Best home gym exercise equipment under $100

October 20, 10:31 AMNutrition ExaminerCarol Bardelli

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There's a myth that getting or staying fit is expensive. But there's many effective high quality pieces of exercise equipment available. Here's my choices of best home gym exercise equipment under $100.

An Exercise DVD or Video Collection

This is a must have for home fitness and you can build a collection easily for under $100. In fact, I've collected over 500 exercise videos and DVDs over the years and many were purchased used for as little as two dollars. The key to a great exercise video collection is variety. Changing up your workout routine prevents boredom, and it keeps your body guessing. Weight loss and fitness plateaus are common. Cross training and doing both aerobic and resistance training gets you fitter faster. I'll offer up recommendations for the best exercise videos soon. One of the best sources of exercise videos is Collage Video. They carry a wide variety and many hard to find videos.

Resistance Bands

Resistance bands are the safest and useful pieces of home gym equipment available. They're usually under ten dollars per band and come in a large selection of tensions that translate into poundage. An example is a pink band equals a 5 pound dumbbell, a purple may equal a 10 pound dumbbell, etc. If you're a beginner to resistance training most brands are fine. If your more experienced look for a professional grade resistance band or set of bands. I broke or wore out several brands before purchasing a set of Beachbody Pro Grade bands. Those babies have been keeping up with my demands for over two years and counting.

BOSU Dome

A standard BOSU dome runs around $99 and is one of the versatile pieces of equipment you can add to your home gym. The Bosu dome totally changes the impact of any move. Think dynamic, intense, and challenging. BOSU workouts combines a variety of exercises that work you out aerobically, build muscular strength and endurance, enhance agility and challenge your balance and proprioceptive skills. A BOSU in your home gym guarantees an efficient workout and greater level of fitness.

Perfect Push Up

I felt a few eyebrows raise over this one. For you guys out there, push ups are  an extremely efficient way to work your upper body. Ladies, believe me when I say this product is for you too. I use mine in conjunction with my Power 90X workouts and they really deliver. Classic push ups can be hard on your wrists instead of putting all the effort and results into your chest, biceps, triceps, abs, and back. Perfect Push Up corrects this with unique positioning through its swivel motion. If you're into classic muscle building fitness workouts – and they should be a part of your fitness arsenal – Perfect Push Ups are a must have.

Perfect Pull Up

Yes, I buy too many fitness products. My quest to get and stay fit while writing about it has given me the unique experience. I get to buy cool stuff, try it, and see what really works. This product is another inexpensive and efficient way to get fit fast. I had one issue with the Perfect Pull Up at first. I'm only five foot tall on a good day and once installed I could not reach it. Simple solution, I stood on my 18 inch 'The Firm' exercise step and reached it with no problem. This is an excellent upper body workout product if you're not a Hobbit like me.