I had a few questions after last week's Fitness Friday post so I thought I'd go over some of the things I have at home to help me track and maintain a good fitness level!

First off I'll explain the scale I use. I cannot find the exact same one I own as I bought it a few years ago, but I have found one similar on Amazon.
My Body Composition Scale

Mine does not come with the remote display pictured here but this is exactly what it looks like. There are 9 programmable users (we just use two for myself and Hubby) and it comes with a disc with software for your computer so you can actually connect the scale via USB cable and upload your data. It doesn't do anything amazing with it, it just graphs each category separately, but if you're a visual person I suppose it's helpful. It will read your weight (obviously), body fat percentage, muscle percentage, body water, and bone density. It comes with a pamphlet that shows what is "normal" for your age, gender, and size too because when you program it you actually input your age, gender, and frame (average or athletic). I think I only paid around $20 for mine, but it's very basic.

I also have a Fitbit that my husband bought me last year for either Valentine's Day or my birthday, they are so close together I don't remember. Anyway I got the basic bracelet one that tracks activity and sleep. They run you between $90-$100 depending on where you buy. They come with two interchangeable bands (plus you can now buy many more colors online as well) in small and large. I like the sleep tracking bit because you can see if you toss and turn or sleep soundly. I need to get mine out and charge it. You can set goals on program it comes with as well as the free app and when you double tap your band it has tiny LED indicators that show how close you are to your goal for the day. It also will vibrate when you reach your goal and you can set an alarm with the app so you can wake up without the alarm waking the person in bed with you, it vibrates on your wrist until you tap it a few times.
Fitbit Flex on Amazon


Finally we have pretty much an entire home gym at the house. It's cost a little bit of money but most of it we made in payments or bought as gifts for holidays or birthdays. Christmas 2013 Hubby bought me the complete Zumba DVD program with the weighted shakers to dance with. We also have a Total Gym with the Ab Workout accessories and the weight bar +weights. We just recently bought a weight rack for them because they were all over the floor. We have some of the gimmicky things too like the Ab Carver (actually is a lot harder than it looks, I'm too weak to do one rep properly but even the one rep kills my abs!) and the Perfect Pushup. We have a few yoga mats, resistance bands, and Hubby just bought himself a used TRX Force system (TRX designed to be used on tanks and tracks out in the field or on deployments, specifically for military use) and we also have a punching bag and gloves. I can't forget the treadmill we have sitting out in the garage gathering dirt because we never used it. He bought it way before he met me, never even used it then. I'll post some pictures and links below!
Zumba Fitness DVD set
Total Gym
Basic TRX System
TRX Force: Tactical

Even though we have our own home gym and really have no need to go to a gym, being military we have access to our base gyms for free and I prefer going there if I'm with a friend. Our gyms offer just about anything you can think of including a rock climbing wall and a high-altitude simulating chamber. I went with my friend today to get our workout on. Will be continuing to go but I also plan on doing my Zumba DVDs as well. I did one the other day with the cat, but the cat wasn't much motivation... Let me know some of your favorite fitness gadgets in the comments below! I'm always interested in hearing about what everyone else uses!