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Pilates work several muscle groups simultaneously through smooth continuous motion with a particular concentration on strengthening and stabilizing the core. When you get started with Pilates method there will be an improvement in your posture and flexibility and it enhances your daily functionality.

The ideology behind Pilates fitness equipment is as unique and brilliant as when it was developed. The use of this equipment in exercise has remained very similar. Pilates exercise can be performed in various ways. Many fitness equipment are available. There are some specialized Pilates equipment like reformer, resistance bands, Cadillac, Barrel, chair and props which adds a new level of interest and intensity to the Pilate method. The classic circle and spine supporter offer support and resistance with a variety of exercises for the total body.

The Pilates fitness equipments are:

1. Pilates Reformer: It helps one establish torso stability and postural alignment while working peripheral limbs in a range of motion. It has a sophisticated system of springs, straps and pulleys with which more than 100 exercises can be performed. A versatile apparatus makes for an effective, no impact stretching and toning workout that is friendly to the joints.

2. The Resistance Band: It is also known as Flex band or Thera band is a stretchy strip of latex. It functions to add an element of light resistance to a workout. It is also used in other fitness disciplines and rehabilitation techniques. It lengthens major muscles, improves flexibility, enhances joint mobility and sculpts a strong, streamlined physique. It can be used from ankle to wrist. It is economical and portable.

3. The Cadillac: Over 80 different exercises can be performed on this piece of equipment ranging from gentle spring assisted sit-up to advanced acrobatics. There is something for all. It was originally designed to rehabilitee bedridden patients. It is raised table top surrounded by a four poster frame on which bars, straps, springs and levers are fixed. It contains various adjustable parts. It challenges the core abdominal muscles, develops spinal flexibility works the shoulder girdles strengthens the back and stretches the total body.

4. Pilates Barrels: they are lightweight and portable. They are great complement to a mat workout or circuit session. They are great rehabilitative tools. They are an upholstered curved surface that helps support the back and shoulders and open up neck, hips and thighs depending on your usage.

5. Pilates chair: It is also known as Wunda chair or stability chair is versatile exercise machine. Adjustable spring resistance is the key to challenge with this specialized piece of fitness equipment. The apparatus activities the lower back, buttocks, shoulders transverses pelvic and abdominal region and heightens neuromuscular coordination. It is effective for stretching and rebalancing muscles that have been strained or injured.

6. Pilates ball: They are super innovation for muscle training since the wrist remains stable thanks to the weight concentrated in the hand. It is easier to grip and hold than other weights and comfortable too. The finger muscles are strengthened at the same time.

7. Pilates Circle: You can use the circle standing, sitting or lying down on your front, back or side. There are padded cushions on the inside and outside of the circle. It helps to tone the upper arms, activate the inner and outer thighs, engage the chest, develop neuromuscular coordination and mind body connection.

8. Spine supporter: It supports the spine while performing Pilates exercises. It is also called C- shaper for its half- moon form and it is barrel in reverse. It helps abdominal, lumbar and pelvic work while reducing neck and shoulder strain. It is effective for exercises for injury prevention and rehabilitation, very useful and effective for pregnant and post- partum student.

9. Pilates Trapeze tables, half trapeze and towers: this combination offers the best choice for spring- assisted, integrated workout. It is versatile equipment, which supports many exercises.

There are several reputable Pilates equipment manufacturers around the world today, including Balanced body, Gratz Pilates, Peak Pilates and Stott Pilates.

The Pilates fitness equipment has revolutionized the fitness world. With modern changes to original equipment, they are economical, durable and safer. The fitness equipment has modernized with the advancement of science over the years and they are shaped to fit human body. This equipment combined with focused breathing patterns has proven invaluable not only to fitness world, but is also an important adjunct to healthy living.

