Recommended Fitness Equipment
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If your desire is to work out at home, you will need certain pieces of equipment.
Most of the items discussed below are what I have, or similar to, the equipment I have in my own garage gym. I have also listed a few items that I would also love to have, but currently lack the space to include them.
All of these items will be beneficial to your kung fu and fitness training.
Everlast Heavy Bag
The heavy bag is one of the most important pieces of equipment you can have for kung fu training.
I personally have an 80 pound bag, but this 70 pound bag is adequate. If you don’t have a place to hang it, you’ll also want to get a frame similar to the one in the image to the right.
Olympic Barbell Set
The most important piece of equipment you will need is a barbell and weight plates.
The standard set comes with a 45 pound barbell and 255 pounds of weight plates. That is a good place to start.
I own the Fitness Gear set seen in the image to the right, and like the set due to the handles on the bigger plates that making picking them up and carrying them a bit easier.
You can learn more about that set on Amazon by clicking on the link below the image. It may also be worth comparing them to other sets available.
Marcy Home Gym Cage
This Marcy Home Gym Cage is what I have in my garage gym. It is suitable for small spaces and low ceiling clearances (about 7 feet).
It comes with a lat pulldown and seated row attachment, parallel dip bars, multi-grip pull up bar and safety pins.
You can perform a wide variety of exercises with this piece of equipment, including squats, bench press, overhead press, dead lift, pull ups, multi-grip lat pull downs, etc.
It is a durable, but fairly light weight piece of equipment, so if you are a larger person, and you have more space, you will want to go with a larger unit.
You can learn more about the Marcy Home Gym Cage by clicking on the link below the image.
Oh, do not EVER let me catch you squatting like the dude in the photo!
Ritfit Power Cage
If you have the space in terms of square footage and height, this RitFit Power Cage has many of the features I look for in a home gym system.
You can check it out on Amazon by clicking on the link below the image.
Bowflex Adjustable Dumbbells
Since I am low on space in my garage gym, I don’t have room for a complete set of dumbbells up to at least 50 pounds.
The Bowflex Selectech Adjustable dumbbells have been part of my home gym for about ten years now, and they have held up great!
These dumbbells are adjustable from 5 to 52.5 pounds in 2.5 pound increments up to 25 pounds, and then increments of 5 pounds from 25 to 50, and then ending at 52.5 pounds.
I highly recommend. You can check them out on Amazon by clicking on the link below the image.
Body Solid Olympic Weight Bench
This Body Solid Olympic Weight Bench is the closest design to the weight bench I had years ago that I can no longer find.
There are many weight benches to choose from. If you have the space, I recommend one like this model where you can do the bench press outside of the power rack. This allows for easier super setting when I am going back and forth between exercises.
Be sure that you get an Olympic plate adapter for the leg attachment, otherwise you will need to buy standard weight plates as well.
Cap Barbell Utility Weight Bench
Whether you have a small or large space for your home gym, and have an Olympic weight bench as described above, it is still useful to have an adjustable weight bench like this Cap Barbell piece.
I use a bench like this predominantly for my dumbbell exercises, but I used to only have a bench like this for use in my power rack.
You can check it out on Amazon by clicking on the link to the right.
Schwinn Recumbent Bike
The last major piece in my garage gym is this Schwinn Recumbent Bike.
This bike offers Bluetooth connectivity if you want to use an app for your training. It comes with a backlit display, 29 different programs and 25 resistance levels.
This piece of equipment meets our basic conditioning needs. Schwinn also sells an upright bike with the same basic features.
You can check out the Schwinn Recumbent Bike on Amazon by clicking on the link to the right.
Titan Fitness Safety Squat Bar
If you have issues with your shoulders and/or elbows when performing the low bar squat, I highly recommend purchasing a safety squat bar.
The Titan Fitness Safety Squat Bar is what I own personally and it works well.
You can learn more about it on Amazon by clicking the link below the image to the right.
