If you visit your local gymnasium, you quite often find a member or two who have gone about brining in their own equipment to help them along with their fitness goals. You can pick up some very helpful kit for a very cheap price. Here are my top picks.
Fat Gripz
Grip is often an underestimated pinnacle in strength development. With poor grip we will be unable to excel in our training programmes. Fat Gripz are a product which can be used with any barbell exercise. These simple pieces of foam will fit perfectly around the bar and create a challenge for the muscles of your wrist and hands.
Gum Shield
A gum shield is a simple and useful piece of protective equipment. Especially during exercises where the shoulders are heavily loaded. By biting down on a gum shield a lifter will encourage the muscles of the neck to tense and stabilise.
Dipping Belt
A dipping belt is simply a means of progression on body weight favourites. Whilst one route is to take the repetition range of your dips into the 20’s, a more popular and more strength orientated modification is to attach weight to a dipping belt. This piece of kit may also be used for pull ups.
Chalk
Lifting is hard work. This means you sweat. Sweat can lead to a slippery barbell. This inconvenience during a workout is usually easy to avoid by the simple application of chalk. Chalk will absorb the moisture and allow you to apply your usual grip.
Foam Roller
Myofacia release should go hand in hand with stretching. Practicing self massage on a foam roller will improve circulation, release toxins which are present within the muscle cells and allow you to increase the range of your stretch. Take up to a minute on any tight muscle.
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