I'm preparing to open my own gym in the near future, and imminently start offering some classes outside, at clients homes, and other facilities. Getting the most bang for the buck, equipment wise, is on my mind. One amazingly versatile piece of equipment is the Elite Ring Set from ringtraininging.com I have ordered mine, and you might want to do the same if you are looking for something that is versatile, portable and allows scaled exercises for everyone from seniors to elite athletes.

All of the ring exercises are scalable from very, very easy to extremely difficult. For example:

• Support: this can be done by anyone; easy, support on toes, hard; support for time to failure.
• Push-up: easy, rings at chest height; hard rings inch off ground, feet elevated
• Body Row: easy, rings at head height; hard, low rings, feet elevated
• Dip: easy, low jump to support; hard, weighted dips

Of course the rings are essential for learning the muscle-up as well. get them here.