What equipment do you have and use?

Adjustable barbell with several 15 lb, 10 lb 5 lband 2.5 lb plates
Squat rack
Dumbells- 3,5,8,10,12, 15 20 and 25 lb sets
Body Bar
Resistance tubing- 3 strengths resistance
Dynabands
Weighted medicine ball
Stability ball
Treadmill (broken-won't incline)
About 100 Workout tapes and DVDs
Weight bench
high step
Club step
Heart rate monitors
Tanita scale (crap but still use it)
I think that's it
 
I've got
3 stability balls
3 kg medicine ball
sets of 3,5,8,10,12,15,20 weights
barbell and lots of weights (highest I go so far is 48 lb)
dynaband
exercise reclining bike
high step
club step
rebounder

I use the adjustable barbell for squats and deadlifts. I prefer the hand weights for lunges and biceps. I find the hand weights make it easier to switch to lighter or heavier to ensure my muscles are working as hard as then can with good form. I find I do all of pyramid upper body with hand weights.
If you like doing squats for definition then definitely get the bar and weights. Just make sure you can change the weights quickly. There's a special clamp you can get (really cheap) that enables you to change the weights quickly.
I use all of my equipment. In fact my bike never has dust on it or dirty clothes as it's used regularly.
 
WOW! Lots of equipment, and you don't realize it till you list it all.

Here's what I've got:

Club size step
High step
16 risers
dumbbells from 1 up to 35 pounders
Standard barbell and plates
Olympic barbell and plates
Plate rack and barbell stand
Incline weight bench with leg extension/hamstring curl attachment
Rubberized mats on the floor
Pro Form Treadmill
Upright Stationary bike
Nordic Track
Urban Rebounder
Ab roller
3 lb medicine ball
Stability ball
Ankle/wrist weights
2 Body Wedges
Band and tubing
Puch up bars/handles
TV, VCR, DVD player
ALL Cathe workouts plus other miscellaneous

Mine's all in my unfinished basement, but it's so cool to have it all in one accessible place!

WOW...look at all that money well-spent.

Gayle
 
I don't have enough...but here's what I have.

Light barbell with about 40 pounds of weight (need a better one with more weight)

Dumbbells from 1 to 25 pounds
Urban Rebounder
Weight lifting gloves
Club Step
High Step (firm)
Mio Shape Heart Rate Monitor
Firm step
Dynabands in various resistances
Medicine balls in 2, 4 and 6 pounds
Eliptical machine
Stationary Bike

I work out upstairs in the Living/Dining Area, but my hubby works out in the basement and has various dumbbells and barbells, as well as a lat pull down machine, leg press and olympic bench, but he doesn't like me using his stuff. I want to get a Bowflex.
 
Step, High Step, 10 lb medicine ball, assorted dumbbells and a couple bands. That's it. I have no intention of getting a barbell, no room, no interest. I feel I get a good weight workout with dumbells and med ball.
 
I have the following:

various dumbbells (3-20#) w/rack
Troy lite barbell w/55#s of plates
2 Body Bars (12 & 18#) - don't really use these anymore
Dynaband
2 resistence tubes (grn & red)
Billy Bands (which I never use)
High Step platform
Original Step w/6 risers
Firm Fanny Lifter box (want to get rid of this)
2 size stability balls
8# med ball w/handles
2.5# ankle weights
ProForm treadmill
weight lifting gloves
jogging stroller
AND, of course, Cathe DVDs!

You really don't realize all the equipment you have until you list it all!!
rose2boys

Keep smiling & sweating!
 
I have dumbells in 2, 3, 5, 8 and 10 pound increments.
I have a stability ball.
I have the firm stick that I use as a dowel for balance.

I need to add a 12 or 15 # dumbell set now. I thought of a barbell but I really don't have the room to store one so I am opting out of that for now. All of the exercises can be performed with dumbells anyway....I also have to purchase a medicine ball one of these days but I don't really know what weight I should choose so I keep putting it off.

Wendy

I smoked my last cigarette on March 17, 2004 at 10:00 pm!

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I have:

5, 10, 12, 15, 20, 25 pairs of dumbells and I going shopping for 30 and 35s
high step -just bought it
club step
stability ball
4 dynabands
9# medicine ball (love it, it hasmade a big difference in ab strength)
ankle weights
wrist weights-dont use often they give me tendinitis
barbell that has a max of 100#
Omron BF analyzer (it has been consistent-now if only i could be with my diet-SHEESH, I might get somewhere)
100 workout (mostly cathe or homemade step (from gym in Victoria)) tapes
yoga mat

I also wish I had Haydee's gym. Thats more than the gym I go to Chicago has at it.
 
Regular size Reebok step
High step
6 risers for steps
Stability Ball
8 lb. medicine ball
Adjustable barbell set (100 lbs. total)
Dumbells from 3 lbs. to 25 lbs.
Dynabands from low to high resistance
Exercise tubing from low to high resistance
Reebok core board

--Lois


"If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning" - Mahatma Ghandi
 
>There's a special clamp you can get (really cheap) that enables you >to change the weights quickly.
>I use all of my equipment.

Could you let me know where I can find this special clamp? I have Sports Authority. It's great for weight variety. However, the lock is screw type. It takes forever to change weight.

Thanks

WantFit
 
>>There's a special clamp you can get (really cheap) that
>enables you >to change the weights quickly.
>>I use all of my equipment.
>
>Could you let me know where I can find this special clamp? I
>have Sports Authority. It's great for weight variety.
>However, the lock is screw type. It takes forever to change
>weight.
>
>Thanks
>
>WantFit

The clamp might not work with the screw-on bar (I had one before, and I think I tried it, and it didn't seem stable).
I've seen the clamps at some sports stores (Dick's) and even at Walmart sometimes. They also come with the Troy LIte barbell system (and you can order the clamps separately if you like. I got mine--bar and clamps-- at www.fitness1st.com )
 
>The clamp might not work with the screw-on bar (I had one
>before, and I think I tried it, and it didn't seem stable).
>I've seen the clamps at some sports stores (Dick's) and even
>at Walmart sometimes. They also come with the Troy LIte
>barbell system (and you can order the clamps separately if you
>like. I got mine--bar and clamps-- at www.fitness1st.com )

Will the bar with clamps fit in the weight plates I have now? Are they universal regardless of brandname?

Thanks

WantFit
 
What a fun post! Am I the only one with a BOSU?

I have:

In my bedroom:
4, 6, 8 lb. medicine balls
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15 lb. barbells
1 and 1 1/2 pound pairs of velcro hand weights (made of sandbags, I use for kick boxing)
9, 24, 30 lb body bars
Karen Voight's donut bar with extra donuts (goes from 12 - 18 lbs)
Danskin barbell with extra plates (goes up to 36 lbs)
Fanny Lifter
Club Step (also have Karen Voight pad when I use as a bench)
Cathe's Mini Step
BOSU
Karen Voight thigh ring
two sets of tubing and dynaband (my least favorite pieces of equipment)
stability ball
various ankle weights

In the garage:
captains chair
DH has bench, barbells, curl bar, set of heavy weights

I think that's it!
 
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