New Adjustable Pull Up Bar Home Gym Equipment

May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

The value of the standard strength exercise of pull-ups and chin-ups is undeniable, there is a sense of extreme accomplishment by being able to lift your own body weight with a pull up bar;  and today’s progressive entrepreneurs are developing new versatile ways to accomplish these exercises with adjustable pull up bar home gym equipment.

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Typical door mounted non-adjusting pull up bar with limited exercise value

The trouble with fixed height pull up bars is that the greater majority of people, even if they are relatively fit and stronger than average, can still not use them for proper form pull ups or even accomplish more than a single pull up – rendering the fixed height pull up bar virtually useless as a training tool or effective piece of home gym equipment.  

Most exercises require a minimum target goal for reps of at least 8-10 per set.  Let’s say you were wanting to train yourself or a client for wide grip pull ups or chin ups (palms closer and facing you), for three sets of 10+ reps…would a fixed pull up bar work for this?

If yes, you are one of very few people who can accomplish this, and not being able to accomplish even 2-3 in a set won’t help you get there very soon.

If no, you are sitting there staring at the equipment wondering…what am I going to do with that now?

Even if you are strong enough to complete 10 reps for one set, the ability to complete two or three sets is greatly diminished after the first set, without the ability to lighten the resistance (typically done through self spotting or assist in some way).  This bring us to one of the primary values of this new home gym equipment.

The many benefits and versatility to adjustable pull up bar home gym equipment:

home gym body weight exercise equipment freestanding barSoloStrength Home Exercise Equipment designed and developed a solution to this problem, with their series of freestanding and door frame mounted adjustable exercise bars.  By virtue of the simple and fast adjustments to a full range of height that quickly adapts to each user, SoloStrength SpeedFit home gym systems offer a super FAST way to exercise in your home, and the ability to accomplish simple and highly effective total body exercise workouts that anyone can complete in home, in minimal time.   The ability to create and customize workouts is only limited to one’s own desires and the bar is ideal for stretching exercise of all sorts and as an anchor support to replace door mounted anchors for suspension training like TRX, allowing it to integrate with many types of training tools to make a highly complete home gym exercise system that you can use well into your golden years and everyone in the family can enjoy.    

Take a look at some of the home workout exercise photos here and you can visit the SoloStrength online home gym equipment store for more information about their different home gym and professional studio models. 

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Must have Home Exercise Equipment for Weight Loss

May 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment

There is a growing trend to be more efficient with our time and looking to home exercise equipment to meet our overall fitness goals which typically involve weight loss.   A number of companies have been developing easier and more simple systems to learn and use for the average everyday user, and SoloStrength is leading the way with their new SpeedFit line of professional studio quality home gym equipment.

Today’s busy lifestyles do not leave as much time as the past, for travel and lengthy bodybuilder style workouts in the gym.  That fast pace of living in today’s rapid changing world requires short, effective total body workouts that can be done efficiently in the convenience of our homes.

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It’s well known that strength training is the most important component lacking in most exercise routines and efforts made by people to stay fit.  The most simple way to include strength training is to use the resistance of your own body weight  for keeping strong, toned muscles and lean muscle development.  The “afterburn” effect that is created by strength training in home workout routines, burns more calories then the same time spent doing cardio only (walking, running, biking) activities, which helps you achieve superior results for the limited time you have to exercise.   A higher intensity strength training workout routine will also produce highly beneficial aerobic benefits which provides high value fitness bang, for your time.   Take a moment to look into it, one thing is for sure, you’ve never seen home exercise equipment like this before. 

 So how does in home exercise equipment provide the answers to achieving your fitness goals?

SoloStrength equipment is fast to use.  One adjustment of the bar, and a corresponding position for your body, changes the focus of exercise group, or difficulty and challenge level of the exercise.  This leaves you focused on your exercising, and not wasting time changing, waiting or chatting.  The in home workout routines are total body exercise programs, and are typically completed in 15 minutes – less time than it takes most people to get to and started the their gym workouts. 

You can learn more about SoloStrength by watching the home exercise equipment demonstration video below, or visiting the online store for SoloStrength Home Gym Equipment here.

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Bodyweight Training: Is it right for me?

