Best Gym Equipment for Weight Loss

Treadmill

Treadmills are one of the best home exercise equipment for weight loss.

• They offer a well-rounded means of workout that involves your whole body. A treadmill offers you the chance to simulate the running or walking exercise at home.

• It can help you burning a great amount of calories as it offer you multiple speed levels to contend with and even provides you the calorie zapping incline as well.

Calories burnt: A walk on the treadmill will burn around 300-400 calories per hour. However, you burn around 600-1200 calories per hour while running since it is a complete workout for the body.

Tips: 

• Using an incline and jogging are among the best methods of using a treadmill. However, it does not mean that you select a steep incline and then try to ascend it by holding onto the handrails. It is important to note that the handrails are to be used only if you want to stabilize yourself while changing a setting or if you suffer from balance issues.

• Make sure that you pump your arms vigorously during your jog but avoid doing it too aggressively if there is a chance that you might hit others present near you.

Group Cycling Bike

• Bicycling is a great calorie burning exercise since the powerful and big muscles of the legs are used during the pedaling motion. Group cycling bike is among the best gym equipment for weight loss. 
  

• It is quite different from the stationary bike as it offers the rider the chance to fit it according to his own physique and comfort level. There are a number of adjustment options available that the rider can use to fit the bike according to his liking which makes the group cycling bike a much comfortable machine to exercise on.

Calories burnt: You can burn up to 500-1000 calories per hour while doing bicycling. This is why it is considered to be one of the highest calorie burners. However, you will have to do it correctly if you want to achieve this calorie burn rate.

Tip: Keeping the resistance at the maximum level, you can pedal at without slowing your speed, start pedaling at around 90 revolutions per minute and do it for at least 3 minutes. Do at least 2 to 3 sets of this exercise remembering to recover completely before starting a new set.

Indo-Row Rowing Machine

The Indo-Row Rowing Machine is the best exercise machine to lose weight. It gives a complete workout to the body utilizing almost 80% of the muscle mass. It mimics the actual rowing exercise and takes the body through a challenging range of motion which burns calories pretty quickly.

Calories burnt: The rowing machine offers a great upper and lower body cardiovascular workout and can thus help you in burning excess of 1000 calories per hour.

Tip: You can easily hurt your lower back if you are new to this equipment. Therefore, it is important to have a look at the diagram present on the instruction panel that is fitted in the machine. The diagram depicts how the exercise must be done through a stick figure that pulls with his whole body, including the legs and his upper back. You must do the same.

StepMill by Stairmaster

The StepMill is one of the best gym equipment for weight loss which is also the hardest one to master as well. 

• It is like a fast moving escalator that challenges you to climb steps while they are moving. This machine asks the body to work against gravity and thus has a great potential of burning a great amount of calories within a short span of time. 

• Unlike other gym equipment, the StepMill requires you to take your foot off the machine and then replant it. This extra motion demands effort and burns even more calories.

Calories burnt: You will have to use your butt and backside a little bit and some part of your calf muscles when using this machine. It will offer you the chance to burn around 400-500 calories per hour.

Tip: To maximize the calorie burning, it is best to hold 1-3 lb. dumbbells in both your hands during the climb.

Elliptical Machines

Elliptical machines can help you in burning the same amount of calories as you would on a treadmill; however, you will feel no stress on your joints while doing exercise on the elliptical machine. 

• A half an hour session on an elliptical trainer can burn up to 400 calories for a 185-lb person, states Harvard Health Publications. You will be building up muscular endurance, stamina and muscular strength all at the same time while using this machine which requires you to use the muscles of your glutes, legs, shoulders and arms. 

• If you want a challenging and intense fat-burning session, then you can increase the resistance of the elliptical machine to the maximum level. This machine is suitable for low-impact aerobics exercising, which helps you in burning a great amount of calories per hour and toning both your upper and lower body.

Calories burnt: Elliptical machines which don’t offer arm movements can help you burning around 600 calories per hour while those that do offer arm movements can help you in burning few more calories than that.

Tip: Select a resistance setting which challenges you and ensures that you have to do some of the work too. You must feel the contraction of your muscles during the back and forward strokes of the elliptical for the exercise to work.

Kettlebells

The Russians call the Kettlebell “Girya”. Kettlebells are a smart choice for you if you want to buy one of the best gym equipment for weight loss without spending a great deal of money. Kettlebells can be used anywhere in the house.

“The Swing” is among the first exercises that you will have to master when trying to lose weight using the Kettlebells. This exercise can help you in rapidly losing fat and developing powerful hips, quads, hamstrings and glutes. The following are the steps to perform this exercise properly:

1. Keeping hold of the kettlebell in both arms, lean forward and spread your feet wide apart. Let the kettlebell hang in between your legs.

2. Push off the ground while firmly planting your feet and let the momentum generated by the legs to start the swinging of the kettlebell in the shape of an arc. During all this, make sure that your arms remain straight.

3. While continuing the swinging of the kettlebell, thrust your hips in the forward direction and try to swing the kettlebell up over your head. After that, reverse the motion completely and come back to the original position to start the next repetition.

Calories burnt: The American Council on Exercise commissioned a study in 2010 which revealed that one can burn up to 20.2 calories per minute by exercising with the kettlebell. This calorie burn rate is equal to that of running at a speed of 6 mph.

Tips:

• The weight of the kettlebell you are using will determine the speed of your swing. A heavy kettlebell will slow down the swing. The weight of the bell you are using will decide the rhythm that is best for using it, so do not try to copy the rhythm or beat that the model in the DVD is showing you.

• Keep your shoulders relaxed. This will stop you from trying to muscle the weight, giving your arms the chance to swing freely. You will feel less stress on your joints and muscles this way.

• The wrists must not have any kind of bend in them and they should be kept neutral.