3 Weight Training Accessories You Can’t Do Without

Weight training accessories can be used with your current home exercise equipment to give you an edge to having a results producing workout. For example, some fitness machines do not come with the proper equipment to exercise certain muscle groups (for example, the neck muscles), or have the right weight for your workouts.

Here are 2 resistance training accessories to aid you in developing your body:

PlateMate Microloading Weights

There weights add one a very small load to your home gym or commercial exercise equipment. Basically it’s a weight is as light as 1.25 lbs that attaches to the weight stack of the fitness machine via a super strong magnet.

Moving up in weight in small increments helps avoid injury, and allows a steady progress. This is valuable especially if the weight stack that you have for you home fitness equipment only goes up by 10 lbs.

Neck Harness

A neck harness is designed to strengthen your neck muscles. You place the harness around your head, and attach a weight plate to the chain. With the suspended weight, you would then nod your head forwards and backwards.

Manta Ray Squat Assist

Squats is the best exercise for your legs, but one of the complaints about squats done with free weights or on a smith machine, is the fact that the bar digs into your upper bag and neck. This is uncomfortable, and it might deter people from using the squat as an exercises.

The manta ray attaches onto the weight bar, and distributes the weight across your shoulders so it eliminates any pain associated with a weight bar behind your neck.

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