5 Killer Spinner Bikes Worth Owning
Exercise bikes are must have for anyone trying to build a complete home gym. Not all exercise bikes are created equal. Upright exercise bikes can be great tools for weight loss. Recumbent Bikes are easier to tackle for longer. Spinner bikes are designed for those who want to take part in competitions or just want to get their body ready for a long ride outdoors. Spinner bikes make you feel as if you are on a real bike, making it easy to get your body ready for the real thing.
If you already own a recumbent bike and just want to get the feeling of riding a real bike at home, these 5 spinner bikes are worth picking up:
Fitness Master X Series Momentum Indoor Cycling Bike: a high-performance spinner bike with a 44-pound flywheel that does not take too much space and let you get a real workout at home. It has a holder place for your water bottle too.
Spinner® Sport Spin Bike: an adjustable spinner bike that can handle 250 lbs in weight and make you feel as if you are riding a real bike.
5 Effective FID Benches For Your Gym
No home gym is complete without a decent exercise bench. You are going to need a decent FID bench if you want to do sit ups or bring more jazz to your weight training sessions. These types of bench are usually more flexible and give you the ability to add a few more exercise routines to your weight training program. They are not that expensive either.
If you are looking for a decent bench for your home gm, these 5 FID benches are worth checking out:
Impact2 Fitness Systems BFB129 Flat / Incline / Decline Bench: not the cheapest bench around, but it’s a heavy duty bench that can take everything you throw at it. It can be angled from -15 to 90 degrees (6 settings).
Body Solid FID46 Flat Incline Decline Bench: a multi-purpose bench that supports 9 positions. It has 2 sets of cushioned hand grips and an arched lying leg curl station.
Cap Barbell Fitness FID Bench: it supports Upright, flat, incline, and decline positions. It may not be as fancy as some of the other benches in this list, but it’s more affordable and gets the job done. (more…)
5 Powerful Recumbent Exercise Bikes
No home gym is complete without a decent exercise bike. In the past, we have talked about how helpful fan exercise bikes can be towards helping people lose weight and stay fit. They are just not right for everyone. Recumbent exercise bikes may be easier on your body, but they can still help you burn calories and get your body moving. The fact that you may be able to spend more time on these bikes is nice too.
If you are looking specifically for recumbent exercise bikes, these 5 bikes are worth a look:
Nautilus R514 Recumbent Exercise Bike: one of the best exercise bikes all around. It has a 20-pound flywheel and 16 resistance levels to give you some flexibility on how hard you want your workout to be.
Diamondback Fitness 500Sr Step-Thru Recumbent Exercise Bike: it’s a super comfortable exercise bike that can make your exercise sessions more fun. Its eddy current brake resistance system gives you the flexibility to push your body as hard as you want. The built-in console tracks your time, pulse, calories, and distance.
LifeSpan Fitness R3 Recumbent Bike: it may have some fancy features not found in cheaper exercise bikes, but it’s a pretty solid bike even without those. It can support up to 350 lbs in user weight too.
Enhance Your Inversion Table with Teeter Hang Ups Vibration Cushion
There are plenty of inversion therapy tables on the market. They can help set your back straight and reduce your pain too. As long as you are not too heavy or do not have a condition that keeps you from hanging out upside down, there is no reason you shouldn’t give inversion tables a try. Teeter inversion tables are some of the best products on the market. They are very flexible and durable too. What I love about some of these teeter tables is that you can pick up additional items to enhance their capabilities. Teeter Hang Ups Vibration Cushion is one of those accessories. It sits on top of your inversion table and helps you message your back and reduce your aches in the process.
Teeter Hang Ups Vibration Cushion has 10 vibration message motors that let you change the level of intensity when using this cushion to find your comfort zone fast. This cushion works with your inversion table to restore curvature and achieve greater decompression while inverted. (more…)
7 Best Ab Crunch Machines
We all want to develop our abs and build a stronger, more fit body. Doing crunches at home is one way to build muscle, burn calories, and exercise muscles that you usually don’t. But some of us don’t really have the right technique when we do crunches at home. It’s so easy to hurt your back if you don’t pay attention to what you are doing to your body. Some of us already have bad backs, so doing crunches on the floor may not even be the option. That’s where ab crunchers come in handy. These crunch machines let you work on your abs without hurting your back. If you are planning to work on that area of your body, ab crunches help you get it done in the most convenient fashion possible.
If you are looking to exercise your abs without hurting your back, here are a few top ab crunch training machines you should look at:
Ab Coaster Home Abdominal Trainer: an ab crunch machine with bottom-up design that is designed to fit in most homes. It’s quite unique as lets you work your abs from the bottom up. So it’s essentially working the opposite way of it should be working.
