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Welcome to the Fitness Equipment page, this is our guide to buying fitness equipment online in the UK. There are lots of different types of home fitness equipment available including rowing machines, exercise bikes, weight benches, multi gyms, elliptical trainers, treadmills, steppers, fitness mats and balls, dumbbells and much more.

Fitness equipment for the home is a very popular and convenient way of getting into shape without having to go to a gym, this has many benefits including saving time as you don't have to travel and the fact that you can exercise how you please with your own music playing or watching a film of your choice. There are many popular types of fitness equipment available and these include rowing machines, elliptical trainers, treadmills, fitness mats and balls, steppers, exercise bikes, weight benches, multi gyms, dumbbells and much more. The good thing about having fitness equipment at home is that you can work out in your own space and also have your own entertainment, it's a good idea to have a television or some music while you are working out as it can get boring, you will be doing the same thing for a long time and your brain is relatively inactive so some entertainment is a big help.

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Fitness and exercise are very important to a healthy lifestyle, you are advised to exercise at least three times a week for more than 30 minutes but more is always better, if you work in an office or are generally inactive then fitness equipment is what you need to get active and get in shape. There are two main types of exercise, those are aerobic and strength building exercises. Aerobic exercise is low intensity and should be done for longer periods of time, they are very good for the heart and give your body a good all over work out, depending on the equipment you are using. Popular types of aerobic fitness equipment include exercise bikes, rowing machines and elliptical trainers, rowing machines and elliptical trainers work nearly the whole body so are very good choices for aerobic exercise. Strength building exercise generally involves weight training using either a weight bench or a multi gym, this is a high intensity exercise so should be done for shorter periods of time and is good for the main muscle groups, depending on the weight training you are doing.

It is possible to get cheap fitness equipment but you are generally better off spending a little more so that you get good quality equipment that will last a long time. You can get quality fitness equipment for cheap if you shop around, shops like Argos are very good with special offers meaning you can get good quality discount fitness equipment. Popular brands that offer fitness equipment in the popular shops are Body Sculpture, Reebok, Delta, York, V-Fit, Carl Lewis and many others. These brands generally offer the equipment at discount prices, you can also get more professional equipment that is more expensive but these are generally better for professional use. The best way to get discount fitness equipment is to look for the special offers, shops like Argos and Littlewoods normally have some good special offers available so getting cheap, discount sports equipment is quite easy.

There are many types of fitness equipment available including rowing machines, treadmills, weight benches, steppers, exercise bikes, multi gyms, elliptical trainers, fitness mats and balls, dumbbells and lots more. Rowing machines are a very popular type of fitness equipment as they work out so much of the body, the legs get the biggest work out with the arm, back, shoulder and abdomen muscles also getting a good work out. Rowing is also a simple exercise, all that is required is that you fix your feet into the provided foot pads and then simply move back and forth on the base of the rowing machine, pulling the pulley as you go. Manufacturers that offer rowing machines include York, Delta, Body Sculpture, V-Fit, Horizon, Proform, Carl Lewis and many others.

Treadmills are exercise machines that allow you to jog, run or sprint while staying in the same place, the machine has a base that moves backwards so that you can run on it, you can alter the speed so that you can stay at a level you are comfortable with. Treadmills are very good for the leg muscles and they also provide good aerobic exercise, treadmills can be quite expensive though due to the equipment needed to make them work. Brands that offer treadmills include V-Fit, Reebok, York, Carl Lewis, Proform, Horizon and many others.

Exercise bikes are very popular because they are so simple, nearly everyone knows how to ride a bike so using an exercise bike is very easy for most people. Using an exercise bike is simply a matter of sitting on the seat and peddling, you can normally alter the resistance level of the exercise bike so that you can work out at a level you are comfortable with, brands that offer exercise bikes include Vision, York, Trimline, Reebok, Proform, Horizon, Carl Lewis, V-Fit and many others. A good place to find cheap, discount and special offers for exercise bikes is Argos, see the link at the top of the page.

Weight benches and multi gyms are very popular for weight training, they are simple to use as they just involve lifting weights. Multi gyms offer many more types of weight lifting exercises than weight benches, the benches generally have just a few ways to lift the weights whereas the multi gyms offer lots that will work lots of different muscles. Brands that offer weight benches and multi gyms are York, Weider, V-Fit and Reebok.

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