I’d like to round out the scope of competitive information to give readers in this blog.
To set up a home gym I recommend getting this equipment: A 36-inch foam roller. A set of 5-pound, 8-pound, and 10-pound dumbbells. (Use a set of 5-pounders to start. Or 2-pound dumbbells first if you’re out of shape. As your routine gets easier add the 8- and 10-pound sets.)
A 10- or 15-pound kettle bell. (I have 10- 15- and 20-pound kettle bells.)
A 10-pound body bar. (Start with a lower weight if you have to.)
A resistance band. Medicine ball. (I have a 12-pound ball.)
Gym equipment can be bought on Amazon. I bought the dumbbells and medicine ball at Modell’s as well as training t-shirts and pants. Get fitted for the right sneakers while you’re at it.
First: you might have to buy an exercise mat to cover a rug or carpet. I have a hardwood floor in my living room where I exercise regularly.
Watch YouTube to see the correct form for exercises.
What you can do at home:
Foam roller stretching and other stretches. Push-ups either regular or elevated from a coffee table.
Dumbbell exercises:
Pec flyes, bicep curl, kneeling bicep curl, chest press, lunges and squats, walking lunges, lateral raises, triceps kickback, chest press with squat, renegade row, one-arm row, briefcase row, calf raises, farmer’s walk, dumbbell bridges, lateral raises, alternating lateral and frontal raises, donkey kicks, fire hydrant kicks.
Kettle bell exercises:
Swings, goblet squats, curtsy pulse squats, side squats, one-leg dead lifts.
Body bar exercises:
Frontal raises, hip bridging from floor.
Core exercises:
Figure 4s, leg raises, bicycle crunches, alternating V-ups, Russian twists.
Other exercises:
Planks, disc slides knee-to-elbow, plank jacks with disc sliders, side plank with hip drop, wall sits, jumping jacks, medicine ball slams (on hardwood floor or mat), triceps dips off chair, butt kicks in place, high knees in place.
(Disc slider exercises can only be done on hardwood floors or an exercise mat. Cloth-side should face the floor.)
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