Resistance bands are some of the most diverse and mobile pieces of equipment available. Convenient for taking on trips away due to the lightweight and compact nature of them, a great alternative to multiple heavy dumbbells.
Using the RIP trainer is like having your own portable cable machine, but with more diversity. With the varying levels of resistance cords and a karabiner to attach to almost anything it’s another great piece of equipment to take with you into the park and get an awesome workout done.
With all people in search of their ‘beach body’ and many wanting to reveal their chiselled abdominal muscles in time for the summer season it’s no wonder why there are always new exciting workouts being devised to target this area.
The TRX is excellent at providing the right muscular stress on the core muscles whilst performing all exercises, due to the unstable nature the TRX puts you in. However, to feel a real burn, there are specific abdominal exercises that will bring out your abs, tone up your obliques and strength your core.
Rogue Fitness has released the brand-new DB-15 loadable dumbbell. The heavy-duty equipment packs the same excellent build quality of Rogue’s full-size Ohio bar – the official barbell of the CrossFit Games – but in a handy home workout version.
The very first Spartan Gym has found a home within the 1 Hotel South Beach, Miami, USA. Famed for its obstacle race, Spartan now enters the everyday fitness scene with this enormous indoor workout facility that combines traditional weights equipment with a host of unique obstacles lifted from the renowned race to help build functional strength.
Stuck for time? Not got a lot of equipment? With this workout you can smash a whole body workout with just one medicine ball. The idea behind this is to give a fun alternative to having to go slog it in the gym for an hour, with this workout you can go anywhere and with a little space give yourself a fat destroying circuit.
Working out using a kettlebell is a fantastic way to stay in shape. The versatility of the equipment means you can get a mixed cardiovascular and muscular strength workout in one. This makes it popular to save time for busy individuals that need a quick way to keep fit.
The TRX trainer is a brilliant piece of equipment that can be taken on holiday, as it’s really light and not very big. Keep yourself in shape whilst away from the gym. Olly takes a look at some of his favourite lower body TRX exercises