| Have you ever found yourself saying that you just | | | | bell and that got me thinking. Could I possibly use a |
| don't have time to get to the gym in the morning | | | | handful of dumbbells to perform all of my work out |
| before work or in the evening after work? If only you | | | | needs? I thought I could, so I started writing down the |
| had your own home gym. I am sure many of you | | | | exercises that I could perform. Now would you look at |
| have thought about building a home gym but again with | | | | that, I could take care of all of my major muscle |
| the excuses. Home gyms are so expensive. Home | | | | groups with this bench and some dumbbells. This set |
| gyms require so much more space. Where will I put all | | | | up may not be good for someone who is training for a |
| of the equipment? | | | | competition or a heavy lifter but it is perfect for the |
| I am here to tell you that a home gym can be created | | | | average person looking to get some weight lifting in |
| to perform all of your major exercises for less than | | | | with a short amount of time, a little bit of space, and |
| $200.00 and will only take up a portion of a room or | | | | very little cash. |
| garage. I personally decided that I just didn't have the | | | | The bench cost me about $100.00. When you are |
| time to make it to the gym and pay the monthly fee | | | | done with your work out you are able to fold it up flat |
| each and every month. I wanted to create my own | | | | in a corner or against a wall out of the way so that |
| gym at home but I don't have a lot of space available | | | | you can pull your car back in the garage. The |
| to me. I had no room in the house and only a corner of | | | | dumbbells were about $0.50 per pound. So depending |
| the garage to work with. Ok, you might say that the | | | | on how much weight you need you could come out |
| cars go into the garage and there is no space. You | | | | pretty decent. With the remaining $100.00 of the original |
| are missing the point that the car can be moved for | | | | $200.00 we were talking about you could purchase |
| the short 1 or 2 hour work out that you will be doing | | | | about 200 lbs. of weight at that price. I think the |
| with your new equipment. Ok, what new equipment? | | | | average person looking to get some weight training in |
| Let's get this journey going. | | | | could easily make this work. |
| I went to a used sporting goods store and started | | | | Now the hard part. You have to use the equipment. |
| looking around. They had everything from big bulky | | | | Don't just let it sit. You have no excuse now. You don't |
| treadmills to the handy Bowflex total body gym. Yes | | | | have to drive, wake up too much earlier, or worry |
| they had tons of stuff I couldn't fit in my house. Just as | | | | about sharing a bench with someone. Get out there |
| I was feeling a little down, thinking I wasn't going to find | | | | and use your equipment. Maybe next article I will add |
| anything -- I saw a bench that caught my eye. It was a | | | | what exercises I do with my new bench and |
| flat bench that adjusted to a 90 degree back support | | | | dumbbells. I hope you enjoy. |
| bench and to a decline angle that you can perform | | | | Please consult a physician before starting a |
| decline presses with. It didn't have a holder for a bar | | | | supplementation or weight training regimen. |