At 66fit we’re passionate about helping you achieve your home fitness goals, and creating long lasting, healthy habits. We understand the importance of staying fit and healthy whilst maintaining a busy lifestyle. In this blog, we’ll delve into the incredible benefits of home workouts, and introduce you to our top 5 home workout heroes.
Benefits:
First, let’s start with the benefits of working out at home.
A recent survey by the NHS suggests regular exercise can lower the risk of developing many long-term health conditions such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and strokes. Another finding – exercise can lower the risk of early death by up to 30%. If that’s not reason enough to get started, find out more about some of the key exercises you can try at home, and our home workout hero products to help you get moving.
Stretching Exercises:
Vital for warming up, cooling down and improved movement and flexibility, stretches should be a core part of any workout (at home or in the gym). Incorporating stretches you’ll experience increased core strength, improved stability whilst reducing your risk of back pain.
To support your stretching routine, we recommend using the 66fit Ab & Back Stretcher. Designed to strengthen your core and improve your form, this versatile stretcher is a game-changer for your home workout. Its supportive yet compact design also makes it easy to take with you to other favourite workout spots.
Strength & Conditioning:
Own-weight workouts are a great way to build your core strength and improve the quality of your flexibility and movement which increases your athletic performance.
A great addition to strength and conditioning exercises is using a slam ball. Designed to improve your explosive strength, slam ball training sessions combine your strength and speed to increase your power output. 66fit Slam Balls come in 3 weights, which are ideal for steadily increasing your intensity and power over time, as well as improving your stamina and co-ordination.
Weights & Resistance:
Another great way to increase the intensity of your home workout is by introducing ankle and wrist weights. Investing in a set of weighted cuffs allows you customise your regular training programme, helping you increase your strength, tone, and build muscle.
The versatile 66fit Ankle, Wrist and Dumbbells Weight Set gives you the ultimate flexibility for boosting your home workout. The kit includes 2x wrist weights, 2x ankle weights and 2x 1kg dumbbells. The adjustable sand filled weights easily mould to you, making them comfortable during use. Great for adding extra weight to your existing work out, power walking and running.
Yoga & Pilates:
Yoga and Pilates is a great full body workout to practise at home. Great for your body and mind, Yoga and Pilates are a good way to improve your flexibility and strength, support joint health increase muscle tone and reduce stress.
One of the great benefits is that yoga can be done with minimal other items, however there are some great products that can enhance your workout. One of our best-selling products is the 66fit Pilates Double Handle Ring. Designed to help improve the intensity of your workout, this toning tool targets specific areas and muscles by adding a level of resistance to your routine.
Check out these great workout tips from @workoutwithroxanne on Instagram.
A Home Workout Staple:
Last up is a solid, reliable at home workout staple…the yoga mat. Perfect for creating you own dedicated workout space and providing comfort during your workout a good yoga mat can help provide you with better grip and provides a more hygienic surface.
We recommend using the 66fit Fitness Mat. Featuring a non-slip surface, this lightweight mat is slim and easy to clean and transport. Our mat also features eyelets to make it easy for hanging storage.