What equipment is good to buy for home fitness?

I have been practicing at home for almost 6 years, and the equipment pit I have walked through can fill up half a storage room. If I really want to choose for ordinary fitness enthusiasts, elastic bands, adjustable dumbbells, and thick yoga mats with anti-slip texture are enough to cover 90% of fitness needs. The rest are all icing on the cake. If you buy them without knowing your own exercise habits, they will basically end up in the dust.

In the past two years, I followed the trend and bought more than a thousand spinning bikes. At that time, I patted my chest and said that I could lose weight by pedaling for half an hour after get off work. However, after the excitement wore off, the sweatshirts and hats hanging on them were almost piled up. I sold them to the scrap collector for 50 yuan when I moved last month, which made me feel painful.

Of course, this does not mean that big items are completely useless. Many runners in the circle who have bad knees have dedicated half of their balcony to place an elliptical machine. When the weather is bad or their knees feel uncomfortable, they just pedal for 40 minutes. It is much better for the joints than road running. People already have the habit of exercising all year round, and the utilization rate of buying them is very high. It is worth the money. Some people always say that home aerobic equipment is an IQ tax. This is actually true. People who can really persist can use anything.

Usually when I don't want to move late after get off work, I put elastic bands on my knees. I do more than a dozen sets of clam poses while I'm watching a TV show on the sofa. This exercises my buttocks. I can carry it in my makeup bag when I go on a business trip. When my shoulders and neck are stiff, I do two sets of shoulder external rotations. It's much easier than going to a massage parlor. I replaced the adjustable dumbbells last year. The fixed-weight ones I bought before became too light after three months of practice and piled up in the corner collecting dust. The adjustable dumbbells can be adjusted freely from 2kg to 24kg. They can be used for shoulder presses, deadlifts, and curls. There is no need to replace them until now. Don’t be too cheap and buy a yoga mat that’s 9 yuan with free shipping. I stepped on a trap before and almost sprained my feet when I was doing aerobics. Then I changed to an 8mm thick one that costs about 60 yuan and has anti-slip texture. It doesn’t disturb the neighbors downstairs when I do Pamela. I can also lay it on the ground and watch TV dramas. It has multiple uses.

Oh, by the way, if you like to practice yoga or Pilates, just add an extra yoga wheel. Don’t touch other Internet-famous trampolines, shaking machines, and abdominal muscles. My best friend just gave her unused trampoline to cats as a jumping platform last month. It cost more than 2,000 yuan to buy, but it is not as used as a cat scratching post worth dozens of yuan.

To put it bluntly, before buying equipment, think clearly about whether you can stick to it. Don’t pay for the three-minute enthusiasm for “wanting to exercise.” Spend 180 yuan to get the basic equipment together. If you can practice three or four times a week for two months, it’s not too late to consider buying something big.