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9 MUST HAVE ESSENTIALS FOUND IN THE BEST

A lot of the articles on this site address the issues of space and budget constraints. Building a great home gym when you are short on space and/or money can be challenging at best. But what if you have both space and the budget? What then?<br><br>

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9 MUST HAVE ESSENTIALS FOUND IN THE BEST

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  1. 9 MUST HAVE ESSENTIALS FOUND IN THE BEST HOME GYMS

  2. A lot of the articles on this site address the issues of space and budget constraints. Building a great home gym when you are short on space and/or money can be challenging at best. But what if you have both space and the budget? What then? Even after limited casual shopping, you’ll find more home gym equipment than you could ever possibly use. It’s a big part of why I put this website together

  3. WHAT IS “ESSENTIAL”? A good place to start is by telling you what essential doesn’t mean. It doesn’t mean useful. Lots of things are useful yet not essential. It doesn’t mean good. Lots of gear is really good, but again, not essential. It doesn’t mean my favorites.

  4. It’s that last point that tends to convolute most compilations like this. One of my favorite articles written about the equipment every gym must have listed a sandbag in the top 5 pieces. A sandbag is useful, a great piece of gear, and even one of my favorites.

  5. But I’m sorry, a sandbag is definitely NOT essential. It’s just something the author of that article really liked. So what then, is essential? For me, it’s equipment without which you don’t have a fully functional home gym. Without it, you can’t train effectively. It’s the stuff that can’t be substituted for or done without. I can both substitute for and do without a sandbag.

  6. ESSENTIAL FOR WHAT? If you’ve read many of my articles here on Gym Crafter, you’ll know thatI’m a huge proponent of knowing what you are training for before making any other decisions. Determining what is essential in a home gym is no different. Some training goals will require equipment that I don’t list here. Some sports specific training will dictate quite a few things that I won’t include.

  7. That’s why I’ve written several articles on creating sports and activity-specific home gyms. In those articles, you’ll find what I feel is essential for those specific activities. In this article, I’m going to stick to what I feel is the core of a great home gym. I’ll hold to the pieces of equipment I feel everyone should have. These will be the things that I feel are foundational to every home gym.

  8. RESISTANCE TRAINING IS KING There are a lot of fads in training. They come and go like the wind. They become fashionable and popular and then die away only to be replaced by the next one.

  9. There is simply no substitute for training with weights! That’s a strong statement and I know not everyone agrees. But it’s true nonetheless. When you look at all-cause mortality in elderly people, virtually all causes could be eliminated or improved through resistance training.

  10. Resistance training improves your overall hormonal profile. It builds agility and prevents falls. It builds strength to protect from injury. It slows aging. It boosts mitochondrial function. It aids in the ability to heal from injury and infection. The list of benefits could go on almost forever!

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