Welcome to the Get Fit Guys, quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield. I'm the Get FitFick Guy.

And in today's episode, you're going to get six essential tools to turn your home into a complete mini-gym.

Now, I'm often asked about my secrets to staying extremely fit despite being a busy working family man with plenty of hobbies

other than pumping iron or running on a treadmill.

And the fact is, if you glance around my house,

you'll quickly realize that I've, open quote, hacked my environment, close

quote, to allow me to stay as fit as possible without actually stepping foot into a gym.

Now, sure, I have the type of home gym.

I've described in previous get fit guy episodes, and I'll link to those.

Just go to quick and dirty tips.com and look for the show notes to this episode, episode

number 327.

But despite me having a home gym, my philosophy is that a workout at the beginning or the

end of the day should be the optional icing on the cake for little mini movement snacks.

You've been taking quick breaks to squeeze in all day long.

So in today's show, you're going to discover six tools that you can use to transform your home

into a full-time fitness facility that keeps you burning calories and building muscle all day long

without getting bored doing, say, burpees, body weight pushups,

and body weight squats, which aren't bad, but can get a little boring.

So tool number one is a kettlebell.

Now, I've got plenty of resources out there about my favorite ways to use a kettlebell,

which has been shown to be just as effective

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