Sometimes your workout is missing something, or could be better if only you had a better designed piece of equipment. At the same time, several new pieces of fitness equipment are made every year that guarantee quick results and promise to be the only fitness equipment you will ever need. Even though this is not always the case, and you may end up with a new piece of metal taking up space, there are always a few gems among the duds.
Here are three new pieces of fitness equipment that you should try for yourself in the comfort of your own home.
Bosu Ballast Ball
If you already enjoy working out with a medicine ball, you are going to love being able to include a Bosu Ballast Ball in your entire workout sessions. The Ballast Ball is different from a regular medicine ball because it gives you stability and added balance when you use it to perform different exercises. In addition to giving you extra stability, the Ballast Ball is a core strengthener because the added weight makes you work harder to achieve and maintain each pose. To get optimum results from the use of a ballast ball, and to learn new ways to incorporate it into your routine, watch the workout DVD that comes with it. This workout video is your best tool, without it you might just underuse the ballast ball as a heavier medicine ball.
ValSlide
Every once in a while an incredibly simple piece of equipment comes out that has everyone asking what took so long. The ValSlide is that piece of equipment. That easy way you have been looking for to shape your rear and thin your thighs has been found. The Valslide consists of two footpads, one for each foot, that’s it, but it gets so much done in the areas you want to target. The use of the footpads is meant to target your glutes and thighs, abs too- read nice butt and thinner thighs. Lunges become easier, you can perform slideboard exercises without one, and you can even switch positioning and use them on your hands to workout arms and shoulders. Best part, when you are done you can put them just about anywhere, they’ll even travel in your purse.
Reebok Speed Pac Adjustable Weights
What is the point in buying an entire pair of hand wieghts if you can buy a single set and quickly and easily adjust them. The Reebok Speed Pac is an entire set of adjustable hand weights with weight increments from two and a half pounds to twelve in a half pounds each. Individual weights are secured to the dumbbell by a single fastener, so you don’t run the risk of losing any parts. My favorite design feature is the slimmer hand hold with grasps to allow smaller handed females to get their fingers around. As far as sotring the set goes, they come in a tray that holds the pair of dumbbells with the adjustable weights on them eliminating the need for extra room
