People try all kinds of strategies to get into shape, from crash diets, marathon training, hypnosis, various stretching exercise, but in recent years, many people have elected to start using home exercise equipment. Many people purchase home exercise equipment in hopes that without the hassle of going to the gym, they will have the discipline to develop and stay in a decent workout routine. However, few people have the budget to put together a workout room that can rival that of even the smallest gyms. With this limitation, what kind of home exercise equipment should a person purchase?

The type of home exercise equipment a person buys should depend on their fitness goals and what kind of work out they enjoy. Although it is somewhat stereotypical, many men opt for weight training and bodybuilding, while the majority of women focus on cardiovascular fitness. For optimal health, a balance of weight training, body building, and cardiovascular activity is the best strategy, but for your first piece of home exercise equipment, you should select something you are familiar with and enjoy. A lot of guys will opt for the bench press, which gives them a bar and weights, in addition to the bench, allowing them to do a variety of lifts like curls, squats, and other bodybuilding lifts. However, if a traditional bench press set take up too much room, a small bench and a dumbbell set can be just as effective. Not only can you do a mock bench press with dumbbells, you can do many other weight training exercises that focus on specific muscle groups.

There is a thought that if women begin lifting weights to get in shape, they will over do it and develop huge bulging muscles. However, most women do not have the ability to do this, especially not overnight. Many women who use weight training find that they get more toned and they actually slim down to a certain extent. Overall, having more tone muscles give a person a much healthier and attractive appearance.

However, maintaining good cardiovascular health is important too. Some of the most popular home exercise equipment for cardiovascular health is the exercise bike and treadmill. The elliptical has also become very popular in recent years. Many people decide to buy a bicycle for their home exercise equipment as a way of getting out of the house and doing something. However, there are many times of the year that weather conditions do not permit one to ride a bike, or make it undesirable.

No matter what you decide to get for your home exercise equipment, it is preferable that it is relatively inexpensive and will give you the kind of workout you enjoy. Sometimes people go all-out and buy all kinds of home exercise equipment, hoping that having easy access will make them fall into an exercise routine. Many times this equipment only ends up collecting dust because they thought that accessibility would solve their problems, instead of implementing a regular workout schedule.