Comments on: The inexpensive home gym - part 1

By: Jason L.

Jason L. — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:37:34 +0000

I work at a gym and find most of the equipment useless personally. If I had to choose the most versatile piece of equipment I would say the kettlebell is it. It allows for functional strength and can be used to workout every part of your body. for the nicest RKC ones you’re looking at roughly $100 + shipping, but it’s an iron ball with a handle so no reason it shouldn’t last forever.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:45:30 +0000

@ canadian - what, you haven’t heard of those needle and thread mills? Okay, I fixed it. Thanks!

By: Canadian

Canadian — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:06:52 +0000

I think you mean “treadmill”, not “threadmill”.

I have a stationary bicycle but I think it’s a good choice for me because I cycle so much in the summer. It keeps me in good “cycling shape” in the off season.

By: MillionDollarJourney

MillionDollarJourney — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:02:49 +0000

Thanks for the mention. As you said, a home gym has to suit the people that are going to use it. I spec’ed a gym that is similar to the exercises that I do in my gym.

Great post.

By: Farmwife

Farmwife — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:45:34 +0000

LOL — this makes me laugh because my husband was saying he wanted a weight set. I told him, you just moved 4 tons of hay by hand — why would you need a weight set???

I always say if anyone wants a workout, they are more than welcome to come over and visit! Winter workouts take the form of shoveling snow, dragging bales of hay into the barn and throwing them into the feeders, hauling water by hand, and shoveling more snow.

Springtime you get to dig out the acre of garden beds and plant, rake a couple acres of yard of winter debris, build fence, bottle feed a million baby animals, clean the winter barnpack out by hand,and wrestle everything that needs to be disbudded and castrated.

Anyhow, you get the picture — odd thing is, I actually do have a treadmill I inherited. I kinda like it on snowy nasty days