April 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Bodyweight training, to do or not to do?  Misconceptions are what most individuals perceive when asked about the possible benefits and what can be expected for results using BodyWeight Training (BWT) principles and exercises.  I would have to tell you that if your looking for functional results that apply to every day life, then BWT is on the fast track for getting in shape and maintaining a healthy mobile life style with limitless possibilities.  The vast variety of exercises that are available for a person to pursue are only the limited to an individuals imagination.  Take bicep training for example. most every one knows that a preacher curl bench, combined with a dumbbell curl, curl bar curls or straight barbell curls provides adequate direct muscle fiber stimulation to provide instant blood flow to the biceps, resulting in growth over time. Yes there are all kind of physiological and bio mechanical technical terms taking place as a result of this type of isolate muscular direct stimulation. However, there are two simple pull up exercises that can build a larger and or very defined bicep that will create the guns we all desire.  One exercise application is the reverse grip pull up.  This is done with the (palms facing towards) you with your hands 0″ to 15″ part.  This is probably the number one way novices in BWT pursue a more defined bicep or try to achieve the feeling of the much desired muscle pump associated with muscle growth. The exercise I personally like to use is the close grip overhand pull up.  This is done by placing your hands (facing palms forward/away from you) over the pull up bar, with 0″ to 15″ of distance between your hands.  This exercise for me has given me a  more defined and developed bicep then anything I every did or attempted to do for that area with weights.  You can mix it up by wrapping a towel over the bar to increase the bar diameter or if your lucky you can have a variety of bar diameter sizes to assure various angles of stimulation and growth.  These exercises can be performed by anyone, yes anyone. 

solostrength bwt bodyweight training results bicepsFor those who can not perform an unassisted pull up repetition. You can do so (with caution) by standing on a chair to assist your ascending (pulling upwards) and your descending (lowering downwards) movements. In (most cases) overtime you will be able to perform unassisted reps. Now let’s discuss the equipment you would need to use, a preacher curl device requires a minimum of three to four square feet of floor space and then the storage area for the dumbbells, barbells and all other associated accompanying equipment.  Not to mentions the cost of buying all of these items.  BWT requires a huge amount of self discipline and a standard door way pull up bar, bar hanging from your floor joists in your basement and or a stationary pull up bar to complete full bodyweight training programs. 

There is also a training device that allows you to perform the bicep BWT exercises as well as any other BodyWeight Training exercise for getting fit. 

The SoloStrength Home Exercise Training Systems, this is a unique all in one body weight training tool for those who want an all in one personal home training system.  BWT is just coming to the surface in personal fitness and has been proven to provide the user with results that become a life style for the healthy minded people looking to invest time in themselves to achieve unbelievable long term health benefits.

By Steven O (Contributing Editor)

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Exercise Equipment for Home Gyms and Pro

April 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Exercise Equipment for Home GymsSoloStrength produces unique and highly versatile exercise equipment for home gyms and professional studios.  Bodyweight based strength and simple total body exercise programs help anyone get fit faster, stay fit more easily, and enjoy a more active and balanced lifestyle. 

If you are like many people over 40, you are probably experiencing periods of wondering if you will ever be in shape again, or how you will approach an exercise and active living strategy that will help you feel your best each day.

You may ask yourself if you should start going to the gym “again”.  Or perhaps you are thinking of taking on a more active outdoor life, and both, will help.  One of the easiest ways to stay in shape however, is to increase your consistency of activity, which is often the “magic pill” that most people who stay fit into their golden years, will say makes the difference for them.   So the question becomes “how do I increase my consistency of exercise?”.  SoloStrength has a great solution for you.  

A simple to learn and use system that allows beginner and highly advanced fitness training workouts at home, that invites stretching, and full body strength training for your home environment, for convenience, for balanced exercise, and total body fitness.  Learn more at www.SoloStrength.com, and discover how the new designer exercise equipment for home can change your lifestyle for today, and the future.   

Exercise Equipment for Home Gyms by SoloStrength, come with total body beginner and advanced workout exercises.

You can see the free training included with our specialty equipment here:  Home exercise workout programs.

Or watch a video introducing SoloStrength Exercise Equipment for Home Gyms Below:

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How to do simple pushups at home for beginners

April 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Have you ever felt like the instructions for keeping in shape are too difficult to get started on?  How do you start to exercise and strength train if you are a beginner?  What if you don’t want to workout or exercise at a gym but prefer to exercise at home?  

