What are your top 3 things to use the in the gym? (cardio or strength)

Pardyqueenxoxo
Pardyqueenxoxo Posts: 218 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
1. Stairmaster/stairmill! I will not leave the gym until i have managed to use it! :)
2. Rowing machine, i've grown to love it.
3. Leg press, I look forward to leg day just to use it

Anyone else? xx
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  • peaceout_aly
    peaceout_aly Posts: 2,018 Member
    Pardyqueenxoxo wrote: »
    1. Stairmaster/stairmill! I will not leave the gym until i have managed to use it! :)
    2. Rowing machine, i've grown to love it.
    3. Leg press, I look forward to leg day just to use it

    Anyone else? xx

    My top three gym items I couldn't live without are the barbell (squats, DL and bench..what more could a girl need), the cable machine (because of it's versatility) and the stair master (because I haven't seemed to find a better cardio machine that gets me to sweat quite like that one..even spin class)
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    edited August 2018
    1 - adjustable bench and dumbbells
    2 - trap bar and plates
    3 - Gymnastic rings or TRX or similar
  • Pardyqueenxoxo
    Pardyqueenxoxo Posts: 218 Member
    [My top three gym items I couldn't live without are the barbell (squats, DL and bench..what more could a girl need), the cable machine (because of it's versatility) and the stair master (because I haven't seemed to find a better cardio machine that gets me to sweat quite like that one..even spin class)[/quote]

    Oh yes, the stair master sweat is just ace, it literally pours from me, love it x

  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    Barbells (plus plates), dumbbells and resistance bands. A close fourth would be cable machine.
  • notarunnermfp
    notarunnermfp Posts: 43 Member
    Barbells, dumbbells, cable machine/hammer strength machines. (So basically most of the gym? loool)


    For cardio this summer I have been biking outside several days a week which has been a fun change.
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    1. elliptical
    2. free weights, barbells and dumbbells
    3. rowing machine
  • Wingsont84
    Wingsont84 Posts: 335 Member
    My home gym is all Bowflex dumbbells and ajustable bench... So I can get a full body work out done, wouldn't mind hitting the gym soon to max out
  • 0ysterboy
    0ysterboy Posts: 192 Member
    1) Weights (Combo of machines, free weights and kettlebells)
    2) Elliptical
    3) Treadmill

    I am running on the treadmill right now as it is so hot in Florida during the summer. Once the weather gets cooler I will start running outside again. Spent some time on a stair mill for the first time the other day and it kicked my butt big time so I suppose I should spend more time on that machine.
  • makkimakki2018
    makkimakki2018 Posts: 414 Member
    When i used to own a gym membership my favorite machines were.

    1. Stair master
    2. Spin bike
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,210 Member
    - heavy boxing bag
    - tractor tire to flip and smash with a sledgehammer
    - battling rope tied to a sled

    peaceout_aly wrote: »
    My top three gym items I couldn't live without are the barbell (squats, DL and bench..what more could a girl need), the cable machine (because of it's versatility) and the stair master (because I haven't seemed to find a better cardio machine that gets me to sweat quite like that one..even spin class)

    At my gym, it's a lot warmer on the stepmill, because you're higher up and the hot air rises there. That's why i don't use sweat as a metric for workouts. Try comparing heart rate with your spin class. :+1:
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    Squat rack
    Barbells and plates
    Cable machine
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,876 Member
    Oly platform
    Power Rack
    Free weights
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,344 Member
    edited August 2018
    Barbells
    Power rack
    Cable/Hammer Strength machines

    4th place - Treadmill, when it's too hot to run outside.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,627 Member
    elliptical
    bike

    anything else is just whatever i feel like. weight machines usually but its not in my usual routine
  • LiveInLeggings
    LiveInLeggings Posts: 222 Member
    Squat Rack
    Cable machine
    Stairclimber
  • PennyP312
    PennyP312 Posts: 161 Member
    Barbell & plates
    Power Rack
    Dumbbells
  • deputy_randolph
    deputy_randolph Posts: 940 Member
    Rack, barbell, plates...#4 earbuds to block out bad gym music.
  • SonyaCele
    SonyaCele Posts: 2,841 Member
    bench , squat rack and dl platform.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,970 Member
    Squat rack. That's what everyone else is there for, too. :disappointed:

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