Make Your Own Home Fitness Gym

Building your home fitness gym can be an investment. So many people I talked to ended up not doing enough research and ending up with inferior products or with equipment that wasn’t versatile enough. If you look hard and do enough research, you can find a multi gym that is absolutely perfect for you and does just enough.  If you aren’t going to use the extra features that your multi gym equipment offers, why pay for it?

Weider X-Factor Plus Gym

Here are some amazing multi gym options that perform a variety of workouts.  I have placed them starting with the simpler and more cost effective and moving into the more elaborate and pricey.

One of the most compact, yet highly effective home multi gyms you can get is the Weider X-Factor Plus Gym. Besides being extremely efficient, it looks pretty cool as well.  I could definitely see Batman or one of the X-Men training on a device like this.  The X-Factor smartly doesn’t use weights, but instead relies of resistance technology and your own weight vs. gravity to help you get in shape. It features upper and lower pulleys to work a variety of muscle groups as well as a pull up bar and a fold away dip station.  An item like this is perfect for somebody either just starting out or who doesn’t want to bulk up as much as just get toned and fit.  Efficient, stylish and affordable!

Best Fitness Sportsmans Gym

The Best Fitness Sportsmans Gym is quite affordable and performs a lot of different exercises that target dozens of muscles. It is extremely compact and very easy to use. The fiberglass pulleys that lift the weights use aircraft quality cables, so you can trust that it will not break easily. The additional wide grip lat bar and low row bar make the price that much more awesome.

The chest press attachment on the Best Fitness Sportsmans Gym also turns into a pec fly exercise, serving the dual purpose of providing two fantastic exercises.  The leg piece can enable you to perform seated leg extensions and standing leg curls.  The overhead bar allows you to replicate cable exercises that you would normally have to perform at the gym.  The versatility of this machine for its price is really impressive.

Powerline BSG10X Home Gym

The Powerline BSG10X Home Gym is a bit more expensive, but it is even better quality. Of all the home multi gyms, this one is the most like a gym machine you would find at the gym, but is built to be an extremely compact 6 feet tall and only 4 feet wide.

Powerline Home Gym

The maker also offers a whopping ten year warranty to insure that you get your moneys worth from this gym equipment. It is quite easy to assemble and performs over 30 different exercises. Of all the multi gyms, this is a great one to start anybody’s home fitness gyms.

Depending on your needs, any of these multi gyms will work extremely well to get you closer to your fitness goals. All three are versatile, compact and well designed. While they are very helpful, don’t forget things like adjustable dumbbells, resistance bands or a dumbbell rack. Before you know it, you will have everything you need for a complete home fitness gym.

For creating a home fitness gym on a very limited budget, there is one inexpensive item that is essential: a resistance band.  While you could get a few of resistance bands of varying elasticity that replicate more weight in the resistance, one can do the trick to start.

There is a plethora of exercises that you can replicate using the resistance band.  For starters, stand with each end of the band in your hands and place the middle under your feet.  This starting position can lead to dozens of exercises.

Resistance Band

For an ab/core workout, simply lean back and forth isolating the muscles in your abdomen.  The band’s resistance helps to get rid of your love handles.

With your elbows at your side, you can replicate the bicep curls you would normally do with an adjustable dumbbell.  I like to connect the bicep curl with a shoulder press to combine workouts and save time.  With a door attachment, you can also use your resistance band to replicate any cable pulley exercises and chest presses.

To perform one of my favorite exercises, sit down and extend your legs.  Place the resistance band around your feet and pull back to perform a row exercise which is great for your upper back and shoulders.  From there, lay on your back while keeping the band on your feet.  While holding the resistance band firmly, press your legs up to do a great leg press exercise.

Another wonderful thing about the resistance band is its compact size.  You can literally bring it anywhere you want with ease.  Bring it to work for a quick exercise on your lunch break. If you are going on vacation or taking a trip for work you should definitely bring it with you to make sure you can get a workout into your schedule no matter what happens.

All in all, this piece of equipment is essential.  It is a great start to a home fitness gym and something that you will be able to use down the line no matter what.  As you become stronger and need something like an adjustable dumbbell, you can always use your resistance band to aid in stretching.