A home exercise setup can be installed in a compact space where you can do numerous exercises in the same space. These setups have particularly gained popularity during the pandemic as many people have not been allowed to go to the gym for safety reasons. As this is the way of life for the time being, people have got used to exercising at home. Many are planning to stay away from the gym until the virus is under control.

Exercising by using body shaper exercise machines and other related devices at home has numerous advantages besides keeping you safe from the coronavirus. If you have already decided that home is where you want to do all your exercises, this article may help you with some useful information. Please read on to learn more.

To help you decide the best direction to go when purchasing new gym equipment, it's wise to start by seriously considering your primary goals and commitments. That doesn't mean that you need to spend significant dollars up front. For example, if it's muscle development you want, weight training is imperative. Keep in mind that free weights are not only bulky they are also rather expensive. Plan on a budget of at least $400 to $1,000 to cover a set of free weights, a bench and a quality set of dumbbells. This direction is only recommended if you are already experienced with free weights. If not, it's much wiser to start with fitness bands and related equipment.


Moving in the direction of resistance bands and body weight resistance training is what we recommend. In this way you can spend a fraction of the amount and conserve precious space in your home at the same time. With these lighter space saving tools you can still focus on muscle development while integrating balance, core strength and cardio as well into your routine. For example, SmithShaper LLC provides our combination body weight and fitness band resistance exerciser known as the SQUATX™. This multipurpose exerciser enables fifty different exercises. We offer exercise solutions enabling sixteen exercises all the way up to our SQUATX MAX 85-Exercise System. 

It's also important to determine if you expect to workout indoors or outdoors (or both). Most outdoor equipment is portable. However, to be truly portable for travel, a good device should fit in a backpack or be very easy to break-down (disassemble) and carry. We suggest you don't forget to include at least some portable equipment in your home gym so that you can always have it on hand or in the trunk of your car for moments when you are away from home and feel like working out. Not to mention portable equipment is typically more cost effective due to its size. 

Knowing your goals and the money that you can spend on easy shaper workout machines and other similar home gym equipment won’t be enough, you also need to know the space that would be required and if you can afford that inside your home. There’s no point buying exercise equipment just to realize that you don’t have adequate space for the equipment. 

Please take the above points into consideration and consult with an expert if you can in order to make sure your exercise equipment investments will help you in your fitness quest and they will last you over the long term.