San Antonio Personal Training

10/19/07

This is the first morning this year where it feels as though fall has actually arrived.  I was out the door this morning at 4:30 it was 62 degrees and is supposed to get down to 60 at 6:30am.  It feels great...such a refreshing change from the 75-80 degree mornings we have been having up to this point.

Well enough about the weather!  Let me answer a question that I think may benefit everyone and was asked to me a few days ago by one of my clients.  If I could have only one piece of exercise equipment what would it be?  For me the answer is a 20lb. Medicine ball.  I would have a medicine ball because it is so versatile.  You can do resistance exercises with it, as well as to use it for cardiovascular conditioning.  Additionally, you can use a medicine ball in the house, in the backyard, at a park or even in a hotel room.  Medicine ball routines are exciting to me, because there are so many things you can do with a medicine ball that each day of exercise is different than another.  This is an important factor for me because as I have mentioned before I can get bored of a workout routine pretty quickly, and the medicine ball will always keep me coming back for more.

For you, a medicine ball may or may not be the answer.  You may not like medicine ball exercises, or maybe you feel as though your not comfortable working with a medicine ball on your own.  Perhaps you have an injury which prevents you from doing many exercises with a medicine ball.  If a medicine ball is not for you, and you are limited to one piece of equipment for whatever reason then find what is right for you.  I believe that the best piece of exercise equipment you can have is the one that keeps you exercising.  Many people have treadmills as their only piece of exercise equipment.  For some treadmills are great, they put it to use daily, and they do various exercises on the treadmill which keep things fun.  Others however have treadmills in their house as their only piece of exercise equipment, but instead of using it to exercise, it sits there as a place to hang clothes.  For these people, the treadmill was not the right choice, they should have bought something that would have stimulated their interest and kept them coming back for more than just a week.

Before you go out and spend big bucks on a piece of exercise equipment for yourself, be sure to know exactly what you are buying.  Don't buy the universal gym, treadmill or medicine ball just because that is what someone told you that you should have.  Instead, experiment with multiple pieces of exercise equipment and determine what fits you and what will keep you looking forward to your exercise.

Make it a great day San Antonio!

Nicholas Wood

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