There are so many benefits and advantages to having your own home fitness equipment. Are you thinking now is the time shape up? However, the problem is you know what your opinion is about getting up early enough on a cold morning to go outside for any exercise? You are the first to admit that a 30 minute jog or fast walk around a local park is not going to happen? Or are you like a lot of people who can’t fit a 1-hour workout at the gym into their already tight schedule?

If you just can’t make it outside or to the gym to work out any of those calories or fat, the benefits of home fitness equipment may be your answer. A home program means one of two things: either you do the aerobics, dancing, jogging, and bending on your own, or you find the right devices and exercise equipment to use in your own home. A lot of people chose the equipment route because of all the advantages it offers to anyone wanting a more flexible way to lose those extra pounds and inches.

Having your own fitness equipment at home for doing a workout offers your these advantages:

First of all, you choose the time that’s convenient for you to exercise. With the option of doing it mornings when you first get up, or at night if your day schedule is full, having it at home can work perfectly for you. You don’t have to wake up early in the morning, and you’re not locked into anyone else’s time schedule when you have the option of exercise on your own home fitness equipment.

Second, you’re able to use your own equipment without any problems. You’re not limited to the amount of time you spend using the equipment because someone else is waiting in line, as often occurs at a gym center. You are free to use it for whatever amount of time you choose to spend.

Third, you have the privilege of being able to exercise however long it takes to burn off those pesky inches and calories. Your choice can be every day, bi-weekly, or even tri-weekly. Another advantage is you have the freedom to exercise as long as you choose without having to pay any extra cost – another very important advantage.

And finally, you are going to be saving a lot of money. With a gym fitness center you have monthly dues to pay, not only for the use of their gym, but for staff and trainers’ service as well. When it’s YOUR home fitness equipment, there’s no membership fees coming out of your pockets every month. And in some gyms, you pay for a certain number of hours to use their equipment, facilities, and services, and you don’t dare go over what you originally signed up for. When you stop to calculate just how much you could be saving in a year, you’ll be amazed how much more cost effective it is having your own home fitness equipment.

There is a wide range of exercise equipment available to you. The treadmill, stationery bike, recumbent exercise bike, elliptical trainer, fitness ball, stair stepper and lots of other equipment that are great choices for using at home. Whatever you find that meets your needs when it comes to home fitness equipment, always take time to checkout the pros and cons, prices, and the terms and conditions offered by the seller or manufacturer of the equipment you’re looking at. Then make sure to use it to get the full benefits and advantages available with fitness equipment in your home.

Since I first began personal training in 1985 people have stated basically the same goals: To lose fat and gain muscle, improve athleticism, heal the body,increase movement skills, spend little money and train whenever and wherever they wanted. I am pretty sure you want the same, but there’s a problem. Maybe you travel, it’s hard to get to the gym, or maybe you don’t like the gym and/or you can’t afford to build your own machine laden gym at home? So what do you do? Well the answer has been here for over 30 years. The answer to true physical fitness is portable fitness equipment from the Monkey Bar Gym! Portable fitness equipment has evolved from the light resistance bands and ankle weights they use in aerobic classes. Today portable fitness equipment is literally all you need to get into the greatest shape of your life. Whether your goal is basic overall fitness, strength, conditioning OR high level sports performance you can get it all with portable fitness equipment.

How do I know this? It is all I have ever done and all that my dad Bobby Hinds has ever done. My Dad started the beginnings of portable fitness equipment with the beaded jump rope and training program in 1973, which sparked the Jump Rope for Heart program. He followed it up in 1976 with the first ever Portable Gym. Back in the day people thought my dad was crazy…still do , but he was way ahead of his time. He saw a huge need for people to stay in shape while on the road, traveling, working out at home or outside. He knew that not everyone wanted to workout on machines, or had the money, time or drive to workout in a gym or inside for that matter. So, he took it upon himself to change it and the fitness world has never been the same.

