(starts off looking at the video title) Home Gym Essentials? I got'cha, fam: a floor, a wall, perhaps a counter. If you're feelin' froggy, grab a towel (bath-type for length) for stretches, resistance training and some exercises using it wrapped around a door knob (ensure you aren't enough of a fatass that you're going to rip the knob off the door). If you have heavy things (I like my big bottle of sherry) you can use that for weighted exercises, too. Done.
Dumbbells? Bench? Resistance bands? Freeweights? Treadmill? Bicycle mounted on a direct drive smart trainer with a dedicated laptop to run Zwift on it? None of that shit is actually necessary - it just adds more variety.
But let's see what Anna recommends... while trying to scrub all of her incorrect form and those horrible jump squats from my eyeballs. (Let's just say I fully concur with the commenter who said she should be REQUIRED to go to the gym, because the trainers there and other gym rats would hold her accountable and help her correct her form.)
Aaaand she's shilling her bench, her Norditrak weights, her favorite band (which she claims is essential - but it's not, because everything she does with it can be done using a bath towel, fr)... and can I just say now that it's telling of how often she works out when she admits to owning that elastic strap for a decade and proclaiming that it'll 'last forever'....? Elastic bands wear down and break if you use them regularly. Mine typically last around 2 years before they violently give up the ghost, typically mid-set. And yeah, that hurts. A lot. Resistance bands are great, but make sure you're regularly looking them over for any imperfections, and replace them /immediately/ when you notice any microscopic tear in the rubber, because eating the cost of the replacement is less painful than eating the end of the recoil of a snapped band. Yoga mat... I mean... it depends. If you have a rug or carpet and don't sweat like an absolute pig, not required. If you have /nothing/ but hardwood, sure. Once again, she's noting specific brands, though. Makes me wonder if any of this/how much of this is sponsored. TRX band set is fine but unnecessary, and there's cheaper systems out there that are just as good if not better.
Alright, now that she's done advertising her 'essential' gym gear, she's shilling her gear to make her workouts enjoyable.
Lemme just say it now - I fucking loathe runners and cyclists who wear headphones, especially the ones that cover the ears. They can't hear people trying to overtake them, making it unsafe for all parties involved. It does me no good to announce 'on your left!' while pedaling at 20 mph on a multi-use trail if the walker/runner can't hear me. Fuck this fat bitch - not only does she take up most of the trail's width, she can't hear overtake announcements. Gah.
Anyway. Headphones have been advertised. Giant fucking water tankard that basic bitches have been carrying forever - it has a fucking fruit container so you can flavor your water, because like all deathfats, Anna can't stand regular water. Ugh. And now shilling a massage kit (not that kind, you fucking heathens).
To wrap it up...
This was a product shill video and doesn't realistically tell people the absolute minimum required to start working out at home. This is her showing off all the tat she's stockpiled because it's what she's seen other fitness influencers proclaim is part of their home gym setups and convinced herself that it's essential.
Worthless waste of time, only watchable on x2 speed which makes her flailing fail-workouts more funny, less 'OMFG I CAN HEAR YOUR JOINTS SCREAMING FROM MULTIPLE STATES AWAY.' I want those wasted minutes of my life back. And I'm going to go open one of those heavy bottles of booze now and make it less heavy for a weighted workout.
