Equipment Ideas For Your Home Or Office Gym

Recently, a friend reached out to me for help setting up a gym at her office.  Her company is converting an empty office into a workout room and she called me to get some equipment ideas for what she should buy to get the most bang for her company’s buck.  We talked for a few minutes and I gave her some ideas, and promised to get back in touch with her with more ideas; and then it hit me! I’m sure a lot of people often wonder what equipment they should purchase for home, travel, or office workouts; so I decided to put together my list of recommended equipment and share it with you!

I would recommend starting out with a few pieces of equipment and adding as you get stronger or want to add variety to your workouts.  If you have any questions about what to purchase, please feel free to contact me.

• Swiss Balls:
• Can be used instead of a bench for a variety of exercises
• Excellent tool for core exercises
• When sitting on the ball, knees and hips should be at ~90°
• 45-centimeter Swiss ball – for people under 5′ tall
• 55-centimeter Swiss ball – for people 5′ to 5′ 7″ tall
• 65-centimeter Swiss ball – for people 5′ 8″ – 6′ 3″ tall
• 75-centimeter Swiss ball – for people over 6′ 3″ tall

• Resistance Bands:
• Can be used instead of dumbbells for a variety of weight resistance exercises
• Easy to pack for travel
• Unless elderly or using for rehab, yellow and green will probably be too light
• very light gauge (yellow)
  
• light gauge (green)
• medium gauge (red)
• heavy gauge (blue)
• very heavy gauge (purple)

• TRX Suspension Trainer:
• Uses body weight as resistance
• Provides excellent core workout
• Provides total body workout with one piece of equipment

• Medicine Balls:
• Can be used to assist in a variety of core exercises
• 4-pound medicine ball
• 6-pound medicine ball
• 8-pound medicine ball
• 10-pound medicine ball

• Dumbbells:
• Used for weight resistance exercises
  
• Good for muscle isolation exercises
• 1 to 20-pound dumbbells
• 15 to 120-pound dumbbells

• BOSU Balance Trainer:
• Can be used for balance, core work, strength training
• Can be used as shown or flipped so flat side is up

• Kettlebells:
• Excellent for recruiting stabilizer muscles during weight lifting
• Very different type of exercise

• Power Rack/Cage with Lat Pulldown and Low Row
• Barbell and 300-Pound Olympic Set
• Adjustable Bench
• Leg Extension/Leg Curl Attachment

• Rollers:
• Perform self-massage for enhanced muscular and soft tissue recovery
• High Density Foam Roller
• Grid Trigger Point Roller
• Rumbleroller
• The Stick

• Mats/Stretching:
• Adds comfort to floor exercises
• Yoga Mat
• Thick Exercise Mat
• Yoga Strap

• Cardio Equipment:
• Walking or running through your neighborhood is always an option, but it’s nice having indoor cardio equipment during inclement weather
• Cardio equipment will most likely be most expensive gym purchase
• Life Fitness Treadmill
• Life Fitness Elliptical
• Lifecycle Spin Bike

• Questions:
• What home or office exercise equipment do you recommend?
• What’s your favorite home exercise to do?
• Does your office have a gym or exercise room?

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