Training for kickboxing or martial arts is about practice: getting hundreds and thousands of repetitions to perfect movement. Keeping a free-standing heavy punching bag at home is an easy way to get this practice in without relying on a gym’s opening times. This added convenience can be a huge benefit to your training – but […]

Gymnastic rings are some of the most amazing pieces of equipment you could possibly buy for a home gym. They are cheap, effective, versatile, and easy to set up in a variety of different positions around the room. In fact, USA gymnastics coach Chris Sommer calls them the most effective upper body strengthening tool in […]

When it comes to functional training, sandbags are an absolute essential. There’s nothing more functional in strength training than being able to lift and carry weird, unstable, unusual weights. If you’re looking to add a great strength and conditioning tool, a sandbag is a great way to get all of this in one product. You’re […]

Medicine ball rebounders are like small trampolines that are designed to make medicine ball exercises easier. Medicine balls are meant to bounce, and with the rebounder, you can make the reps in a core circuit much faster and improve your conditioning. This article is about 5 of the most popular examples on the market, what […]

With hundreds of different models available, picking up the best Olympic weight bench can be a real struggle. Especially if you have never bought one before. Well, in this post we are going to tell you what you need to consider before buying your new Olympic weight bench and how to pick the one which […]

Slam balls are overdue a come-back in the mainstream! They’re a versatile piece of kit, with applications for core training, conditioning work, strength for sports, and general fitness. It’s a single piece of equipment that provides a wealth of benefits – exactly what we look for when building a kick-ass home gym out on a […]

Climbing is a fundamental movement and a cornerstone of any good CrossFit athlete’s skill set. In many ways, it’s the running of the upper body: it’s an essential part of how we evolved, and it’s a type of physical activity that we’re designed to train. Rope climbs are the best way of training this movement […]

Chains are a great addition to your weight-training. The idea is that they rest on the floor at the bottom of an exercise, making it heavier at the top but lighter at the bottom. This is important because the top of a movement is often not developed by the same weights. Gaining strength and power […]

The tricep rope is one of the most familiar pieces of gym equipment, appearing in almost every gym in the English-speaking world. It’s designed to attach to a cable machine and allow you to perform tricep pushdowns and bicep curls. We love the cable machine because it’s a versatile piece of equipment and provides you […]

If you want to shift some weights outside of a gym, you need to make sure that you’re not breaking anything. This goes double for the home gym, where your floor is your responsibility and breaking stuff is only going to cost you hundreds or thousands of dollars. Needless to say, you want to avoid […]