Not all of us have the luxury of a workout room at home or live close to an exercise facility or health club but that should not prevent all of us from becoming fitter and stronger without having to spend a lot of money. There are hundreds of inexpensive fitness accessories on the market today and new accessories being developed all the time.
Let’s begin with the humble skipping rope, it’s been around for years, it’s a lightweight, effective cardiovascular exercise as well as a great calorie burner. To start a program, try walking fifty paces and then skipping twenty and as you get both fitter and more comfortable with skipping, mix it up a little by increasing skipping and reducing the walking. A good quality basic skipping rope will cost around £8.00 and £13.00 for a rope that will measure calories burned, revolutions as well as duration.
Ankle and wrist weights are a wonderful little fitness aid that will increase your endurance and build muscles. Runners and cyclists have used these for years to speed up their fitness program after the winter lay off. If you go for a daily walk , spice it up a little by wearing the weights on your wrists one day and on your ankles the next and within a short period of time you will tone up, feel invigorated and have increased endurance. Cost £10.00.
Rubber Resistance Bands are available in three different levels, light, medium and strong. These fitness products are easy to use and can benefit everyone. Recommended by many health experts for light weight resistance training for the elderly all the way through to strength training for the expert user. More advanced exercises that can be done with resistance tubes include, curls, rows, squats, shoulder presses as well as leg extensions and leg curls. Most resistance bands come with an exercise chart to advise you on the correct way to use them but don’t let that stop you from developing your own exercises to suit your personal needs. Cost £10.00.
A gym or swiss ball is fitness and health item that we all should own; the list of benefits is endless. Used originally to improve posture, lessen lower back pain, and increase flexibility they are now used in most Rehab Centres as well as Yoga and Pilates studios. If you lift weights, try using the ball instead of a bench when doing your pec-fly exercises and you will immediately notice that you utilise your balance muscles as well. For those of us who spend most of the day sitting at a desk, replace your chair with a Gym ball and within seconds you will notice improved posture and that you will need to use your stomach muscles for balance giving you firmer abdominals. Cost £15.00 - £20.00.
With these four fitness tools you will become fitter, stronger and happier. Call one of our showrooms and tell us your height (so we can send the correct gym ball size) and let our experienced sales staff put a package together for you.
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