April 28, 2016 -

Building The Best Home Gym For You

When it comes to fitness, health, and well being, there is hardly any one size fits all solution. The same is often true when trying to find the best home gym solution for you. Home gyms are (and ought to be) as diverse as the people who use them. As such, different home gyms are likely to be made up of different equipment, tools and elements. For example, someone with a penchant for aerobic videos and yoga is likely to have a very different gym set up when compared to someone who is a body builder or who does a lot of weight centred strength training exercises. How To Build The Best Home Gym For You There are certain things that anyone building a home gym ought to ask beforehand. These include questions about: – The kinds of workouts or exercises you enjoy and that are effective for you. If you are a runner for example, a treadmill or stationary bicycle may be great equipment to keep you going when you aren’t running outdoors as often as you like. This may be throughout the winter months. If you are into video programs, a television/DVD combination may be necessary element of your home gym, or perhaps yoga mats if you maintain a regular yoga practice. – how much space you will need Of course, every home starts as an empty space or room within the home. It is important to decide how much space you will need for your activities. If you will be using just floor space for yoga and aerobic videos, versus needing space for equipment, then your spacial needs will vary. You may need even more space if you plan to make your space multifunctional to suit a variety of different activities. – whether you will opt for a multipurpose home gym exercise machine Home gym machines (the ones that actually call themselves so), boast about being an entire gym of resources in one useful machine. This is a great option for those who need lots of variety an challenge, but may not have the necessary space and/or financial resources to invest in a host of different equipment and elements to build a multipurpose and multifaceted home gym. For these people, building the best home gym is about actually owning a single machine that can help them meet all their fitness, health and well being goals all from the comfort if their own homes.

Parenting

Twin Mom Fit: Getting Back In Shape (Even With Double The Trouble)

Chris / April 28, 2016

Moms of twins really have to plan everything out to a tee. You have to decide how to get to the market without a meltdown and how to drive to grandma’s without a double dose of that level 15 car-ride tantrum that always happens after 30 minutes. Knowing this can make working out seem like a real feat but when you take the time to think ahead (like you always do), you can make your workouts work for you – even with two babies on your hip. Invest in the Right Gear Going for a run with baby is tough… going for a run with twins? Even tougher. Pushing two babies plus the weight of a stroller up an incline can be exhausting and leave you feeling like you need to go off in the corner – to die. Instead, invest in the best double jogging stroller you can find and try to stick to flat spaces until the end of your workout. You can up your calorie burn by running on an incline so you should not avoid it. Instead, save the up hill climbs for last… if you do, you will avoid burnout and be able to get the most out of your workout. Make it Fun… For All 3 of You Babies seem to instinctively know when they are not being included. You already know what disasters that can lead to. Luckily, you can make your workouts fun for all three of you. Lifting baby while you exercise can help you build calorie burning muscle and best of all… your twins will think it is all in good fun. Shh – we won’t tell. Enlist a Little Help Trying to do it all alone, no matter what that is, is hard. Enlist a little help to get the time that you need to workout. Make it a ritual that you look forward to. Working out makes you feel good, relieves stress and boosts energy levels. Each of these three things are major perks for new moms. Even if you have to pay a friend to come sit for a few hours at the house, it will be well worth the 20 bucks to get away and do something good for yourself for a while. Don’t worry… the laundry pile will still be there when you get home. From investing in the best double jogging stroller to enlisting a little help, working out with your double trouble duo can be done… and done well. When you take the time to care for yourself, you will have more energy to care for them – and ultimately, that’s your goal to begin with.