What equipment can I use for strength training?

What equipment can I use for strength training?

John Spencer Ellis (Author, TV Show Host, Trainer and CEO, National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association) gives expert video advice on: How do I design a strength training program?; How often each should I train each muscle group?; How much weight should I use when I train? and more...

Strength training, or resistance training, doesn't just have to be with weights, for example barbells and dumbells. It can be done with machines, it can be done with elastic tubes and bands, it can be done with exercise balls - the large exercise balls that bounce is the Swiss balls, and the smaller balls that are heavier: those are the medicine balls. There's a lot of different things that you can do, you can combine these different modalities of resistance training together to really have a lot of variety and fun. And remember, if you do something with two hands, potentially you can do it with one hand. If you do things on two legs, you potentially can do it on one leg, as well. If you can move forward with it, you can likely go backwards and to the side, as well. And you can do this, with again, the cables, the bands, the balls, the different straps, all the different things that are available in the gymnasium. So, you're only limited by your imagination and what is safe for you. So have some fun and explore the different ways there are for you to enjoy resistance training.