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Start a Garage Gym at Home

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How many times as part of your daily routine of getting back from work, and then deciding that you’re just not feeling up to the gym today? Or you’re not satisfied with the options or services available at your local gym? Would you like to start your own garage gym? If yes, then we’re here to provide you with some necessary tips and insights on how this make this dream a reality.

Starting a garage gym is not an easy or cheap feat, and is something that you cannot be mildly dedicated to do. If you want to start a garage gym, then you have to put in your all, 100% dedication and commitment to make it a reality.

Essential Of Training In A Garage Gym

You Need Adequate Space:

When you decide to turn your garage into a gym, or incorporate a gym in your garage, it is important that you have enough space to allow you work out efficiently. Space is necessary for arranging and utilizing your equipment without ruining your equipment, or hurting yourself. S

o, if you can make it happen, probably transform your whole garage into a gym; or learn to optimally utilize the space you allocate to your garage gym, You don’t want to be in the middle of some squats, and have your partners car run you down.

You will Need Gym Equipment:

Starting out with a new garage gym, you actually don’t need to much equipment. If you are a fitness enthusiast, or have been working out for some time now, you should have an idea of the exercises you are interested in and the equipment you are interested in working with.

You should be aware of what you want from your body before you begin buying equipment. When you have taken note of this, it should be fairly easy for you to acquire the equipment you need. You can get already used equipment for very affordable prices. This route is highly advised, so you don’t spend all your savings on gym equipment.

The strategy with buying new equipment is, start with a few. Get just two or three pieces of equipment that you’ll be interested in working with, and you can easily afford, then you build up from there slowly.

Splurging on brand new equipment at the beginning may leave you broke, unhappy and unwilling to work out in your gym simply because you’re trying to make the money back by working twice as hard. So, watch your expenses at the beginning. Being financially smart at the beginning will save you a lot of hardships in the short run.

Training At Home:

When training at home, you have to work around your standard daily schedule, which shouldn’t be so hard as everything is happening within your house. Wake up an hour earlier than you are used to so as to get in your morning workouts done. However, when working out in the early hours of the morning say 4:30/5am in the morning, try to keep it quiet.

Some of your neighbors may not be pleased with the sound of deadlift weights ruining their beauty sleep. So maybe you can go for a jog, and incorporate other light exercises that won’t have your neighbors calling the authority on you.

If you’d like to make your gym commercial, set up your classes at a time when your neighbors will be away or out of the house, so as to keep the disturbance minimal.

If you want to open up your gym for commercial benefits, ensure that you keep only a number which you can independently supervise and watch over. It is very easy to get hurt working with heavy equipment in a tight space. So, ensure you do not overdo it with the number of clients you admit in your gym. Also make sure your insurance is upto date.

Benefits of Starting A Garage Gym

Starting up a garage gym has multiple benefits such as :

Top Notch Hygiene:

One of the downsides to utilizing a public gym is, you can never really be too certain about the quality of hygiene the gym maintains. There is always that uncertainty with utilizing public equipment, and even worse the toilet facilities.

However, with your garage gym, you’re certain that you cleaned your barbells the night before after you made use of them. Also, you have your own toilet, probably all to yourself and never have to be unsure of whether you’re contracting something or not

Saves You Some Money:

A gym membership isn’t a cheap expense, yet it’s one of the most wasted subscriptions ever. Say you pay $950 for an annual gym membership, and go there only twice a year, and then the subscription automatically renews itself. This cycle is constantly ridding you of money you can do something much profitable with.

Starting up a garage gym however saves you membership costs, gas costs, and flashy gym wear that you might be tempted to get just because everyone else has it. Your garage gym whether you decide to open it up commercially to the public or not, will save you this expense in a year’s time and likely make you some money in the process.

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Why You Need Compression Crossfit T-Shirts for Your Training

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If you are planning on joining the proven fitness philosophy known as Crossfit Training, or improving your fitness outcome? If yes, then you definitely need to have the right gear to get the best out of your exercises.It is important for you to have the right crossfit equipment and training outfits when undergoing a certain sport.

Crossfit training equipment has been specialized to optimize productivity, and ensure safety when undergoing the training exercise. Which is why as a fitness enthusiast and participant, having decent compression Crossfit t-shirts, can make the world of difference to your success.

In this article we’ll cover the importance of Compression Crossfit T Shirts, their benefits and where to get them.

What Are Compression Shirts?

