subject: Seven Home Gym Ideas For City Life [print this page] Can you do strength training in a home workout spot? Even in a very small flat? Surely. Consider these seven home gym ideas:
* Commit a corner for your home exercise equipment. Directly in front of a bookcase is often adequate unused space. You may even clear off a handful of books to put the equipment on a shelf. Exercise balls can normally fit on a top shelf if you pull out the bookcase a few inches--or perhaps even without pulling it out. A hall may be wide enough to allocate space along its side. To keep your resistance bands untangled, you can use a handful of removable stick-on hooks. These can be on the inside of a near-by door, but they're rather pretty to look at.
* Do your workout where you possess, or can come up with, a sufficient open space. You may have to shift some furniture. A guest room bed could be set on end and covered with a lovely sheet until those visitors turn up. The coffee table might be moved under the eating table to expand floor space. A bentwood rocker quickly slides into the kitchen. You merely want space to stretch out and to reach out plus about another 18".
* Clear away precious treasures from the workout area. A band can "escape". An exercise ball is even more likely to do so. Considering you would like to exercise frequently, reposition the fragile things in another room completely.
* Start your physical workout by putting your workout mat in the center of your space. Set the ball and any dumbbells at the most roomy side of the mat. Bring your equipment to the mat, and do all of your work there. If the resistance bands entangle too much, make the trip to wherever you have hung them a component of the workout.
* Be sure you can watch the TV or computer screen where you are playing any web videos or DVDs you are using. Just keep it far enough away for the same reason you never want cherished treasures nearby. Mishaps do happen, and your renters' insurance probably won't cover this type of damage.
* Buy space-saving equipment. The Bowflex SelectTech dumbbells are some of these super-compact workout equipment sets.
* Stick to primarily strength training at home. It does not make much noise to do lifts and stretches. If you are skipping rope, running in place, playing some of the more energetic Wii exercise games, etc. your neighbors could grumble--especially if they reside beneath you. Be sure to be thoughtful and tell any possibly angry neighbors what you are doing, that it's not very long, and your anticipated timetable. Not only will that make them more accommodating, but it gives you a schedule--a thing many home-gym people are in need of.
Now enjoy your strength training with your very own home gym equipment.