There are many options for you to consider how to start exercising no matter what age you are and what level of fitness you are starting from.  One thing for sure, if you do exercise, you are going to get in better shape, and that not only feels great, but it will make a positive impact on every aspect of your life.  

simple home gyms beginner push up exercisesYou may already know that Strength training, or using resistance to push, pull and press yourself against to work the muscles more effectively, is an important part of a balanced fitness program.  Strength training actually burns more calories than the same time spent doing cardio type (walking, running, rowing, treadmill, etc) exercises alone, and gives you the added benefit of toning and shaping your muscles while you are improving your overall fitness levels.  Who doesn’t want that?

One of the best ways to strength train, is using your own bodyweight as resistance (as opposed to plate loaded barbells and dumbbells  or cable machines).  The movements are efficient and natural and provide a very easy way to know how much weight to use.  There is specialized equipment that allows you to use your own bodyweight, for starting your exercise programs and beginner strength training, that is simple to use, and fast to learn, so that you can start your own bodyweight fitness program at home.  SoloStrength provides one of the very best systems you can invest in, for starting, and growing your fitness to exceptional levels, and maintain it over time with convenient, safe and fast exercise in your home.

Learn to use bodyweight  and simple home gyms for beginner chest press training:

The following video for learning beginner push ups will show you how you can learn to use your bodyweight using SoloStrength, to start with beginner chest press exercises using the adjustable bar for setting the right starting place for you, and building into a highly challenging exercise to maximize your fitness using our SpeedFit training programs and exercises, that are included with your SoloStrength Home Gym.  Not only can you do more exercises, but also learn how to put different programs together to keep your exercises challenging, and since it’s available to you 24/7, you can exercise on your own time, conveniently in home, save time, keep very fit and enjoy your fitness and time doing all the things you love to do.  SoloStrength not only provides a way to exercise at home, but a lifestyle system that supports your very best life enjoyment.

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Why the need for equipment for bodyweight exercise?

March 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment

There is a lot of back and forth discussion regarding the need for special equipment when it comes to Bodyweight Exercises.  The nature of using your body, for strength and resistance to exercise,  by default kind of eliminates the need for equipment…doesn’t it?

Yes and no.

Our human bodies don’t need equipment or tools, for virtually anything when it comes to movement and exercise.  However, the introduction of tools allows us to do more exercises, faster, and many times, safer, and more benefits, than without it.  These are what tools, are for.

If one was to wonder WHY they should look at equipment to do bodyweight based exercise on, they should probably look at what the equipment, would provide for them.  Right?

Why Use Bodyweight Exercise Equipment and Tools?

So, in the case of SoloStrength, having the use of a fully height adjustable bar, allows for not only traditional fully  bodyweight exercises, such as pull ups, chins, and inverted rows, but also the introduction of many more exercises that would be impossible to do without the adjustable bar and secure platform.   Not only can you do a wider range of exercises, you can do a wider range of levels of each exercise.  For example, beginners can use the adjustable bar to set it lower (around chin height) to self assist the pull up, to help them achieve full range and good form exercise, all the while engaging more of the bodies muscles to complete the exercises, making it effective, efficient, safe and perhaps most important…possible!

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The addition of the bar as guide or support can also take traditional bodyweight exercises and add much more difficulty and challenge to the exercise, expanding the range of options and keeping the form more strict to safe movement, to allow for a greater focus on the muscle movement and more beneficial exercise.   

Another great benefit to strength training with SoloStrength Bodyweight Exercise tools is that you can modify the bar height so quickly, that it keeps your workouts on track for time, and efficient, providing a high paced high intensity activity that provides a substantial fat burning cardio benefit on top of the afterburn strength exercises, virtually providing the exercise programs that can be done with SoloStrength home gym exercise equipment, one of the most complete all in one training options you can do in your home.  

The sustainable type exercises don’t keep you moving in an out of your peak fitness levels, but rather keep your training more consistent because it is so convenient and efficient, and helps you keep a much higher standard of fitness over time, and while saving you time to complete full body workouts, gives you more time to enjoy your fitness and energy in other activities to more fully enjoy your active lifestyle. 

To learn more about SoloStrength Bodyweight Exercise Home Gym Systems, please visit us at Simple Exercise Home Gym Equipment, or call toll free 1.866.454.7656.

Check out how you can use SoloStrength for a full range of exercises and fitness levels in your home gym here:

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Home Gym Equipment for New Home Gyms

March 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Shopping for home gym equipment?

