I was thinking a small treadmill, but I can just go outside most of the time, and I don’t really want to walk inside.
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Rowing machine.
I like this answer. Good cardio, good for the core. Full body exercise. Rowing machines the best machine imo. Also quite hard to fuck up on or hurt yourself with, in my experiance.
Lots of movement in many joints too.
Also quite hard to fuck up on or hurt yourself with, in my experiance.
Just make sure to keep the motions seperate; legs first, stomach second, arms only move at the end. Both ways (but reversed).
Interesting, how come? I would think thats the opposite of what you’d want when rowing? (I know nothing about exercise lol)
You want to make sure to make each movement properly, else you’ll overstress places like your back, shoulders and knees.
Edit: it’s also way more efficient when actually rowing on water.
Huh. Thanks for explaining!
I tried a rowing machine, would never do it a second time. Now, I have bad knees, but I still thought it wouldn’t be that bad. Maybe it was a bad machine, maybe I used it wrong, maybe they aren’t for everyone.
If you don’t actually use it then it’s really useless as a clothes rack :p
I’d be afraid of putting myself to sleep with it.
Free weights. Especially something with changeable plates and a bench. Take up the same space as a machine but allow a higher range of exercises.
Yep.
I have a handful of ancient, beatup dumbbells. So much you can do with even that.
You can also get adjustable dumbbells today, so you can add modify your dumbbells rather than needing to buy new ones.
My dumbells also become barbells. It’s crazy what you can do with adjustable dumbells.
Kettlebells are a very good option. I will say, however, that they’re typically more expensive than a dumbbell, and there’s very little you can do with a KB that you can’t also do with dumbbells, and you will pretty quickly get stronger, initially.
Rowing machine is my votes I’m a Concept2 fan; they make great equipment. They’re in the USA but the company is a Perpetual Purpose Trust, in Vermont, so it’s a lefty company. I’ve heard good things about WaterRowers too. You’ll be able to test a concept2 at nearly any decent gym, as they’re the standard rowing machine (and thus will last virtually forever). I recommend testing, extensively, if you can.
Treadmills, to my knowledge, are expensive if they are going to last. They’re heavy and large.
Bondage swing set.
Great cardio but you’ll need a buddy every single time to make it work.
Or, alternatively, also work on your flexibility…
Man, it’s like you guys have never heard of fully-programmable 350W industrial grade fucking machines that cost $2500.
Hey, guess what, that link may or may not be nsfw but with text like that it could be totally innocent so who could say for sure?
Touché xD
Dumbells and a bench
Put the money back in you pocket and use YouTube and the muscle wiki to do a combination of body weight training and yoga.
If you gotta buy something, get a good workout mat, sneakers, and wireless headphones.
Some personally experienced and psychologically supported things to consist
- Unless you’re getting into serious weight training, marathon running, or a very specific physical shape, any large purchase is just going to exist as a guilt bank if you don’t get the results you want out of it.
- Any machine you get is going to fail you if you don’t have proper form and thus either hurt your progress or body if you don’t spend enough time up front getting that form.
- Are you making this your passion? Most people work out for a goal and when you hit that goal you’re going to find it a lot harder to justify the space the equipment takes when you’re working out for maintenance instead of progress.
On the counter to that, body weight training uses nothing, can be done everywhere, and focuses on form. Combining it with yoga and you either get a perfect rounded workout that will get your results with minimal recovery time, or you will figure out where you need the most help while building that form you need for a machine. Then you will already know what you need to buy and have an understanding your body instead of the advice of a pool of strangers who don’t know you, don’t know what you need, and don’t know what you’re expecting.
Personally, after that I’d use the money for a local martial arts program, which will also give you a support community to encourage you to keep working at it.
Any age I try to enter on different browsers only allows 13 or 100?
The two ages
That’s news to me, maybe try incognito?
I think it’s some popup or aggressive filter settings.
Power rack. You can do benches and squats with safety bars.
Barbell and rack is what I’d go for with static equipment.
An indoor bike would be another option I’d look for if I wanted some cardio equipment, but in all honesty I just prefer running/cycling outside
I would get a smart trainer (that you attach a real bike to) for Zwift etc. rather than a whole indoor exercise bike.
That’s what I was thinking about, yeah!
Whatever is most fun for you, I like stairsteppers or an exercise bike that I can do something while riding to distract myself, which makes me ride longer.
Pullup bar and gymnastic rings to hang in the pullup bar. You are set for life with bodyweight exersizes.
If you’re set on a machine i think a rowing machine.
Does arms legs core and cardio.
Get the cushioning matting and use it as a general exercise area.
Get free weights, medicine balls, etc.
Do squats, press ups, all sorts of body exercises, augment them with weights.
If any machine… mount a chin up bar to a wall or get a free standing one.
Rower is my choice
If you’re getting free weights, I’d get an adjustable bench as well. If you already have a bike, you can get a bike trainer to ride inside when weather isn’t cooperating. I’d avoid a treadmill since as you mentioned, the outside is accessible, and if you’re not in a climate with snow and ice, a little rain sometimes feels good during a run.
But like others mentioned, dumbbells and a kettlebell will be all you need to do a lot of strength exercises. An adjustable bench allows you to expand on that. You can get dumbbells that use plates, so you dont need a full set, just the bars and plates. In the future you could get other bars for different strength training if you feel the need and you can just use existing plates.
Otherwise as someone else mentioned, you can do a lot with just bodyweight traing too. A good mat will go a long ways for that. You can supplement that with resistance bands that take up minimal space.
