Last year I built a small garage gym at my house & I love being able to train at home! Here are some bits of equipment I have in there to give you some ideas! ๐
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General Fitness & Strength Training Equipment โ ๏ธ
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Cardio & Mobility ๐
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Calisthenics ๐ฆฉ
Resistance Bands ๐ฆ
A variety of resistance bands that I own!ย
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This band is great for exercises where you want nice super light resistance, also great for mobility work too! ๐
Weight Training Band 5 kg - Blue
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This band I use for exercises such as Band Pull-Aparts, Standing Rows, Paloff Presses, Banded Push Ups to name but a few!๐
Weight Training Band 15 kg - Green
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My go-to for Band Assisted Pull-Ups! ๐
Weight Training Band - 45 kg Red
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These small looped resistance bands are super handy if you are working out from home you can use them to do so many movements like - Banded Walks, Banded Squats even Upper Body Exercises! They're really versatile & just a good tool to have!๐
Coresteady Pastel Loop Resistance Bands - Set of 5
General Fitness & Strength Training Equipment โ ๏ธ
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This mat can be used to protect the floor under cardio machines but I just like to use it as a general mat to do floor exercises on! It's another item that has lasted forever! ๐
Protective Floor Mat For Fitness Material Size L 100 x 200 cm
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The best safety collars to keep your plates secured on your barbell!
Barbell Collars 50mm
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So these are awesome for Olympic Weightlifting where you are dropping your barbell from a height & useful for other exercises too if you need some elevation!
Mirafit Weightlifting Drop Pads - Black
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This isn't the EXACT bench I have but it is super similar & I have ordered from this brand. It's easily adjustable which I love!
Mirafit Easy Move Fully Adjustable Weights Bench
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I have a selection of slam balls which I use mainly for Ball Slams or just holding onto whilst I'm doing lower body/core exercises! :)
Mirafit Tyre Tread Slam Ball - Choice of Weight
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If you are building your own garage gym, you could consider getting some dumbbells, I personally love HEX dumbbells! Start off your collection with one or two pairs that you think would be suitable for your strength levels & then you can build a ...
Body Revolution Hex Dumbbells
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If you have a cable machine this is the attachment I use for Lat Pulldowns!
Mirafit 47" Rubber Grip Lat Pull Down Attachment
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If you have a bigger space it can be useful to have an exercise ball like this one! Great for wall squats, hamstring curls & other movements. Just make sure to get the right size for you!
Core Balance Gym Ball - Anti Burst 55cm-85cm
Cardio & Mobility ๐
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I got this Walking Pad in Pink without the handle & it's great so far! Only ships to UK though! Perfect if it's raining outside & I just wanna do a wee 20 min walk. It says you can run on it but I just think it's better for walking!๐ถ๐ปโโ๏ธ
Walking Pad for Home/Office
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A great alternative to a foam roller, love that you can just apply as little or as much pressure as you want with this handheld roller!
TriggerPoint Hand-Held Stick Foam Roller
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This is the foam roller I have, it not too soft & not too spiky! Great for days when you just wanna do a bit of self massage on your sore points!
TriggerPoint GRID2.0 Foam Roller
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I personally don't do yoga lol, but having a yoga block has come in useful! I can kneel on it, or use it to reduce range of motion for certain exercises, or I've even used it just for putting my foot on for split squats! It's just comes in handy for ...
EXERZ Yoga Blocks 2pc
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This is the skipping rope I own you can get it in so many cute colours!!!
The Dope Rope 2.0 - Cardio Fitness Jump Rope
Calisthenics ๐ฆฉ
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I love using these parallette bars for practicing Dips & Rows! ๐
Compact Adjustable Dips Bar TS 100
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Have this mounted on the wall at the side of our house & it's super sturdy! Great for Chin-Ups & Pull-Ups. There are similar ones on Amazon too! ๐
Mirafit Multi Grip Wall Mounted Pull Up Bar
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The TRX is such a good piece of equipment for your house, you can do SO MANY exercises on it & you just anchor it over your door! I love doing TRX Rows, Squats & Pistol Squats!!
TRX All-in-One Suspension Training System
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This is the AB-Wheel I have, it comes with a wee knee pad aswell which I find really helpful as my knees are always crunching on the floor haha! I use this really just for Ab-Wheel Roll Outs for core strength, there's not much else you can do with it...