Here are five items I use for my mobile personal training business that are inexpensive and conserve plenty of home space.
I. Go-Beast Mobile Pull-up/Dip Station
I wanted to start with the most essential piece to your home gym.
I’ve been using the Go-Beast for my mobile personal training business for three years now and it has helped my clients tremendously in building upper body and core strength.
It’s difficult to find exercises at home that can really hit those powerful BACK muscles. With the Go-Beast, if someone isn’t strong enough to do pull-ups, you can modify the Go-Beast so that you can perform the inverted row.
This is essentially a reverse push-up that strengthens all muscles in the back and arms.
It’s also great for those who have a hard time doing push-ups off the floor. If you flip the Go-Beast on one side, you can do push-ups at a 45-degree angle.
These are for more advanced individuals. But you’ll improve everything from a stronger core, and overall strength and endurance in all other body weight exercises with gymnastics rings.
Dumbbell and barbell exercises target the stabilizer muscles better than machines can.
So think of exercises on the rings as a free weight version of body weightexercises.
You can click here to buy the same gymnastic rings I use for my business on amazon.com and can look to spend $30-50.
III. TRX Suspension Trainer
These suspension straps have gained a lot of popularity over the last decade and for good reason.
The TRX Suspension Trainer allows you to do traditional body weight exercises but with more core activation.
You can do other bodyweight exercises with the TRX Suspension Trainer that you couldn’t do otherwise like the inverted row and assisted squat.
Click here to buy your TRX Trainer and other knockoff brands on amazon.com. You can look to spend $150-250.
IV. Slam Ball
Having some heavy to moderately heavy slam balls in your home gym will give you a unique way to build functional strength and power.
Most everyone knows about The Big Three when it comes to weight lifting (Barbell Bench Press/Deadlift/Squat).
These exercises are known as the pillars of overall power and strength.
Although I don’t disagree with that statement, you can strengthen your core and overall strength with similar exercises like The Big Three with a slam ball.
What makes a slam ball unique is its durability. You can do all medicine ball exercises along with exercises like kneeling slams and wall ball tosses that target those powerful strength fibers.
So you don’t need a lot of barbell weight or a squat rack if you don’t have access to them.
I currently use a 15 and 30-pound slam ball for my mobile training business and pay about $1 per pound for both. These rates have changed since but you can look to spend anywhere between $35-55 for a 10, 15 or 20-pound ball.
I invested in a 30/20/24 inch plyometric box for my business mainly for my senior clients. It’s amazing to me how much this wooden box has helped my clients in doing core-strengthening yoga positions without getting on the floor.
If you’re someone who doesn’t have these issues, doing step-ups on a plyometric box can be a great substitute for squats by strengthening your legs and core.
For those really advanced, box jumps can be great for explosive power and high-intensity aerobics.
You can look to spend anywhere from $110-150 for the box I have mentioned or $50-100 for one with smaller dimensions (12/14/16).
