulls on. Pulling is one of the main movements you really can’t do with just your own body weight.

2. Dynamax Medicine Ball

Another very versatile piece of equipment; can be used for anything from from sit ups to rotations to upper body throws.

3. Olympic Weight Set

A 300 pound olympic weight set gives you the option of doing some heavier lifting, which is important to include in your programming at some point.

4. Kettlebells

Kettlebells are a great tool to have for your garage gym. They give you the flexibility to hit all your major muscle groups in a very efficient manner - not to mention helping you get a resistance training and cardio workout all in one shot.

5. Jump Rope

Jumping rope is great cardio - plus it’s compact and a heck of a lot cheaper than a treadmill.

All of these pieces of equipment together can be purchased for less than $500 - so not only is having a home gym convenient, it’s affordable - $500 is less than a year of membership dues at most health clubs.

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