Today, portable fitness equipment can do everything you desire in your fitness training: YOU CAN get stronger, leaner, improve athletic performance, heal & prevent injuries, increase movement skills, spend little money and train anywhere you want, anytime you want!!! Portable fitness equipment can also allow you to follow an online training program, almost like having your own personal trainer! Because of all of these tremendous benefits, portable fitness equipment is a common term in the fitness industry. I feel my Dad and his company, Lifeline USA, are a huge reason for portable fitness equipment being such an integral part of the fitness industry today. I have always believed in portable fitness equipment, so much that I opened up my Monkey Bar Gymnasium in 2001. It is the first hard core strength and conditioning training facility in the country that uses ONLY portable fitness equipment!

“Full body anywhere, anytime training is all we do and all we’ve ever done” says Monkey Bar Gymnasium, Certified Natural Trainer, Jessica Rucker. “We teach movement mastery first and then add resistance via portable fitness equipment. Using Resistance cables, Kettlebells, Jungle Gyms, Med & D-balls, Jump Ropes, Power Push ups, Power Jumpers, Vertical Jumpers and Power Wheels all add more challenge to basic bodyweight movements, thus taking them to the next level. It’s clearly the main reason everyone who trains with us either online or at the Monkey Bar Gymnasium is incredibly fit”.

So what exactly is portable fitness equipment? Any piece of exercise equipment that you can easily pack and take anywhere in the world and get a tremendous workout. That is why my dad’s first Portable Gym’s tag line was “a gym in a bag”. Portable fitness equipment gives you a great workout, not just an okay one.

IT WORKS!! A workout with really good portable fitness equipment improves your strength (functional muscle), conditioning (leaner body), sports performance, agility, mobility, stability, strength and power. Want proof, At the Monkey Bar Gymnasium we AVERAGE 17 lbs of fat loss and 5.4 lbs of muscle gain over the first 60 days of training…did I mention, only using portable fitness equipment!

More Proof. On a recent road trip, Jessica and I brought along all of our favorite Portable Fitness Equipment, a Power Push Up, Jungle Gym, TNT Cable, Power Wheel, Power Jump Rope and even the new Lifeline Kettlebell. Yes, the Lifeline Kettlebell. This may not be a true piece of portable fitness equipment, but it is a heavier version, it still is portable and definitely is fitness equipment. On our road trip we really put all of the portable fitness equipment to the test.

Could we drive more than 3,000 miles & get great workouts at the same time? The answer was definitely YES!!Every hour we drove, we stopped and did a killer set with each piece of equipment. One hour we did a set of squat presses with the TNT Cable, the next hour a killer set of chins and rows with the Jungle Gym, the next hour 100 doubles jumping rope as fast as possible, the next hour 40 snatches each arm with the Lifeline Kettlebell. Honestly, it was amazing! Each set only took us 3 minutes! When we would get back in the car we felt incredible! We were totally energized and ready to go and looked forward to the next hour and what we would do. By the end of the day, we had without question, gotten a heck of a workout and we were both tired but very satisfied in knowing that we not only can do these workouts anywhere at anytime, but that working out with Portable Fitness Equipment is the best way to attain ultimate fitness.

The World is your Playground” workout anywhere / anytime (AA), indoors or outside!!!

Lets lay out a Backpack of Portable Fitness Equipment for you to workout AA!!

1) Jungle Gym: Pure bodyweight training: chin ups (assisted to kip ups), push ups, dips, rows, flys, assisting pistols /1 leg squats, leg curls, runners, core rollouts and lots more. One piece of equipment that can do full body training for strength & conditioning! Weight about 1.5 lbs, fits in pocket.

2) TNT Cable: Pure resistance training: squats, full extensions, cable cleans, presses, Russian twists, diagonal chops & lifts, resisted running & backpedaling, 1 arm punches, rows and lots more. Weight about 1 lb., fits in large pocket.

3) Power Jump Rope: Pure conditioning training: probably the single best tool for overall full body conditioning. Weight 1.5 lbs, fits in pocket.

