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Making the Most of your Home Gym: Home Gym Mirrors

May 2nd, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed

A home gym is not complete without installing mirrors. A home gym is a place where you can workout from the comfort of your own home and not have to worry about your appearance. Home gym mirrors will not change that. With these mirrors to can watch the movement of your body and take notice of the way you move, making sure that you are performing the exercises properly. This way, you eliminate the need for a trainer. Now you can spend that money on the new clothes you will need after your body is in great shape.

Getting Home Gym Mirrors

If you really want to make your gym stand out from the rest, you should think about installing mirrors. Not only will it make the room in your home more like the real thing, but it can also help to reflect more light into the room. This is important if the gym is in a basement or other room without windows. More light will give you more energy and a chance to burn that energy off in your home gym.

You can buy these mirrors from a lot of different outlets. Depending on whether your choose to have freestanding mirrors or wall mounted mirrors, you may need someone to do the installation for you. It is safer to let an expert install wall mounted mirrors for you so that you know they are attached properly and won’t cause injury later on.

Home Gym Workouts, Working Everything

April 30th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed

You don’t need an expensive membership to get a great workout, a home gym is perfectly sufficient. In fact, a home gym may even be better and here’s why: they’re open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; you can wear whatever you want without having to worry about impression anyone; you can shower afterwards in the comfort of your own home; you don’t have to wait to use equipment; you save a lot of money!
Home Gym Workouts
A good workout consists of both cardio and strength training but you can focus mainly on one or the other in a given day. Start out with a couple of simple push-ups; do 2×15 reps in general push-up position (shoulder width apart); do 2×15 reps in wide hand position; do 1×15 reps in close together hand position. This will focus on your pectorals and as long as you’re feeling it, you can do it with your knees on the ground.
Next you’re going to focus on your abs and obliques doing the air bike. Everyone did this when they were a kid, lying on the ground and switching off kicking each leg. When your right leg is in the air, you also will sit up with your elbow and keep your left leg bent. When your left leg is in the air, you’ll do the opposite; do 3×15 reps of these.
Dumbbell lunges will mainly work on your hamstrings but it also works your quads and calves. You will hold a dumbbell in each hand, pull your shoulders back, lift your chest up, and look straight ahead. You will put your right leg forward far enough in front so that when you get in the lunge position your upper and lower leg form a right angle; do 3×10 reps of these.
For your cool down, do a 15 minute cardio workout. You can use a tredmil if you have one, do stairs, or jump rope. This can be moderate or heavy depending on your fitness level.