Home gym equipment fitness systemIf you are looking for a simple home gym equipment and exercise system, a all in one complete fitness trainer, that you can do full body workouts with in your new home gym, this is why you should look at the fastest way to workout in your home, the SoloStrength SpeedFit Pro-Home Gym.

Imagine being able to do a complete full body strength training session , in 15 minutes or less.   With SoloStrength fitness systems, your exercises are changed with moving body position, or modifying the support bar height.  This all takes 3 seconds or less…which keeps your workout fast, efficient and leaving you more time to enjoy a lifestyle…of fitness.

High quality home gym equipment that you can exercise your whole body with, is typically $3,000 or more and require a large amount of space.  SoloStrength is a true all in one.  Exercises are simple to learn for beginners to get started, and training can be done to elite gymnast levels…all with a quick adjustment to the bar. 

The in home fitness programs and video instruction comes included with the home gym equipment and commercial exercise models.  You can view some of the beginner exercises, advanced exercises, exercises for men, exercises for women, and the awesome way SoloStrength integrated training with other useful training accessories to keep your SoloStrength workouts always working for you, always keeping you strong. 

View a brief introduction video on how SoloStrength Home Gym Equipment total body exercise system works below:

 

If you would like to view the online fitness store and get more information on the details and features of the best in home gym system for your family exercise. 

 

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Bodyweight Exercise and Equipment Fitness: How to Exercise at Home

March 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Bodyweight exercise is an ideal way to learn how to exercise at home ,and is simply the oldest form of natural strength training for toning and conditioning the body to keep healthy.  It’s also, the most efficient, in order to follow the most common and standard, exercises using your body and a great way to learn how to exercise at home.  

Bodyweight Exercise and How to Exercise at Home: Equipment

Unlike specific exercise cable machines, hydraulics or free weights, in bodyweight exercise the body is the resistance, and therefore if you are healthy and strong already, many of the exercises can be done quite effectively, using only your body.  However, if you are not starting from a terribly fit place, and/or you are over a healthy weight, then you will most likely find it very difficult, if not impossible, so use the standard bodyweight exercises, in your fitness regime to improve your overall health. 

bodyweight exercise in home gym equipmentFor those that are wanting to use this form of body-only and natural exercises, there are some simple to use and specially designed equipment for bodyweight exercise which allows any person, of any starting fitness level, to achieve a proper movement in all the standard and most beneficial body weight strength exercises.  SoloStrength BodyWeight Exercise Training Equipment has the best system for allowing anyone to train effectively and efficiently with their adjustable bar and floor pad system specifically designed for fast bodyweight exercise at home.

The adjustable bar allows any user to follow a series of about 9 essential strength exercises, easily adjusted to their appropriate level, and modify the exercise difficulty and type, in a lightening fast change of the bar height.  Safely locked in place, the bar, or body position is all that is required to flow through the series of total body strength exercises, which allows a very fast and super effective workout similar to a circuit format, or High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) approach.  

Not only does the addition of this adaptable equipment make it easier for beginners to get started exercising at home (by way of the self assisted movements so only a portion of the total bodyweight is used to complete the exercise movements), it allows for very advanced bodyweight exercises that otherwise would not be possible without the equipment.  The SoloStrength Home Exercise Gym Bodyweight Training Equipment is not only providing a simple exercise solution, but, a complete body workout for beginners and progressive growth as their fitness improves for long term best fitness results.  

You will never need to go to a gym again.  Inviting and simple to use, SoloStrength fitness training equipment allows you to learn how to exercise at home and keep in better shape easier and faster.

If you would like to learn more about the SoloStrength In Home Gym Exercise Systems,  or the many levels of SpeedFit bodyweight training exercise programs you can do in home exercise, please visit the website www.SoloStrength.com.

 

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Bodyweight Exercise Equipment For Your Home Gym

February 1, 2013 By 1 Comment

If you are shopping for home gym equipment supplies, you already know there are many choices to consider what will be part of your best in home fitness Gym.

Top on the list in most people’s shopping, is how to make the most of a limited amount of space?  What type of equipment can I buy to give me the most amount and variety of exercises that I want to do?  For many, considering how an exercise system will work for everyone in their home is also a consideration of the value to them and a variable in making a decision.