We put them all together in the Portable Monkey Bar Gym. It even includes a comprehensive training DVD.

Add more fun to your BackPack with the following:

The Power Push up: Voted Best piece of exercise equipment by Mens Fitness. Can adjust from 20 to 270 lbs of resistance for your push ups. Weight 2.5 lbs., fits in backpack easily.

The Power Jumper: The Best Jump Training device on the market…and it’s portable! Get the Jump Training DVD, it’s great. You can do all lower body exercises with it too. Athletes average 6-8″ improvements over 12 weeks of training. Weight 2.5 lbs, fits in backpack too.

A Note on the Resistance Cables – 3 big points:

1) Non-Fixed ranges of motion – meaning you must react and balance the resistance, this improves motor function and performance greatly.

2) Progressive variable resistance – as cables lengthen they increase in resistance, creating an excellent balance as your leverage becomes greater, it becomes greater!

3) Adjustable resistance – in seconds you can lighten or increase the resistance. This means you can match bodyweight movements with precision resistance, can load or resist up to max loads thus giving covering all levels of strength training from endurance to power.

In general portable fitness equipment is in a league of its own. It’s accessible, light weight and convenient but yet can generate max resistance loads if needed or maximum challenge of exercise if needed, it literally can do it all!! With portable fitness equipment you never need to stop your workouts because of business trips or vacations and working out at home with $1,000.00′s of dollars of bulky equipment has become a thing of the past. Compare that with a mere $100 or so for all of the above listed portable fitness equipment. You can use portable fitness equipment to perform online training with any of the great sites out there, and achieve incredible results!

If you are interested or have any questions in our portable fitness equipment go to http://www.monkeybargym.com and have fun You can also join our online training, which includes daily workouts, nutrition, goal setting charts, videos of all exercises, all previous workouts, and workout & nutrition journals as well. So now you can train with us, anywhere, anytime, using our same Monkey Bar Gymnasium portable fitness equipment. Look forward to our Road Warriors Training DVD coming soon!

Fitness is growing in popularity by leaps and bounds, but not everyone wants to go running off to the gym. If you have small children, or a busy work schedule, you may just not have the time. Also, you may prefer working out in private without those weight-tossing hulks surrounding you. For these and other reasons, home gyms have become very popular. However, space can be at a premium in the home, which is why compact fitness equipment makes sense. Some gear can even be folded and tucked under the bed or in a closet when not in use.

Before purchasing any fitness equipment you should determine what your goals are, but just about everyone will want a piece of cardio equipment for exercising the heart and some resistance gear (such as dumbbells) for toning and building muscle. Let’s have a look at some of the compact fitness equipment that’s available.

Compact Exercise Bikes

These stationary exercise bikes offer a great cardio fitness opportunity in a small space. Even if you live in an apartment, you will probably have the room. They take up very little space and come with a wide array of features, so finding the bike that’s right for you isn’t that difficult at all. Compact exercise bikes come in all different price points and are made by many different manufacturers from low end to high end such as with the Schwinn exercise bikes.

Mini Steppers

Steppers have been popular for some time now but some of these machines can be extremely big and take up a lot of space. That’s where the mini steppers come in. These tiny steppers take up no room at all. It’s true that they are very basic, with no bells and whistles, but at the end of the day they do what any stepper does: offer you a solid cardiovascular workout. These units are so portable you can move them from room to room on a whim, and easily tuck them under a chair or bed when not in use.

Folding Treadmills

Treadmills are a great way to keep walking, jogging, or running when the weather is awful or when you are pressed for time. The trouble is many of them take up a great deal of space. In recent years we’ve seen a good selection of folding treadmills come to market offering many of the features larger counterparts have, including preset programs, varying elevation, calorie and lap counters, heart rate monitors, and more. Just fold and store under your bed when not in use. That’s convenient!