Compression shirts are tight-fitting shirts made up of spandex which improve blood flow to the part of the body which it is worn, and also muscle performance and recovery post exercise. Many athletes swear by compression shirts, and all the benefits it affords them to help them work optimally, while also reducing the strain on the muscle to prevent muscle soreness after the training is over.

Compression shirts are made from materials that are waterproof, and prevent sweat from piling up on the body which could lead to chafing and rashes on the body.

When undergoing Crossfit training, a lot of strain will be placed on muscles all over the body as all the muscle groups and domains will be worked on intermittently. However, if you’re putting on a compression shirt, as opposed to any random Crossfit shirt, you will notice an improvement in your body’s form and muscle precision when carrying out these exercises.

Your muscle soreness post workout will also be significantly lower, and you can carry out your workouts the next day with little or no pain. This will not be the case for any random shirt worn for Crossfit training.

Benefits Of Wearing Compression Shirts

Many experts and scientists have taken to studying the impact of compression gear on athletes’ performance, compared to ordinary clothing. They reached a conclusion that compression gear will not give you Superhuman endurance, neither will it make you run like flash; but it does have inherent benefits which it can offer you; such as:

Keeps Your Muscles Warm

Compression shirts are designed to keep your muscles are the optimal temperature for improved efficiency. Compression shirts are designed specifically for every location and weather, as each sport requires a different form and level of exposure. Beach soccer players require a lightweight material to help them breathe, and prevent the buildup of heat in the player’s body.

While an ice skater requires a thicker material to seal in the body’s heat, and prevent the skater from getting a chill. Compression shirts for these activities keep the muscles at their optimal temperature, either by sealing in heat or letting it out. Keeping the muscles warm improve the blood flow, and muscle performance.

Relieves Pain

Every athlete and/or fitness enthusiast is well accustomed to the pain and soreness that results from working out, either from Delayed Onset Muscle Syndrome or from a muscle strain. This pain and discomfort can be relieved from the utilization of a compression shirt.

Compression shirts apply pressure to the surface area they are being worn over, and this pressure is useful for stretching out the muscles and relieving in-built tension within them, which in turn helps you feel much better.

Stabilizes Your Joints

Compression Crossfit T-shirts are very useful for improving your body’s from and muscle precision. This in turn stabilizes your joints to be firmer and stronger. If you have to undergo some strength training during your Crossfit WOD, then a compression shirt will ensure your shoulder muscles are firm and stabilized for you to do those lifts and nail them.

Compression gear such as leggings and tights help improve your posture by applying pressure to your ankle instead of your knees, which firms up your lower leg muscles, and help you train better.

These are some of the benefits associated with utilizing compression clothing when undergoing Crossfit Training. Obviously, it’s a lot easier to through any convenient Crossfit t-shirt on when going for training, that will give you the edge to perform all the WOD’s well.

However, your focus should be higher then from simply trying to do your workout routines well, to being able to get the most out of every rep you do while working out, and this is what compression t-shirts will offer you.

Where To Get Compression Shirts

Compression shirts are pretty popular in the sport’s world these days, and can be easily purchased from any sports apparel store close to you. If you don’t want to go through the hassle of physically trying out shirts to see which fits best, or you just don’t have the time to spare; online stores are a good alternative to try. Multiple online stores such as Ultimate Crossfit Equipment have compression shirts on sale at varying styles and sizes.

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A Review of the Best Crossfit Equipment Packages

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Ok, so maybe you got the itch, and are interested in joining the fitness revolution that is crossfit but unfortunately, you don’t have the much needed and necessary crossfit equipment to get you started. Or, you’ve been doing your crossfit somewhere else but now you’ll want to have your own equipment, but you don’t know where to start. Here is a list of some of the best crossfit equipment packages that might suit your needs.

1. The Minimal Crossfit Equipment Packages

There are basically two types, which are very basic. They normally comprise of bumpers, bar, kettle ball and other little equipment.

• Bronze Starter Package

This particular package comes from Gringesport. A standard usually includes an a 20-kg Bomba-Olympic Bar, spring collars, a kettle ball weighing 24 kg, sandbell weighing 20 lbs, a speed rope and some more.

It tends to be the lowest crossfit equipment package in the market today. This package also includes other quality things like bumper and barbell plates. Shipping is free of charge too, but it depends where you buy it.

• SoCal Starter Package

This is yet another type of minimal crossfit equipment package introduced by Rogue. It includes things such as spring collars, HG bumper plates, Beater Barbell, a Rogue Rings, kettle bell weighing 24 kgs just to mention a few. It seems not to have much difference from its counterpart discussed above. Shipping is also free.