SoloStrength is a simple to use total body exercise system

A total body system that provides a platform that  allows you to do a wide variety of bodyweight based exercises and integrated functional training exercises, all on one piece of equipment.  Most exercises are adjusted with a fast adjustment of the bar height, or change of body position, and the range of exercises is virtually unlimited.  bodyweight exercise equipment functional fitness training

Just because you can do a lot of different exercises doesn’t mean most people will.  ”Most people typically pick their favorite 8-10 exercises for any one workout and play around with different levels of those for the first while”, says Michael, developer of the SoloStrength Lifestyle Exercise Systems. 

If you would like to get a quick look at a range of the typical exercises done on SoloStrength  you can view them on the training teaser page here.

If the concept is something new to you (to use a bar for leveraging your bodyweight for strength and resistance training) then you can view several introduction videos here or on the home page.

SoloStrength is really an incredible tool for exercise in home.  

Not only is it super fast to use, and safe for children to be around, the range of activity and levels of fitness that can use it effectively, allow literally anyone to get exactly the perfect workout for them.  Whether you want to be told what to do by following our suggested 9 exercise full body programs, or mix and match from a wide variety of exercises versions, you can customize SoloStrength exactly to your needs…and not just from your starting point, but right through to your best fitness level achieved and beyond in years to accommodate whatever physical impediments you may have to overcome.    

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Best Home Gym Fitness Equipment 2012

December 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Buying a new home gym:

If you have decided that it’s time to stop making excuses and bring the convenience of training and exercise to your home, then you are ready to look at some exciting new options that have arrived to simplify the hassle of full body training and exercise. 

Body weight exercise has exploded in popularity over the last year, and the natural use of our own body for resistance to build strength, has filled in the gap of those that love bodybuilding extremity, and sedentary lifestyle, to produce strong, lean muscles and the massive benefits to our health that come only from strength related training.  

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Whether your interest is in losing weight, balancing your sport activity with total fitness training, or as a lifestyle management activity, bodyweight exercise is awesome for connecting our body and movement for efficient body function.  Traditional strength training is done with full bodyweight, and usually limited in range and opportunity to those already quite strong and fit.  Even then the ability to use a traditional pull up bar for example, is limited to those who are already strong enough to use it.  

Typical cable and plate loaded resistance exercise usually isolates muscle groups, which is important for large mass building, but very time consuming and inefficient for ongoing, sustainable type exercise. Usually people will go through programs of this nature for a period, then lose interest and therefore are not a great way to support a fit lifestyle over time. 

Travel friendly and portable bodyweight training systems such as TRX are popular with certain trainer groups, becuase of the very limited equipment requirement, but they are also very limited in their ability to do some of the very best bodyweight exercise workouts.    Suspension training does have some great things to offer however and it can be a valuable addition to some of the newer and best body weight home gym machines available this year.  

Benefits of Body Weight Home Exercise Equipment:

Using nothing but an adjustable bar, and a freestanding (or door mounted) frame, SoloStrength has produced arguably the most simple, and certainly one of the fastest ways to exercise in your home gym or small space studio gym.   The simple adjustable bar locks safely in place, and can be used to support the body or leverage a part of your weight, for progressing through beginner exercise to very advanced workout programs, for all traditional bodyweight strength workouts, to the greatest benefit which is the self assisted (self spotting) movements so even a beginner can train themselves into stronger fitness and lean body using nothing but their own body and SoloStrength fitness equipment.

There are other amazing features and benefits to this unique and beautifully designed home gym.  The secure and stable bar settings allow for you to use it as a TRX anchor for door or freestanding in the middle of any space. So suspension training and freestyle body weight exercise on one machine!  Also adjusting the bar height allows for full anchor points for resistance bands exercises similar to Pilates and of course supporting endless stretching exercises and dance style bar training.   For women, there are many benefits to strength training as well which this system allows for everyone in the home, even kids, to exercise safely at all levels. 

 

What makes SoloStrength SpeedFit series of gyms the best home gym of the year for 2012?

Simplicity.  The system is easy to setup when it is delivered to your door, it’s simple 9 basic exercises are fast and easy to learn for total body exercise in record time, and it’s very fast and easy to progress as your fitness improves.   The speed you can change between exercises allows for higher intensity cardio-functional training styles and circuit type training.   Whether you are 6 or 66 you will enjoy the freedom of movement, stretching and great exercise with SoloStrength, and that’s pretty awesome.   If you want to hear what people are saying about their experience with it, checkout the customer testimonial page and bring your fitness into home this year for your fittest year ever!  Find more info on the SoloStrength online fitness store.

Questions?  Fill them in HERE and have a SoloStrength Customer Service agent contact you back.

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