Resistance Bands

Resistance bands often get overlooked because their real value isn’t recognized. They are actually an excellent way to build strength and condition one’s cardiovascular system. They are relatively inexpensive when it comes go fitness equipment, and they take no room at all. Store them in a drawer or hang them on a door hook. Pick up a video or an instruction manual when you buy them; you’ll be amazed at all the different resistance-training exercises you can do to build muscle and tone your body.

Dumbbells

Dumbbells are free weights that can be used for strength training. While buying a whole set can get expensive (not to mention taking up a lot of room), you can now purchase compact dumbbell systems that range from a few pounds to 45 or even 90 pounds, all on the same bar. You just select the weight you want. Bowflex Select Tech and Power Blocks are examples. You may also want to get a folding bench to give variety to your workout.

As you can see, there are many options available in fitness equipment even if you have limited space. The key is finding what’s right for you and building up a home gym that you’ll appreciate enough to use!

Do not know the importance of exercising? Well you are at the right place! Exercising not only help to look like some of the stars on TV with the nice abs and energetic body but it good for your health. Exercise is for the brain, soul, and bones. It also helps you look younger and lower the risk for some diseases. Women are more likely to get a condition called osteoporosis (a weakening of the bones) as they get older.

Here are some other example exercise help with:

• Exercise help you produce endorphins, this is a chemical that help you feel happy and peaceful.
• Exercise helps you get a better sleep.
• Exercise helps improve mild depression and lower self esteem
• Exercise helps Strengthen the heart and muscles
• Exercise helps you stay flexible
• Exercise help improve strength and endurance
• Exercise help boost your mood and improving your sex life

If you are thinking of starting to exercise because you have one of these problems and you want to improve it then you are at the right place. Exercise is for everyone – even moms who have no time to go to the gym. There is another option like having a home gym. Maybe you do not want to lose weight you only to build muscle that is okay too.

Do not live in a gym pay big money when you can be at home working at your own paste and can have all the exercise and fitness equipment you need in your own home.

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When it comes to exercise and achieving the individual fitness goals that we set for ourselves, often we need more fitness equipment than just our own body. Increasing fitness levels and achieving overall health, requires a commitment to a regimented eating and exercise program that will result in the shedding of fat and building of muscle. But in order to achieve these goals we must first identify the type of exercise that is likely to mean success for our particular body – and the type of fitness equipment that will help us do it.

For cardiovascular exercise – the fitness equipment depends on the type of exercise you choose. Runners – and walkers for that matter – require a good pair of shoes as their exercise equipment. Proper shoes can never been underestimated; they will further fitness goals and prevent injury. Whether running or walking, pounding on pavement can put an enormous amount of stress on knees, ankles, feet, and even back. High quality shoes can absorb the shock and make this fitness experience a much more pleasant one.

Other fitness equipment corresponds to other cardiovascular exercise – kickboxing often requires a punching bag; boot camp programs may require a medicine ball; and a high-energy step class will require a sturdy step on which to perform your exercises. For those who prefer to get their exercise by machine, fitness equipment may include the treadmill, stair climber, stationery bicycle, and elliptical machine.

But of course, fitness equipment extends to other forms of exercise as well. Weight training requires a variety of weights – both machine and free weights. Core training – such as yoga and Pilates – requires mats as a part of fitness equipment.

Fitness equipment does not have to be high-end expensive pieces of machinery. Optimum physical fitness can be achieved in the comfort of your home by simply utilizing every day objects around the house in order to supplement your exercise routine. Do dips on a kitchen chair, squats against a wall, or sprints on your stairs – exercise doesn’t have to be confined to a gym. As a matter of fact, many people consider their exercise videos to be the most important piece of fitness equipment that they have.

Fitness equipment can maximize your workout and go a long way towards helping you achieve your fitness goals. Keep your choices in fitness equipment creative – you’ll soon discover that exercise can be quiet enjoyable.