For those of you interested and able to watch or record it, I am appearing on the local morning news show, "Charlotte Today" at 11am this morning on the local NBC affiliate, WCNC. Today's topic is turning a few ordinary household objects into a decently-equipped home gym. For those of you who won't be tuning in, see below for the outline of my presentation. Everybody CAN have an in-home gym on a budget.
Just about every workout I post on my blog can be done using these household objects for your equipment.
INTRO:
Teaching people how to train themselves on their own at the gym and at home is my passion; it is why I work in the fitness industry.
Getting results at home is totally doable and is easier than you think. The key is working out a high level of intensity, as well as maintaining a high level of variety in the types of workouts you are performing.
Variety in exercise requires variety in equipment.
That being said, not everyone is able to afford a fully-equipped home gym. Weights, mats, bands, bars, medicine balls, plyo boxes...those things are expensive.
You don’t need to buy them, though! Make them at home, instead. Turn 6 ordinary household objects into a fully functional, well-equipped home gym.
1) Soup Cans
-Use them as dumbbells
-Use them to protect wrists in plank position
-Exercise Demonstration: Push-Up to Rear Row
2) Towel
-Use as a mat
-Use as a glider (in place of gliding discs)
-Use as a stretching aid
-Exercise Demonstrations: 1) Supine Hamstring Stretch 2) Shoulder Pass Through Stretch
3) Paper Plate
-Use as gliding discs
-Exercise Demonstrations: 1) Mountain Climb Glide 2) Hamstring Runners
4) Broomstick
-Use as a barbell or body bar in overhead exercises
-For practicing/ learning olympic lifts
-Use as a balancing aid during squats and single-leg squats
-Exercise Demonstrations: 1) OH Squat 2) OH Lunge 3) Single-Leg Squat (using stick for balance)
5) Gallon Jug of Water
-Use as a kettlebell or medicine ball
-Exercise Demonstrations: 1) Single-Arm Squat Swing 2) Med Ball Run
6) Staircase
-Use as a plyo box for Step-Ups, Plyos, etc.
-Use as a cardio machine: your very own Step Mill (discuss Stair Workout from blog)
-Exercise Demonstrations: 1) Repeater Step-Ups 2) Depth Jumps 3) Squat to Box
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