looking for some gym equipment/fitness advice

dwainec

Basically looking to lose some weight and get a bit fitter and more active.

I was looking at the following 2:

Buying some gym equipment for my house, a cross trainer or something similar

Buying a bike

At the moment i'm more looking at cross fit trainers, seen a reebok one yesterday in heatons for €300, are these worth it for losing weight, getting fit etc or should i be looking at something different?

I don't have the time for the gym but could do an hour or 90 mins at home each evening or at least 4 evenings a week.

Any advice or help would be appreciated

Alf Veedersane

dwainec wrote: »

Basically looking to lose some weight and get a bit fitter and more active.

I was looking at the following 2:

Buying some gym equipment for my house, a cross trainer or something similar

Buying a bike

At the moment i'm more looking at cross fit trainers, seen a reebok one yesterday in heatons for €300, are these worth it for losing weight, getting fit etc or should i be looking at something different?

I don't have the time for the gym but could do an hour or 90 mins at home each evening or at least 4 evenings a week.

Any advice or help would be appreciated

€300 for runners?

No way. What exactly will you be doing in the runners?

Good pair of running runners would cost less than half that. Nothing special needed for cycling or cross trainer

mfceiling

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

€300 for runners?

No way. What exactly will you be doing in the runners?

Good pair of running runners would cost less than half that. Nothing special needed for cycling or cross trainer

I think he means a cross training machine and not a pair of runners...

Alf Veedersane

mfceiling wrote: »

I think he means a cross training machine and not a pair of runners...

Ah yes. That makes more sense...

power pants

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

€300 for runners?

No way. What exactly will you be doing in the runners?

Good pair of running runners would cost less than half that. Nothing special needed for cycling or cross trainer

poty :pac::pac:

Transform

dwainec wrote: »

Basically looking to lose some weight and get a bit fitter and more active.

I was looking at the following 2:

Buying some gym equipment for my house, a cross trainer or something similar

Buying a bike

At the moment i'm more looking at cross fit trainers, seen a reebok one yesterday in heatons for €300, are these worth it for losing weight, getting fit etc or should i be looking at something different?

I don't have the time for the gym but could do an hour or 90 mins at home each evening or at least 4 evenings a week.

Any advice or help would be appreciated

honestly big equipment like that are a total waste of time, money and space.

get a pull up bar, kettlebells, adjustable dumbbells, bands, foam roll, hard rubber ball (mobility work) and some decent instruction and you're good to go.

Zillah

dwainec wrote: »

I don't have the time for the gym but could do an hour or 90 mins at home each evening or at least 4 evenings a week.

I am confused. If you have 90 mins spare in the evening then surely you have time for the gym? 45 minutes doing weights four times a week would see you in shape in no time.

There are lots of ways to fit activity into your life.

- How do you get to work, could you cycle/walk/run? You have to take the time to commute anyway, why not turn it into a work out?
- Could you hit the gym for lunch? That's a great way to fit a workout into your day without eating into your free time.

Also I think a cross trainer is an awful idea. Not everyone agrees with me but I cannot fathom why anyone would buy an indoor machine that recreates the equivalent of something you can do for free outside (running/cycling). Buy a real bike and not only can you use it for exercise but you can also use it for going places.

You don't need 90 minutes on specialised equipment. Go for an intense 20 minute run outside a few times a week and it'll do you wonders. For free. A lot of people feel exercise needs to be with special gear in a dedicated environment and want to splash out with money at the start as a gesture of their commitment. It can actually just be really easy and simple thing that's a normal part of your day.

I think splashing out on expensive gear is actually counter productive for some people: they feel an emotional lift because they're finally doing something about their fitness, and end up not using the equipment, and it's only later that they start to feel bad again because nothing has really changed.

If you're going to buy anything buy something that lets you do exercise you wouldn't be able to otherwise: dumbells, pull up bar etc.