The Best Tools to Meet Your Fitness Goals

If you're thinking about resolutions for 2012, consider adding investing in a few pieces of fitness equipment to keep at home. Squeezing in additional mini workouts, burns calories and will help tone your body.

Here are 4 pieces of must have fitness equipment that cost about $25 or less!



1. Resistance Bands: A perfect way to tone up! Click here for a set of exercises using resistance bands from Fitness Magazine.


2. Exercise/ Yoga Mat: This is a must for yoga at home or at a gym, it will aid in your ability to stay in the proper positioning for each pose. Click here to grab Molly Sims' Yoga Workout from Shape Magazine. Of if you're more of a group exercise type, look for local listings of yoga studios or gyms that offer classes and select a class that is right for your level of experience.


3. Jump Rope: Feel like a kid and get your heart rate up with jumping rope! Try adding bursts of jump rope inbetween weight lifting to kick up your heart rate.


4. Fitness Ball: A piece of equipment that is a must have. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Read this Fitness Ball Basics article from Health Magazine before you head to the store to pick up yours. And grab this fitness ball ab slimming workout move too, click here.