The Madsweat 7 Must Have Pieces of Fitness Equipment for Your Home Gym
Home gyms can range from the very elaborate rivaling the best gyms and include every piece of fitness equipment made, or they can be as simple as a bit of empty floor space that allows you to do a body weight workout. The fact is, each person will probably have a very different idea of what fitness equipment they want in their home gym depending on their sport, fitness level and or training goals.
If you want to get the most effective and well-rounded workout, these pieces of fitness equipment are what we consider the “must haves” for every basic home gym, especially if you are on a budget. Just click on the item links to order yours!
Jump Rope
This simple piece of fitness equipment has been around for decades and is one easiest ways to get your heart racing. Why people don’t use this more is beyond us, but for not much money you can get great results by consistently using this for your cardio equipment.
Keep it in your car, use it at the park, or even in your garage on a rainy day.
Weider Adjustable Weight Leather Jum…
Weider
Portable Workout Straps
The TRX is our favorite portable workout tool. We use it at home and with our clients. You can hang these things almost anywhere (like from a tree, overhead bar, or even from the inside of a door jam). This one peace of equipment is great home gym all by it self, you can do as push-ups, lunges, squats, dips, ab roll outs, diagonal chops, inverted body rows, and on and on. It’s a travelling playground for adults!
Fitness Anywhere
Foam Roller
Using a foam roller to ease and stretch tired muscles pre and post workout is beneficial, especially with Trigger Point’s Grid or the new Grid 2.0. This latest incarnation of their roller — in bright colors like this orange — uses Matrix Technology to better reach muscle groups and now the Grid 2.0 is twice as big as the original version. That means twice the amount of foam rolling tension releasing goodness!
The Grid 2.0 Revolutionary Foam Roll…
Trigger Point Perf…
Exercise Balls 
Exercise balls can be used alone for ab workouts and stretches, or used in conjunction with hand weights as a balance-challenging weight bench. When you sit on or lie across a stability ball, you engage all the muscles in your core to keep yourself supported.
A proper fit will help you work your way to a toned body with better posture, more-defined abs, and a healthy spine with less back pain. Here’s a guide:
Your Height/Proper Sizing
Under 4’ 6” / 30-cm (12”) ball
5’ 1” to 5’7” / 55-cm (22”) ball
5’ 8” to 6’ 2” / 65-cm (26”) ball
GoFit 65cm Professional Stability Ba…
GoFit
Resistance Bands
Exercise bands are useful for beginners and advanced exercisers alike. They come in different resistance levels, which are usually represented by different colors, so you can choose what you need depending on your ability and what type of moves you’re doing. Rubberized resistance helps you build muscle just like hand weights, and these bands are easy to store and handy for traveling.
SPRI ES502R Xertube Resistance Band …
SPRI
Heart Rate Monitor
Monitoring your exertion level and keeping track of calorie burn helps you chart your fitness progress and feel in charge of your workouts. Exercising too hard can lead to injury, exhaustion or burn out. Not working hard enough can be ineffective and leave you seeing little to no results. Using a heart rate monitor with your at-home workouts will allow you to see exactly where you are at all times. You will learn which of your workouts are high intensity, and which workouts are focused on building strength and stamina for harder moves.
To keep your fat-burning fires stoked, you’ll want to maintain a heart rate between 80 percent and 85 percent of your maximum heart rate. To find your maximum heart rate, subtract your age from 200. Calculating 80 percent and 85 percent of this number provides you with your target heart-rate zone.
Hit your maximum heart rate with this weight-loss routine
Polar FT7 Men’s Heart Rate Monitor W…
Polar