Steelflex Ab Crunch / Back Machine: has 6 levels of resistance to let you exercise your abs in the best fashion possible. Comes with dual resistance to exercise opposite muscles.
TKO Adjustable Ab/Crunch Bench:an adjustable ab crunch bench that supports 8 angles and lets you increase the difficulty of your workout when you need to. The back-wheels make this unit easy to move around.
5 Helpful Stopwatches for Athletes
If you happen to be interested in competing in timed events or are an athlete needing to keep your level of fitness at a certain level, you are going to need a stopwatch. A stopwatch can not only keep track of your time, it can give you a decent idea where your body is and how much further your can push it. You don’t necessarily need to pay hundreds of dollars to get your hands on a decent stopwatch. These 5 models get the job done:
MIO Times 2 Stopwatch with PC: a super stopwatch that can keep track of your stats and lets you upload them to your personal computer too.
Ultrak Mechanical Timer Stopwatch: a rugged mechanical stopwatch that is pretty accurate and pretty attractive too. The Long hand travels 30 second per turn, and you can track your progress in 1/10 second increments.
Polar RS100 Heart Rate Monitor and Stopwatch: a complete solution for anyone who’s looking to approach their workout sessions in a more scientific way. This heart rate monitor / stopwatch combo does the job and does it well.
4 Cool Weight Racks For Your Home Gym
So you want to do some weight training to get yourself fit? That involves lifting weight on a consistent basis. Those of you who have been a student of the game know that you will have to change your routine and try different exercises to keep your body on its toes (that includes adding more weight to your routines too). Buying more weight is going to put you in a bind especially if you have a limited amount of space at home. Weights and dumbbells are not something you can just fold and store in a closet. That’s why having a decent weight rack always helps. Here are 4 cool ones worth a look:
Body Solid WT46 Olympic Weight Tree: a super strong Olympic weight tree that has 6 storage posts and can hold up to 1000 pounds of weight. It’s pretty compact for what it does.
TKO Three Tier Horizontal Dumbbell Rack: if you have those standard hex weights, this is a handy weight rack to pick up. It can hold up to ten pair hex dumbbell. (more…)
Top 5 Balance Trainers That Work
Whether you an athlete or just want to gain more agility when doing physical activities, you are going to have to work on improving your balance. Without proper balance, it’s much harder to do those intense exercise workouts without stumbling. Besides, balance training can help strengthen your core and help you improve your posture too.
If you are looking for simple trainers to improve your balance, these 5 balances are handy:
Bosu Balance Trainer Home Version: a simple trainer that helps you strengthen your core and work on those muscles that matter most while improving your posture.
GoFit Ultimate Core Wobble Board: a pretty helpful board that helps improve your balance. You can adjust the height to make your exercise even more difficult.
Bosu 3D System Balance Trainer: a more advanced version of the first item on this list. It includes a balance bar and adjustable resistance tubing to give you more flexibility with your workouts. (more…)
Get Fit with iFitness HD for iPad
The iPhone is more than capable of displaying fitness videos and images to you when you are home or traveling. The iPad is that much better. It has a much larger screen and the quality of apps made specifically for it are much higher. iFitness HD is one of the most popular fitness apps available for iPad that is designed to help you get a better workout each and everyday no matter where you are.
iFitness is designed for those of you who want to constantly try new exercises and keep your body on its toes. It has images of 330 exercises and lets you find exercises that work out certain parts of your body. Video instructions for exercises are included too.
5 Cool Strapless Heart Rate Monitors
There are plenty of affordable and powerful heart rate monitors available on the market. You can pay anywhere in $40-$500 range to get your hands on such devices. Most heart rate monitors do come with straps. Putting a strap on when you are exercising could be a bit inconvenient. That’s where strapless heart rate monitors come into play. They let you watch your body and exercise the right way without having to put on a strap during your exercise sessions.
Here are 5 strapless heart monitors for those of you wanting to keep a close eye on your body during your workout sessions:
Mio Motiva Heart Rate Monitor Watch: an attractive heart rate monitor watch that is designed for those of you who want to lose weight and keep it off. It reads your heart rate without a chest strap. Can keep track of your daily calorie intake too.
Impact Sports ePulse Strapless Heart Rate Monitor: a heart rate monitor and calorimeter that you can wear around your forearm. It shows you your current heart rate, maximum and minimum heart rates, and average heart rate.
Sportline 750 Men’s Analog Strapless Heart Rate Monitor Watch: an attractive analog watch that shows you your heart rate when you are exercising without needing a strap. It has a stainless steel body. (more…)