Routine

It is important when you exercise from home that you stick to a routine, and if you find it difficult to motivate yourself try and alternate your exercises to make it more interesting. For example you could include a mixture of low impact exercise such as walking or yoga, with high impact cardio exercises like running or cycling. Not only will this improve your all round fitness, but it will also make it much more interesting, and more likely that you will stick to a regular routine.

Equipment

You can buy an excellent range of cardio equipment for your home these days, from exercise bikes to rowing machines, which are durable, light and easy to store away when they are not in use. This can be much cheaper in the long run than paying to use the local gym equipment and you can use it whenever you want, making it easier to fit your cardio exercise into the day.

BeFitInnovations has a great range of fitness machines, including compact rowers from just $169, which can be ordered securely online at their website Befitinnovations.com. BeFitInnovations also has a great range of low impact equipment for your home exercise routine including the popular mini Needak trampolines (also called rebounders), which provide a fun and efficient way to burn off calories and increase overall stamina.

BeFitInnovations also stocks exercise accessories such as yoga mats and stabilizing bars for the Needak rebounder equipment, and there is also a good range of massage equipment to help you ease those tired muscles after you have been working out.

To order from the BeFitInnovations you will need to set up an account, but this can be done very quickly through the ‘My Account/Order Status’ link, by selecting ‘I am a New Customer’ and filling a few details including your email address.

In terms of fitness equipments, the following basic items are great for starting off :

• Basic Weights – weight training is ideal for building stamina and muscle tone, and also burning fat, and simple exercises with weights are easy to do at home. Select a small, basic weight package, which should contain around 3 sets of dumbbells, starting from around 1.5kg and going up to about 5kg. You should not need anything heavier for a basic fitness plan, and sets like this are available from as little as £15 from fitness shops.
• Steps – step aerobics offers a high intensity weight bearing fitness workout to help you burn fat and increase strength and stamina, and again is easy to do at home. You can buy steps plus video workout guides at very reasonable prices, and it is easy to fit 30 min sessions into even the busiest schedules.
• Boxing Equipment – boxing is one of the best fat burning and fitness developing sports, and you can buy plenty of boxing equipment for the home. If you are more serious about this form of exercise you can set up permanent suspended punching bags in garages and spare rooms, but you can also get cheaper inflatable punch bags that can be set up in anywhere in the house.
• Trampolines – using trampolines is very good exercise, and you can get mini fitness trampolines from most good sports shops for around £20.
• Exercise Bikes – if you do not have enough room for a full exercise bike, then there are some small sized bikes available such as V-Fit Portable Mini Bike (£24.49). Cycling is a great way to burn fat and increase stamina and muscle tone.
• Yoga Mat – fitness isn’t just about losing weight and building up muscle, but also about increasing flexibility and reducing stress. Incorporating a meditative exercise program into your over fitness plan is great for relaxing both the mind and body, and yoga mats plus video tutorials are cheap and easy to buy, and can be easily done at home.

As well as these more conventional equipment options, you can now also get fitness equipment that is integrated into gaming software. The Wii Fit is Nintendo’s fitness package for the Wii Console, and is aimed to make exercise more appealing by presenting it as a new kind of video game. Wii Fit software comes with a Wii Balance Board, which the user can stand on. The balance board can measure your weight, BMI and centre of gravity, and the software has 40 different games based on the board, such as yoga stretches and push-ups. The game will also track each individual fitness program.