Like many, I remember watching late night television a couple months ago, when I came across Tony Horton’s P90x Workout program. And like many, I was amazed. I saw the before and after photos and thought that this may be real. A real workout system that will completely transform your body in about 90 days. So I said to myself that I may actually give this system a try.

After performing exercises over and over, you will get stronger and stronger. Soon those workouts won’t be as effective. So by adding a weight vest to your body, it will increase your overall body weight significantly increasing resistance to workouts. A weighted vest is a vest where you place small weights to it. By attaching the weights to your vest, it will increase endurance when performed in numerous exercises.

For those who do not know what a kettlebell is exactly, it’s a cast iron weight, which looks similar to a cannonball with a handle. These exercise tools have become extremely popular. Exercises with kettlebells help increase strength, endurance, and balance. They challenge the muscular system and the cardiovascular system.

A Pull Up bar is a great addition to your exercise equipment for working the upper body. They sell simple door attachment pull up bars which simply hand off the frame of your door without any screws and without damaging your door frame. By performing a simple pull up, you give your entire upper body an effective workout. Whether it’s your biceps, triceps, or shoulder, you’ll feel your muscles getting a good workout.

We’ve all heard of jump ropes before. You see kids playing jump rope out on their drive way during the summer months having a great time. But, did you know that a jump rope is one of the most beneficial exercises a person can do because it’s an unparalleled cardiovascular workout which will strengthen and tone your entire body!

When we exercise, it’s best to be as comfortable as possible. By performing exercises on a hard floor you can risk hurting yourself or even the floor with some exercise equipment. You always want to keep dumbbells and balance trainers on the exercise mat to keep from scratching the floor.

A Balance Trainer is great piece of equipment for working on your balance, core strength and stability. There are two sides to a Balance Trainer, the dome side and the platform. The dome side is great for exercises working on cardio to strength training. The platform side is great for core exercises. Both sides offer a variety of workouts and exercises.

A Physio Ball can add more variety to your workouts. They can be used to sit on and perform exercises with dumbbells, resistance bands, and medicine balls. And they can also be used to workout your leg muscle and even your abdominal without any other exercise equipment.

Medicine balls are also known as (weighted exercise balls, med balls, etc.). They are great for strength training exercises and to increase power. They are primary used to strengthen abdominal muscle with various different exercises. However, there are several exercises, which medicine balls can workout the chest, legs, and arms.

Resistance Bands are a great piece of equipment to have when working out and exercising. Many think that resistance bands can be replace dumbbells, however that’s not the case. Resistance bands and Dumbbells each have their own workouts and their own advantages. Here are some for resistance bands…