These two packages are just for beginning, so you’ll need more equipment regardless of your preference and level you are at. Ideally, some of the following packages are necessary and important.

2. Partial Crossfit Equipment Packages

Contrary to the minimal packages, the following two packages are in some ways better than they are. For a home crossfit gym, these two packages offer almost everything that is necessary and important for your training. They include:

• Gold Package

This is yet another advanced package from Fringesport that include Lockjaw collars, Bomba Men’s Bar, OFW bumper plates weighing 260 pounds, the change plates of Troy Olympic, stud pull-up bar, 4 kettle bells, 3-sided plyometric box, medicine ball weighing 20 pounds, speed rope, an abmat, and gymnastic rings. This is a nearly complete crossfit equipment package, which misses only a few things like parallettes. All products from Fringesport are shipped free of charge, so this particular do apply as well.

• Bravo Package

This is a package from Rogue that also includes Ohio Bar coated with zinc and better than Beater Bar available in the SoCal package. Other equipments are a set of Rogue Rings, kettle bells weighing 35 and 55 pounds, HG collars, SR-3 speed rope, and many more.

3. The Warrior Crossfit Package

The warrior crossfit package comes from Rogue and generally, contains just about all necessary equipment anyone could ever require for a home crossfit gym. It comprises bumper plates weighing around 320 pounds, five kettle balls, parallettes, rings, and collars, slam ball, an Ohio Bar, change plates, Dynamax ball, speed rope, an abmat and a climbing rope.

It’s actually a huge collection, which is relatively affordable (read about how to choose the cheapest crossfit equipment here). The rower is one of the things that make it different from other types of packages.

To sum it up, these are just a few of crossfit equipment packages readily available in the market today. They are all available for domestic and commercial use. Lastly, it’s recommended to start working with the smaller minimal packages and upgrade later for better results, rather than starting with the warrior package that might end up discouraging you even before you start the crossfit journey.

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The ying and yang of crossfit kettlebells.

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With exercising being the current health and fitness mantra for lots of people.  Any equipment that will help a weight loss program, will fill the participants with gratification as if the heavenly angels have already shown them the direct way to Paradise (well something like that).

A case in point, the exercise function of the CrossFit kettlebell deserves plenty plaudits. It epitomizes the speed, strength, explosive plyometrics and all the other facets of CrossFit training program as outlined by Greg Glassman.

The CrossFit kettlebell can be used to make three different swings:

  • The Russian swing
  • The American swing
  • The Hybrid swing.

So let’s take a sneak peak of the movements involved in these swings. A person is normally advised to practice the swing that will best fit in their pre-established CrossFit program smoothly.

The Russian swing

The Russian swing involves swinging the kettlebell from the groin to the chest level, such that there is an angle of approximately 90 degrees between the base of the hands and the torso. It is a short but compact movement.

The American swing

There exists a thin line between the Russian swing and the American swing. Instead of swinging the kettlebell to the chest position, it is swung overhead in the American swing.

The hybrid swing

The hybrid swing is simply a combination of both the Russian and the American swings. It is normally practiced after mastery of both the Russian and the American swings.

How the Russian and the American swing compare.

  • The Russian swing is shorter than the American swing. This makes the American swing more superior than the Russian swing, if the principle of increased length of motion for elite fitness is anything to go by. In essence, lifting a weight to a higher level involves doing more work than lifting the same weight to a lower level.
  • Depending on the weight of the kettlebells, the frequency and the velocity of swing varies, with the American swing requiring almost double the period required for the Russian swing.
  • A proper CrossFit workout could feature both the Russian and the American swing. In this case, the Russian swing should come first, followed by the Americanswing. However, this requires a qualified kettlebell instructor and a professional kettlebeller.
  • Both Russian and American swings are hip-hinge movements. They conspire with rhythmic diaphragmatic breathing to fill the participant with passion of the most profound kind.
  • Both Russian and American swings can be performed using different sizes and weights of kettlebells. Obviously, this depends on the strength and endurance of the participant in question.
  • There are several moves that go well with both the Russian and American swings. These include clean and jerk, repetition snatches, heavy swings and jump squats, to mention but a few. The thruster and clean and jerk are specifically useful in lowering the power demands of the American swing.

So, CrossFit is not complete without kettlebell swings. These swings place emphasize on the muscle development, enhanced sport performance and beauty benefits of the CrossFit training program. Well, beauty may be only skin deep but what else do you want- a good looking spleen?