I have written quite a bit over the last week about what you need as far as home fitness equipment goes but thought I would just round out this week with an overview of what you should have for equipment. So here is what I think that you should try to accumulate over the next while. Weightlifting Home Fitness Equipment Mats- The most basic piece of fitness equipment is an exercise mat. You need an exercise mat for doing stretching as well as for doing abs and an exercise mat is always good … [Read more...] about Home Fitness Equipment
Weight Training
Tips to get More Protein in Your Diet
It is important to get protein in your diet. I was looking around for some tips to offer about increasing protein in your diet when I ran across this article by David Monyer on increasing protein in your diet. As you should really be aware most people do not get enough protein in their diet and if you are doing any lifting (also known as resistance training) you need a little more protein in your diet anyway. Read through this and see just how much it helps you learn more about protein. One … [Read more...] about Tips to get More Protein in Your Diet
Bodybuilding Myths
There are a lot of myths in bodybuilding. When I was young, I took many things at face value. I just didn't think there was a whole lot of written material meant to entertain me at best or mislead me at worst. I eagerly perused bodybuilding periodicals from cover to cover in search of what would satiate my desire to obtain a muscular physique. I spent thousands of dollars on supplements that were probably all worthy of the fate that befell a bottle of colostrum I purchased in 1990. I chucked … [Read more...] about Bodybuilding Myths
Weight workouts at home part 2
Now that you have decided that you are going to start doing weights and doing them at home I am sure that you are starting to think of all of your options and when and how and how oftern. Well I can answer those for you. The best way to get started lifting weights is to setup a schedule. For most people starting to lift weights the best time to start lifting is Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings or mornings. Mornings have to be the best bet because as we all know the day seems to have it's … [Read more...] about Weight workouts at home part 2
Starting to lift weights – Part 1
Now that fall is in full swing and the baseball playoffs are winding down most of our exercise is going to need to take place indoors instead of the outdoors that it is so easy to do in the summertime. There are of course two kinds of exercise, weights and cardio. First I want to apologize in advance to any hardcore lifters here. Most of this stuff is a bit of a review for you. Sometimes I think that everyone of course lifts weights on at least a weekly basis. Of course this is not fair as … [Read more...] about Starting to lift weights – Part 1
