My Home Gym

I love the convenience for working out at home.  Expensive home exercise equipment is not necessary to get a good workout.  My home exercise equipment includes…

• Stability Ball
• 5 pound dumbbells
• 8 pound dumbbells
• 15 pound dumbbells

The stability ball is great for many exercises including sit-ups, push-ups, and wall squats… you can really get creative with stability ball exercises.  Even just sitting on the ball works your core muscles.  Stability balls usually cost about 20 dollars.

My 5 pound weights come into use during exercise videos that use weights with tons of repetitions… such as Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred.   A set of 5 pound dumbbells usually cost about 10 to 25 dollars.

The 8 pound weights are used for the majority of my arm exercises… such as bicep curls, tricep kickbacks, and shoulder presses.  A set of 8 pound dumbbells usually cost about 20 to 35 dollars.

The 15 pound weights are held while doing many of my leg exercises… such as squats and lunges.  A set usually cost about 30 to 45 dollars.

Cory has some 25 and 45 pound weights that I do not use!  Occasionally, I do use something from his “at-home” gym equipment…

The Perfect Push-up

 I’m not going to lie… currently, I can only complete just a couple of these!  They are pretty hard.  I think Cory bought these for about 20 dollars.

I definitely take advantage of exercise shows that come on Fit TV or in the Freezone of On Demand.  What is your favorite piece of “at-home” exercise equipment?