Most people who start a home fitness program start by buying fitness equipment and then make a routine based on the exercises they can do with it.
This is done the wrong way around, you can save thousands of dollars on equipment you will rarely use, simply by finding a program to get you to your goal first then buying some equipment to enhance your program.
One of the most important things to remember about any exercise program is that it is not the specific exercises that get you the results you want.
For an exercise program to keep working until you reach your goal you, need to keep changing it.
When you do a new type of exercise, it will be challenging for your body but the more you do it the easier it will become and the less effective it will become for your program.
This is why it is important to keep changing your program usually every 3 to 6 weeks.
An effective program is one that gives you maximum results with less time spent training.
With an exercise program, our bodies develop while resting so the right program should be challenging for your body when you are training and leave plenty of time for the training to do its job by promoting positive change in your body.
Without enough rest, the program can't work and we just get tired.
If you are looking for home workouts you can get started with take a look at the guide to finding the best program for you below.
Now that you have your program organised you can now purchase any equipment you would like.
If you choose to use a home workout that is designed for home use, you don't need much equipment to do the exercises as many programs designed to be done at home use minimal equipment.
Before we get into the program you should or shouldn't buy, let's take a look at what is typically bought.
Many fitness experts will tell you that beginners should use exercise machines when doing their resistance training because they are safer due to their predictable movement.
If you went to a fitness equipment shops as a beginner you may look at these machines for this reason, but these machines don't give the flexibility of a dumbbell and bench set and often cost hundreds of dollars more.
If you're looking to start a program without spending much money most of the workouts in the like those you can find online can be done easily with only some sort of dumbbell.
I use some small adjustable dumbbells, I can adjust from 1kg to 10kg, when I do workouts at home it and works well, although as I have been training for many years now I do many of my workouts in a small hotel gym where I work where we have some heavier weights.
For beginners on a small budget I would suggest either using the body weight programs contained in some home workout programs or purchasing an adjustable DB set, up to about 10-20 kg should be enough to start with.
If you want to spend a little more money a stable adjustable bench is useful.
For intermediate or advanced exercisers you may need more weight a decent DB set with a bench is ideal but a small selection of light to heavy dumbbells will do the job.
You may like to use an adjustable barbell for some more variety but often dumbbells can be substituted for bar exercises.
This is done the wrong way around, you can save thousands of dollars on equipment you will rarely use, simply by finding a program to get you to your goal first then buying some equipment to enhance your program.
One of the most important things to remember about any exercise program is that it is not the specific exercises that get you the results you want.
For an exercise program to keep working until you reach your goal you, need to keep changing it.
When you do a new type of exercise, it will be challenging for your body but the more you do it the easier it will become and the less effective it will become for your program.
This is why it is important to keep changing your program usually every 3 to 6 weeks.
An effective program is one that gives you maximum results with less time spent training.
With an exercise program, our bodies develop while resting so the right program should be challenging for your body when you are training and leave plenty of time for the training to do its job by promoting positive change in your body.
Without enough rest, the program can't work and we just get tired.
If you are looking for home workouts you can get started with take a look at the guide to finding the best program for you below.
Now that you have your program organised you can now purchase any equipment you would like.
If you choose to use a home workout that is designed for home use, you don't need much equipment to do the exercises as many programs designed to be done at home use minimal equipment.
Before we get into the program you should or shouldn't buy, let's take a look at what is typically bought.
Many fitness experts will tell you that beginners should use exercise machines when doing their resistance training because they are safer due to their predictable movement.
If you went to a fitness equipment shops as a beginner you may look at these machines for this reason, but these machines don't give the flexibility of a dumbbell and bench set and often cost hundreds of dollars more.
If you're looking to start a program without spending much money most of the workouts in the like those you can find online can be done easily with only some sort of dumbbell.
I use some small adjustable dumbbells, I can adjust from 1kg to 10kg, when I do workouts at home it and works well, although as I have been training for many years now I do many of my workouts in a small hotel gym where I work where we have some heavier weights.
For beginners on a small budget I would suggest either using the body weight programs contained in some home workout programs or purchasing an adjustable DB set, up to about 10-20 kg should be enough to start with.
If you want to spend a little more money a stable adjustable bench is useful.
For intermediate or advanced exercisers you may need more weight a decent DB set with a bench is ideal but a small selection of light to heavy dumbbells will do the job.
You may like to use an adjustable barbell for some more variety but often dumbbells can be substituted for bar exercises.