Bodybuilding Your Home Gym

Bodybuilding - Your Home Gym

There are many reasons for building your own home gym for bodybuilding training. Maybe you prefer to work out in private. Perhaps you can get more workout time in if you don't have to travel to the gym. Maybe there isn't a suitable gym located near you. Regardless of your reasons, building your own home gym is easier than you might imagine.

Start with an empty room. It doesn't matter if the room is carpeted or not. The room may be your garage, a spare bedroom, or an attic. It does need proper ventilation, however. You should invest in some mirrors that will cover most of at least one wall. These mirrors will help you see if you are using proper form or not, and sheets or mirror are fairly cheap and easy to install.

Next, you need good weight sets. You need an Olympic Barbell set, adjustable dumbbells, and a weight bench. The bench should be adjustable, and have a leg extension and leg curl attachment. A pulldown bar attachment is a definite plus.

You may think that with this setup, you are good to go but there are still other items that you need. You need a chinup bar. Finally, when you reach the more advanced stages, the dumbbells aren't going to do it for you anymore. You need an adjustable squat rack, a dip station, and a standing calf raise machine. These are essentials in an advanced home gym.

A good exercise ball is also needed, and a jump rope will help with endurance training. As far as equipment goes, you are covered, but there may be some additional items that you want to really dress up your home gym. You might want a water cooler with cups and a stereo system to provide some tunes for your workouts. If you can swing it, a small refrigerator to store some protein drinks and vegetable snacks would be ideal.

BONUS : Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding is an activity that operates according to scientific principles and science is mathematically based. Bodybuilding is not an exact science and it's not healthy to look up to some guru for all your answers. Bodybuilding is the art and the science of developing your body. Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. An extremely important aspect of bodybuilding is proper nutrition. The diet aspect of bodybuilding is just as important, if not more, than the weight-lifting aspect. Bodybuilding is not a one-hour training session five days a week. Bodybuilding is more a philosophy of life than a straightforward physical activity. Bodybuilding is not just a sport; it is an investment in your body and your life. Bodybuilding is not about lifting weights, but about training muscles. Bodybuilding is designed to develop the muscles for general, sportive or corrective purposes. Bodybuilding is more than just a sport, it's a life style. Bodybuilding is a sport that mainly emphasizes physical appearance, body configuration and shape, trying to achieve aesthetics perfection.

If you're looking for a way to feel and look great - then bodybuilding is for you. Bodybuilding is, in its method and ideals, a contradictory practice.