Which equipment is best for home exercise

phater phagan

Hi guys. I'm thinking of buying home exercise equipment and would like some advice on the best type for that.
I used to run quite a bit some years ago but only swim now but I would like to also have something that I could do at home for leg strength etc.
Which do you think is better a cycle machine or a stairmaster ( with the poles for arm work)?

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phater phagan

Thanks glasso. I've also recently been hearing good things about power lifting and am thinking about looking into that also. I realise, though, that it is something that will have to been done in the gym - squats, bench press and deadlifts.
I might take a look at that.

RayCun

Deadlifts don't need to be done in the gym.

If you want to build leg strength, get a squat rack.

Don't see the point in a machine that pretends to be stairs when stairs are easy enough to find in the real world.

phater phagan

RayCun wrote: »

Deadlifts don't need to be done in the gym.

If you want to build leg strength, get a squat rack.

Don't see the point in a machine that pretends to be stairs when stairs are easy enough to find in the real world.

I've been looking at that option all right. Sounds good. Unfortunately I don't have stairs in my house, but the squat rack sounds good.

HelenAnne

phater phagan wrote: »

Hi guys. I'm thinking of buying home exercise equipment and would like some advice on the best type for that.
I used to run quite a bit some years ago but only swim now but I would like to also have something that I could do at home for leg strength etc.
Which do you think is better a cycle machine or a stairmaster ( with the poles for arm work)?

Depending on how fit you already are, you could start with no equipment, just do squats, one-legged squats, leg lifts, planks, side planks etc? You might already be really proficient at all that, but for me, there's loads I could do to build strength without needing anything but my own body weight. Then when you were sure you were going to stick with a routine you could shell out for equipment?

phater phagan

HelenAnne wrote: »

Depending on how fit you already are, you could start with no equipment, just do squats, one-legged squats, leg lifts, planks, side planks etc? You might already be really proficient at all that, but for me, there's loads I could do to build strength without needing anything but my own body weight. Then when you were sure you were going to stick with a routine you could shell out for equipment?

Hi HelenAnne, yes I do squats with a chair on my shoulders ( it has a fair bit of weight) and also push-ups.
I was listening to a 73 year old woman on the BBC radio who does power lifting, since she was 65 (100 Kg bench press, 120Kg squats,etc) and she has a bone mass of a 22 year old. She's a college professor, and very astute. That's what got me interested in the power lifting aspect of exercise.

ideally you want to do both cardio and weights (for muscle mass maintenance / development)

bodyweight exercises are good as suggested.

phater phagan

glasso wrote: »

ideally you want to do both cardio and weights (for muscle mass maintenance / development)

bodyweight exercises are good as suggested.

I decided to join the gym, since I already go there to swim. Bench press, squats, and deadlifts etc. plus treadmill. Thanks for all the good advice.

phater phagan

phater phagan wrote: »

I decided to join the gym, since I already go there to swim. Bench press, squats, and deadlifts etc. plus treadmill. Thanks for all the good advice.

probably the best option.

classes and maybe a personal trainer intro session could be a good way to get into it.