Home Fitness Equipment: There’s No Need For Fancy Machines
When it comes to working out at home, many people think they need fancy, expensive equipment in order to become fit and to get the body of their dreams. This, however, is completely untrue and it’s a lie that’s perpetuated by the infomercials that come on in the middle of the night. These infomercials make false promises that if you use their product, you will look like the model that’s using it in the commercial. Unfortunately, too many people shell out good money for these pieces of fitness equipment only to find themselves using them as clothing racks because they just can’t seem to get the motivation to use them.
Why do they lose this motivation? It’s because they don’t see the results their expecting fast enough. The infomercial, or whatever advertisement they responded to, promised that they’d look like the model they saw using the piece of fitness equipment in twelve weeks or some similar time frame. While this can happen for people with great genes, people who eat perfectly, and for those who are already slim, for the majority of people who buy these pieces of fitness equipment, these claims are just plain unreachable.
Models Are Models For A Reason
What you have to realize, is that these models that you see advertising these pieces of fitness equipment already look like that before they are filmed in the commercial. Chances are, they didn’t get to look the way they do by using that particular piece of fitness equipment. They just have the right body to help sell it. And, from the money spent each year on similar pieces of fitness equipment, they do pretty well.
Keep It Simple
The truth is, you don’t need fancy equipment to get fit. You can fill old milk jugs up with sand or water and use them as dumbbells. Or, you can get an exercise ball, the ones they use in yoga, and you can use it as a bench for presses and other chest exercises. Or, you can just do pushups. When it comes to fitness, pretty much anything you do is better than nothing. So, keep it simple, keep your money in your wallet and get fit using things around your house, things you don’t have to buy. You can reach your goals. You don’t need to spend all your money in order to do so.
There are plenty of online retailers of fitness equipment and apparel you need and you don’t have to spend a lot of money on it. You spend plenty on your gym membership, you shouldn’t have to break your bank account just to get the fitness equipment and apparel to go along with it.
What Kind Of Fitness Equipment Do You Need?
When you work out at a gym, there are plenty of things that you can buy to make your workout more comfortable and safer. For instance, when you are lifting heavy weights, you can wear bodybuilding gloves to keep from getting calluses on your hands. The gloves help you grip the weight better, too. Another example is a weight lifting belt. A weight lifting belt is a leather belt that fits around your midsection that protects your back for when you are lifting really heavy weights.
Don’t Forget What You’re Going To Wear
When you’re shopping for fitness equipment and apparel, you can find all types of workout clothes to fit your style and tastes. They have apparel for both men and women, made of all types of materials, primarily designed to breathe so that you don’t get too hot when you sweat, and they come in all types of colors. You are bound to find clothes to fit your tastes when you are shopping for fitness equipment and apparel.
Look online for the best deals on all your fitness equipment and apparel. You’ll love the deals you can find and you’ll probably find that people will actually come up to you in the gym and they’ll ask you where you got your fitness equipment and apparel. Look great, feel great and know that you saved a bunch of money on all the equipment and apparel you needed.
Nedra Sahr
CNS Clinical Nutritionist, MS, LN, is a member of the American College of Nutrition.
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