Top 5 Home Fitness Essentials

Top 5 Home Gym Essentials for Building a "New You"

Joining a gym instills in you a level of commitment. You've made the investment and now you feel ready to get in shape. Well, almost. Gym memberships soar at the beginning of a new year but dwindle as time passes. Commitments fade, resolutions become obsolete. But home fitness? That's another subject. The serious athlete and the dedicated fitness buff go with the best home workout equipment in order to keep tabs on their health goals and the regimen.

We at IRON COMPANY provide exercise enthusiasts with a wide range of home fitness equipment for different types of training.

We present to you the top five fitness essentials for your home gym to build the new you - trim, tough and brawny, able to leap tall challenges in a single bound.

Aerobics

It also goes by the name of cardio. It's the heart (yes) of most fitness programs. Aerobic exercise makes you breathe heavier and more deeply and your heart beat more frequently. Regular aerobic exercise can improve cardiorespiratory fitness. Current physical activity guidelines recommend that adults get at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity per week, or an equivalent combination.

Our Cross-Training equipment gets your heart racing strong. While those long strolls on the treadmill may be worthwhile, a good round with the punching bag can provide vigorous exercise depending on the intensity of your workout.

Strength

Building muscle is vital in many ways, and resistance training can support muscular fitness and bone health. While gyms may offer elaborate machines and heavy weights on racks, sometimes tailoring a home gym to suit your individual and particular needs and goals works wonders and provides a convenient way to get in a quick workout.

IRON COMPANY carries a very wide line of free weights and dumbbells - the gold standard in the fitness industry - and garage gym systems to get you well on your way to muscular strength.

Core

Experts recommend focusing more on building your core muscles, which can support overall strength, stability, and movement. Core muscles include muscles around the abdomen, lower back, and pelvis. Strong core muscles establish a good foundation for both upper and lower body movements and training.

Check out our line of premier core-training equipment.

Balance

Implementing exercises that help create stability and balance is especially helpful for older adults. Strength and balance training can support proper, balanced movement and make daily living easier and more efficient. Good balance also involves coordination between your muscles and multiple sensory systems.

Body weight exercises and old-fashioned calisthenics are useful for developing good balance. These types of exercises that use body weight as resistance sometimes require basic equipment, such as rope for jumping or climbing, pegboards for wall climbing, and bars for dips or pull ups.

Flexibility

Flexibility exercises and stretching are important to support activities such as dancing and sports. Stretching can help maintain or increase the range of movement of joints and muscles.

As with other exercises, stretching can be preceded by a short warm up such as walking or very low-intensity exercises. Appropriate flooring or mats can make floor-based stretching more comfortable and provide a suitable exercise surface. Take a look at our gym flooring and exercise mats to find one that suits your needs.

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