What basic equipment for your home-gym?

You have decided to take the step of training in home-gym and you don't know which material to choose? Powergym.fr accompanies you in the configuration of your gym and advises you on the ideal equipment to have in your home gym.

The benefits of training at home - Home-gym for everyone

The interest of a home training is certain, and the advantages of such a training method are numerous.

First of all, it will allow you to reduce to nothing the travel time needed to get to the gym, as well as the expenses related to it.

You will no longer be subject to the sometimes restrictive schedules of the rooms, and you will have the possibility of training in the conditions that you yourself will have determined (music, decoration and atmosphere of your choice, clothing of your choice).

No more distractions due to the sometimes endless discussions with other practitioners, and especially no more waiting behind your favorite pecs machine on Monday morning.

The equipment you will have in your personal home-gym will be perfectly adapted to your objectives and to your morphology.

The choice of your equipment is essential, because the value of training at home is only worthwhile if your workouts are as effective as those in the gym.

The quality and versatility of the selected material must therefore be optimal.

The basic material to build a versatile home gym

The adjustable weight bench with optional support

A Multi-adjustable weight bench (along with a pair of dumbbells) will allow you to perform an infinite number of exercises. The bench must be able to be adjusted in several positions, from 90°, in order to be able to work the shoulders with the dumbbells while sitting on the bench for example, to the declined position in order to offer you the possibility oftrain pectorals from every angle.

In addition, we recommend that you choose a bench with a rack that can accommodate options such as leg extension/leg curl, biceps desk, pec-fly option, dips option and knee lock support for ab work.

Thus, you drastically multiply the training possibilities.

Choose a bench with a load capacity of at least 350 kg, so as not to neglect the sturdiness.

Adjustable dumbbells

The dumbbells can replace a complete rack of dumbbells, saving a lot of space and money.

Adjustable dumbbells such as Powerblocks or the Nuobells offer the possibility to exercise from 2 to 32 kg, or even from 2 to 40 kg.

With a flick of the wrist, you select the load and start your training.

Along with an adjustable bench, the automatic dumbbells will allow you to perform a multitude of exercises, on all the muscles of the body:

• Bench press, incline and decline with dumbbells, spread with dumbbells for pectoral muscles
• Single arm rowing for the back
• Sitting or inclined curl exercises for the biceps
• Triceps extension lying on the bench for the back of the arms
• Shoulder press, lateral raises, shrugs and dumbbells for shoulders and trapezius
• Goblet squat, lunges, calf extension for legs

The bar-candles

Training for the free bar Being a very effective way to build full muscle mass, a candle set will be part of the essential equipment to create a functional home gym.

The candle holders By sliding a bench between the two tripods, you can perform pectoral and shoulder exercises. In addition, you can use the stanchions to train the thighs with the squat exercise or the lunges with the bar.

Choose a set of adjustable candles in a variety of positions to give you a wide range of training options.

Floor tiles

In order to protect your tiles, parquet or other type of floor, have a floor covering quality is essential in your home-gym.

So, if you just want to place multi-functional weight machines, or cardio-training machines, a model of foam floor tiles in puzzle format will be sufficient.

For bodybuilding or power workouts, you will need to equip your home gym with thick floor tiles20 or 30 mm, to maximize the protection of your floor.

There are also floor coverings in the form of a roll, with the same characteristics as the floor tiles in absorption soil.

The versatile home gym

Equip your home gym with a weight training device multifunctional station makes sense. In fact, this kind of complete all-in-one station can significantly reduce the clutter in your home workout space.

You will have to turn to a quality device, so as not to be limited in your movements and workouts.

In this sense, we recommend the leading home-gym station of the market, theATX Triplex.

This versatile, high-end machine has articulated arms that mimic the movements of professional machines found in commercial rooms.

The high and low pulleys allow for a variety of workouts and the bench that comes with the machine has a multitude of adjustments and a stand that accommodates all of the brand's options.

The configuration of your home-gym made to measure

You now know how to best equip your home gymWhat basic equipment to choose for effective and intense workouts.

The Powergym team is at your disposal to configure your custom home gym. Depending on the size of your space, your objectives and your budget, the specialists will carry out a study to create the home gym of your dreams.

We invite you to read this article to learn more about the realization of turnkey home-gym.