Home Fitness 101

My family and I are looking for a home gym that gives great and fast results, but that is also reasonable in price. Any ideas?

Nothing will get you fast results, only great ones.

The total gym is what I suggest (you know, the one Chuck Norris helps advertise on tv). Not only will it help strengthen your muscles, it is also a therapeutic and rehabilitation machine for when you injure yourself.

ok i am a 15 year old boy and i am quite skinny. i am 5 foot 7 and i want to really improve my physical self. i want to basically look good. i need to bulk up my whole upper body really, making my back more padded, my pecs looking fit, my biceps and wrists big, and most important of all –
i want to make my shoulders quite a lot wider.

can you suggest some exercises i can do at home without gym equipment to target these areas? i want them to be quick and i have no gym equipment please/

Seriously, there’s nothing you can do. I’m 20 and I’m 5′8" and just really lean. I have more muscle than fat. It depends on your metabolism. No matter how much you eat, you won’t gain weight because it’ll get burned up by your fast metabolism. All you can do it eat a lot of red meat and work out. You’ll gain muscle and get lean, but you won’t pack on pounds. It’s strange, I know..

My husband needs to build muscle, and I just want to stay toned and on my weightloss program. Husband sits on the couch, and I was going to a gym (contours express) but they closed this weekend with no warning to any of the members. We got a letter in the mail today. My question is….given our fitness goals, what do you recommend as far as home gym equipment? Bowflex? Total Gym? Other?

Free weights give the most bang for the buck!

I’m 18, not out of shape, but i don’t have the body i want. (im a guy). i don’t want to go out and buy weights and i can’t join a gym. How do i get ripped at home with out weights?

Do calisthetics with the right amount of cardio and healthy diet:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calisthenics

But MOST of all you need to have the right mindset and DEDICATION.

No matter how many weights you have, or how many gym memberships you have, if you don’t have hardcore determination you’re SOL.

if you dont know what im talking about heres a pic
http://www.americazz.com/products/fitness_equipments/home_gym_01.jpg

Try this site.

How could I exercise my entire body without any equipment?
Arms, Legs, Abs, Chest, and Back.
Could anyone suggest a program or routine?

Yoga is great all toning all those areas. You can purchase a dvd for about 5 dollars or even search online. You can find free workouts and positions.

Good luck!

I am wondering how i can gain strength (arm strength \ overall strength) without having to buy gym equipment or needing to go to a gym.
I am 175 lbs , 5′8 , 14 years old and i play tackle football and ice hockey.

Thank you for your help.
jus lettin you know im in shape, that wasnt my question , i am wondering how to gain strength in my arms and upper body.

(I am on the cross country team \ i mountain bike )

Wow you’re already pretty big lol. I just do pushups and situps in my house every night … 50 pushups and situps for me. But, if you really want to gain muscle, then you probably have to go to the gym or buy some sort of equipment so you can train with heavier objects.

I’ve realised I don’t have room for a treadmill which was my first choice, so I’m looking for something a bit more compact like a cross trainer or an exercise bike. Would like to increase aerobic fitness mainly, but also tone up and become leaner and fitter. I’m not overweight (5′4" and weigh 49kg) and fairly active (fast walk about 4-5 miles a day). What do you think would be best?

the best thing is a skipping rope,

I am looking to lose a signifigant amount of weight and heard that Weight Watchers works very well. But I need a place that I can work out and I can’t find anything on their website about a fitness area. I don’t want to put my money into something that just tells me how to eat! I don’t need a lecture just serious answers!

Weight watchers will sell you measuring spoons. and other stuff but their biggest thing is the moral support of going to their meetings and listening to pep talks and getting weighed each time.
find a gym and walk or use a treadmill or bicycle to get your pulse up
I found Dr Mao on Yahoo Health

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I am looking for some exercise equipment that is designed to build the pectoral muscles in a way that the breast appear to be bigger and firmer
I mean female looking breast not rock hard chest
I am asking about exercise equipment that is desinined to target the pector eal mucsles in such a maner that they grow out word pushing the breast out and closer to gether not a diet plan or rock hard chest

The thing that you use that makes you move your arms together… you are sitting up and your hands are grabbing on to the handle things and you push your arms together at the forearm. If that makes sense…. Thats what I was always told.