Home Fitness

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Home Fitness Home gym equipment that works in a spare room, a garage or the corner of a sitting room, covering free weights, mats, cardio, recovery and the bags to carry it all. Nothing here needs a dedicated gym floor: neoprene hex dumbbells stack quietly, soft kettlebells will not mark a wooden floor, mats roll away, and the magnetic exercise bike and walking treadmill are both sized for indoor use. Recovery has become as much a part of home training as the training itself, which is why massage guns, foam rollers, saunas and ice baths sit alongside the weights. Fitness Weights & Dumbbells Free weights are the cheapest way to build a home gym and the easiest to store. Neoprene covered hex dumbbells are sold in pairs from 2 x 0.5kg up to 2 x 4kg, colour coded by weight so you can grab the right pair without reading the label, and the hex shape stops them rolling away. Dual soft kettlebells come in 4kg, 6kg and 8kg with a coated shell that is kinder to floors and shins than cast iron. Medicine balls run 2kg, 3kg and 4kg for throws, twists and core work. Urban Fitness supplies the full weights range. Yoga Mats Mat thickness is the thing to get right. A 6mm mat gives a stable base for standing yoga poses and balance work, while a 10mm NBR mat adds cushioning that suits floor work, pilates and anyone training on a hard tiled or concrete floor. Urban Fitness covers both, in a 6mm purple mat and a 10mm NBR mat in black, plus a complete yoga kit that pairs a mat with blocks and a strap for anyone starting from nothing. An adjustable aerobic step and push up bars extend the same floor space into cardio and upper body work. Pilates Pilates equipment is small, light and cheap relative to what it does, which is why it suits home training so well. A pilates ring, sometimes called a magic circle, is a sprung 14 inch hoop you squeeze between the hands or knees to add resistance to core, inner thigh and arm work without any weight at all. Double handle versions give a firmer g