Doing workouts at home is a trend chosen by many young people during the complicated Covid-19 pandemic. Realizing that there are a lot of questions about what items to buy when exercising at home on forums and social media, CouponsFunnels has created a list of must-have gym equipment for home workouts below. Let's consult and buy yourself the most suitable ones.

Dumbbells

Dumbbells are one of the simplest and most used bodybuilding equipment in the home gym. With dumbbells, you can work out almost any muscle group in your body, and it's especially effective for your arms, shoulders, or chest. You can find instructions on how to train with this equipment on exercises with dumbbells on the Internet.

Notably, when choosing dumbbells to exercise at home, you need to buy weights that are suitable for your exercise and it is best to buy weights that can be adjusted when used. In addition, for more durable use, it is best to buy products made from iron, stainless steel, or cast iron.  

Horizontal & Parallel Bar

The horizontal bar is a tool to support exercises that work very well for the muscle group located in the upper body, especially for the chest, lats, shoulder, or abdominal muscle groups,... In addition, barbell exercise also helps those who are in puberty eliminate the worry that gym exercise affects their height. Meanwhile, the parallel bar is very supportive for muscle groups such as arms, chest, shoulders, or bucket...

According to practical experience, to exercise at home, you can buy wall-mounted horizontal bars and mini parallel bars. In addition, if conditions permit, you can also use combined models such as multi-purpose parallel bars.

Weight Bench  

The weight bench is one of the most important and must-have home gym equipment today. Normally, when using them at home, you should buy a multi-function weightlifting chair that integrates many exercises on the same one. The basic exercises with a chair like this can be mentioned as chest thrusts, bucket pulls, chest presses, leg or arm exercises...

Weight training chairs for home use have different prices, suitable for each person's economic conditions and needs. Note that the price of the bench usually does not include the barbell and weight wheel, so you need to buy these two tools to be able to use the functions on them.

Abdominal Exercise Chair

An abdominal exercise chair is a piece of gym equipment that works to help reduce belly fat, form 6-pack abs, is extremely effective and popular for many people. The sit-up exercises on the chair help the abdomen lose fat quickly, build muscle, and tone the muscles effectively. In addition, some models of multi-purpose abdominal training chairs also integrate many other functions such as support for push-ups or exercise support with spring zippers…

Abdominal Roller

If you have a need to exercise abs but the abdominal exercise chair takes up a lot of space and is not suitable, you can completely use the abs roller. This item is useful in supporting weight loss exercises, reducing belly fat, quickly regaining a slim, toned body, and helping to exercise 6-pack abs quite effectively. Another great advantage of the roller is that it is compact, can be stored when not in use, and is also relatively cheap. Anyone can buy one at retailers or stores for workout equipment to be ready to work out at any time.

Push-up Tools

With the usual push-ups when working out at home, you will not be able to push down deeper. Going down deeper will help your chest muscles expand and develop faster. To solve this problem, a set of push-ups is what you need. For many people working out at home, push-up tools are always on their first shopping list.

Treadmill

Until now, the treadmill can be considered familiar and popular gym equipment and always appears in every gym or home.

Treadmills have the effect of enhancing health and improving fitness for exercisers. Jogging helps us to exercise the whole body, increase metabolism, improve the performance of the cardiovascular system, thereby helping you become healthy and full of energy. In fact, studies also show that people who regularly exercise with the treadmill are less likely to catch colds and illnesses than those who don't.

Jumping Rope

Doing gymnastics with jumping rope is an extremely familiar exercise for everyone, and simultaneously very convenient. You can practice with it anytime, anywhere and the cost is extremely low. Therefore, the jump rope is always in the home gym that you should not ignore.

According to scientists, skipping rope for 30 minutes helps the body burn 450 calories, jumping rope continuously for 10 minutes is equivalent to 30 minutes of walking or jogging. In addition, jumping rope requires you to expend more energy than swimming or aerobic exercise. Therefore, skipping rope is also considered a form of workout that helps to lose weight quickly and save time.