There is still time to order from Amazon and get a delivery
in time for Christmas! So what should
order for the fitness enthusiast in your life? Fortunately, there are some fantastic
products to allow you to get a great workout at home or on the road when you
cannot get to the gym.
Quiet Punch – a simple
to set-up and use device that you mount in between just about any standard
door. Once it is set-up it provides a
square punching surface mounted between two poles that go across the door frame
and is suspended by bungee cords from the poles. You can really get after it and get a
fantastic boxing workout that is does not shake the house down! The app comes with great workouts and the
system has a cell phone holder so you can watch and follow one of the many
boxing/fitness videos available through the app. You
can purchase from Amazon or directly at www.quietpunch.com
At $125 Quiet Punch is not cheap but not that expensive and is really a fun
workout for those who enjoy boxing.
Floor Dolly Systems
– there are several great floor dolly systems that allow you to get a fantastic
core workout and work the rest of your body at the same time. These products emphasize the eccentric or
muscle lengthening portion of an exercise in a simple but profound way and
there are endless exercises you can do in a small area. Get ready for some big time soreness if you
go after it hard the first time since these products place a strong emphasis on
the muscle lengthening phase of each exercise since you have to control your
movement. Harder surfaces tend to
greatly magnify the challenge wihile carpeted surfaces create more
resistance. Great products in this
category include:
Core Flyte by Flight
Fitness which provides two small hand/foot dollies with three ball rollers with
a sealed bearing system. Although
they are small they work on many different surfaces. Since they provide two units you can put both hands or both feet or both knees on them which allows
many exercise variations to allow you to effectively overload every muscle
group in the body. Core flytes can be
purchased on Amazon or directly from www.flytefitness.com
and are reasonably priced at $85.
Core Coaster is
another dolly device at a much lower price point. It has larger wheels rather than using the
balls like Core Flyte. If you are
going to use on carpets this product should allow smoother movement because of
the larger wheels and the platforms are also much larger than Core Flyte. The three wheels are mounted in a swiveling
carriage mounted to bottom of the platform which allows 360 movement just like
the Core Flyte. At $39 these are a
steal! You can purchase directly from
Amazon.
Elastic Resistance
– are a fantastic way to provide a full body workout that can be done in a very
small space and virtually anywhere.
There are two main types of elastic resistance:
Circular Tubing that
usually has handles attached – can purchase many different types directly
from Amazon
Flat Circular Bands
– www.resistancebandtraining.com
or directly from Amazon
If you also include a door anchor which typically is placed through
the inside edge of the door jam while door.
Then you close the door and there is usually a loop or other way to
attach tubing to this anchor so that you can push and pull against the tubing.
There are literally hundreds of highly effective exercises
than can be done with elastic resistance, and for less than $100 you can buy
several different sizes/strengths and sizes of bands along with a door anchor and
take them anywhere! Resistance bands
can be purchased directly from Amazon and great brands include Lifeline Fitness
www.lifelinefitness.com and www.resistancebandtraining.com
for flat circular bands.
Suspension Trainers
– the most well-known is TRX, but there are quite a few high-quality
options. Suspension Trainers use straps
with handles and by adjusting your hand and foot position relative to the
straps and where they anchored you can do hundreds of exercises and work your
body head to toe. These systems are
light and very easy to transport.
Most come with some type of door or universal mounting system to allow
you to use them in many places from a hotel room to a playground to a gym.
High quality Suspension Trainers include:
TRX – the most
well know product on the market and it is available from TRX available on
Amazon for $149. Or buy directly from
TRX at www.trxtraining.com
Lifeline Jungle Gym
XT – another fantastic product with a split anchor design which allows you
to precisely target certain muscles better such as chest doing chest flys. At $99.99 this is a great value and a
virtually indestructible product. This
product can be purchased from Amazon or at www.lifelinefitness.com
Cross-Core 180 –
if you want the Cadillac of Suspension Trainers this is probably your
pick! By far the most versatile in
the category, virtually indestructible, and most importantly allow a unique
rotation anchor system that provides an adjustable level of extra instability
and movement that can take your workouts to a whole new level. The handle and adjustment systems are also
the best and allow many more types of exercises than any other product in this
category. At $249.95 on Amazon its not
cheap but you do get what you pay for here!
Also available at https://crosscore.com/
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