Updated May 26, 2015.
If you have a home gym, then you know equipping it with all the gear your workout may need can cost you an arm and a leg. While we don’t mind losing a little from our actual arms and legs, we do mind that steep hit to our wallet. Thankfully, a home gym (and the body) of your dreams is possible with a few budget-friendly blueprints. Break out the power tools and the glue gun to get buff, not broke, with these DIY strength training equipment projects.
DIY Sandbag
Instead of spending $50 or more on a store-bought sandbag, make your own for under $15 and under 15 minutes. Since a sandbag is filled with constantly shifting material (i.e. sand, rice, or gravel), an element of instability is added to your strength workout. And what does instability breed? A core challenge no matter the exercise. Take your finished product and bust out moves like the push press, power cleans, walking lunges, and squats for a killer total-body sandbag workout. Get the DIY instructions from Girls Gone Sporty.
If you have a home gym, then you know equipping it with all the gear your workout may need can cost you an arm and a leg. While we don’t mind losing a little from our actual arms and legs, we do mind that steep hit to our wallet. Thankfully, a home gym (and the body) of your dreams is possible with a few budget-friendly blueprints. Break out the power tools and the glue gun to get buff, not broke, with these DIY strength training equipment projects.
DIY Sandbag
Instead of spending $50 or more on a store-bought sandbag, make your own for under $15 and under 15 minutes. Since a sandbag is filled with constantly shifting material (i.e. sand, rice, or gravel), an element of instability is added to your strength workout. And what does instability breed? A core challenge no matter the exercise. Take your finished product and bust out moves like the push press, power cleans, walking lunges, and squats for a killer total-body sandbag workout. Get the DIY instructions from Girls Gone Sporty.