Recommended Equipment & Exercise Products by Better Body Journal
Better Body Journal does not sell these products directly, so hit up your local Dick's or Sports Authority to find them.
If you're the kind of person who doesn't like spending every single day in the gym, or go to a gym that doesn't
have everything you need, then you need this page. Here are some of the essential fitness products for any home
gym. They're cheap and effective...what can be better?
Jump Rope/ Speed Rope
Here's what you do: Go to your nearest sporting goods store, find yourself a good quality jump rope for under 10 bucks,
read Lush's Article on Jump Rope Training, then start
jumping some rope. Simple, isn't it?
Jump roping doesn't have to be that mundane exercise to do just cause you have a jump rope. You
can switch up your training every day to get more intense. Your conditioning, strength, and speed will go through
the roof. I mean, who better to talk about the subject of jump rope training than a conditioned boxer? So read that
article and try it yourself for two weeks. If you can hang for that long, that is.
Ab Wheel
What is the piece of equipment that, for under 10 dollars, can give you all of the core
strength you could ever ask for? If you guessed that thing to the left of this paragraph, the ab wheel, then you're right!
You just won yourself some respect.
Now we all know that seeing your abs requires a lot of work and this simple piece of machinery alone
cannot do it. Abs come from your diet: Losing fat, serious amounts of it, exposes your abs. Their definition not only
comes from how much you work them out, but also how little your body fat percentage is.
Going back to core strength. The ab wheel rips and shreds almost every muscle you can possibly
think of. Depending on where you position yourself, your arms to your calves and especially everything in the center will
be put through its limits. Core strength equals stability. It's essential to many of standard lifts: Deadlift, squat, military press, etc. Core
strength is also essential for any activity that involves moving your body like running, swimming, moving boxes, banging, etc.
Now when you search an ab machine, don't be fooled by immitations. All you need is a wheel with two handles on it. Don't waste
your time and money on anything more complicated for worse results.
