

In fact, resistance bands seem to be the go-to product recommended by many professionals. Some of those include dumbbells, a kettle ball, a jump rope, a medicine ball, and resistance bands. Flo, another personal trainer at F.L.O (For the Love of) Life Fitness who's certified with the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) tells Inverse that there are various affordable fitness products she suggests using - and many of them can be found on Amazon. John Fawkes, the Managing Editor at The Unwinder and a personal trainer who's certified with National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) tells Inverse that the doorway trainer is one of his favorite pieces of equipment because it allows you to perform "multiple bodyweight calisthenics" (such as push-ups and dips). Take the doorway workout bar, for instance.
A LITTLE MORE OBSESSED WORKOUTS PROFESSIONAL
However, it's not always necessary to spend a ton of money on professional guidance and top-notch gear - especially if you learn to use some of the cheap at-home fitness products personal trainers are obsessed with.īelieve it or not, some of the simplest pieces of workout gear have been given a nod by various professional trainers.

And if you stop spending money on that membership, you could hire a personal trainer to whip you into fighting form and set you up with equipment you'll actually use. And yeah.you don't even have to leave home to do it.Do you really need to go back to the gym? By the time you've driven there, waited in line for the machines, chatted with the staff at the smoothie bar (with a mask on), and wiped down the equipment, you could have gotten a serious workout at home.

A LITTLE MORE OBSESSED WORKOUTS MOVIE
If you can tune in, and zone out, which is kind of how we describe Netflix binges and movie dates with friends, then we're in a healthy place to pretty consistently find ourselves moving our bodies and being active without it feeling like a chore. As fitness apps multiply by the numbers, zillions more people will grow to understand my pain: Working out on your own isn't the same anymore. Workout apps make having access to star trainers and buzzy workouts as easy as using your cell phone or laptop in your living room. There's not just the Peloton app, but Aaptiv, Les Mills, obé fitness.and the list goes on and on. Then the boutique fitness class dominated everything, and people went in droves to buzzy studios offering trainer-led yoga, boot camp, and Pilates-anything and everything you can think of. The fitness world used to be simply going to the gym. But I feel like that time would be a little more stressful than it is now.” I feel you, Kells-only, it's not just stressful to work out on my own, I honestly don't even like it anymore. "If you asked me tomorrow to take the reigns over my workouts again, I could do it, sure. “Because so much of my life revolves around making my own decisions, I love the mindlessness of cueing up a coach and allowing them to tell me exactly what to do," says Kells McPhillips, news writer. When I brought up my life-shattering dilemma, my colleagues admitted that they deal with the same reliance.

I'd rather turn it into a rest day than workout without my fitness app of choice. It's like I'd rather turn it into a rest day than workout without my fitness app of choice. If the app for some reason isn't working, neither am I. Watching a Peloton instructor actually do the workout right in front of me is like I'm working out with my fitness BFF-only that BFF is a certified trainer, who's truly getting me stronger and pushing me harder than I'd push myself. Former, independent me would scoff at the fact that I now workout without my running playlist (which I used to look forward to sprinting to)-but now I'm totally hypnotized and reliant upon Peloton trainers like Olivia Amato, Selena Samuela, and Rebecca Kennedy, regardless of whether or not I like the music they play in the background. Ever since I was introduced to the Peloton workout app about three months ago, I haven't done a sweat sesh without it.
