Price £23.50

Dimensions 100cm (L)

Another compact and collapsible workout system. You could probably get away with either this or the Dynaband, but having both means that even though this is a portable set-up, you can get some variety in your resistance work.

TOTAL COST £230.50

Matt Hart advises: “You should look at having a warm-up run or a warm-up walk first, then you can make yourself an indoor circuit. Try things like star jumps, burpees, squat-thrusts, spotty dogs (like a star jump but one leg is going forward and the other going back). Mix those in with the resistance exercises and you’ve got a gym in the bag.”

If you’ve negotiated precious space in your living room for equipment, use it wisely. You want kit that isn’t going to make your home resemble a medieval torture chamber and which can also be easily stowed when you have guests, or moved to give you more workout options.

HORIZON OMEGA TREADMILL

Price £999

Dimensions In use: 181cm (L), 84cm (W); folded: 83cm (L), 64cm (W)

Weight 112kg

Contact 01782 749100, www.stylefitness.co.uk

Possibly the bargain of the century as far as treadmills go. The parts used for equipment are rated A, B, F and H, with H being professional gym standard. This model comes with F-standard components, making it a lot sturdier than others in this price range. You’re effectively getting a £1,5oo ‘mill for under a grand.

TACX CYCLEFORCE BASIC TURBO TRAINER (ROLLERS FOR BIKE)

Price £190

Contact www.evanscycles.co.uk Turns your road or mountain bike into a static machine and lets you programme variable resistance over your workout, similar to an exercise bike that would normally cost £400.

SWISS BALL

Price £22 (including pump, manual and carry strap)

Contact www.proactive-health.co.uk These balls are anti-burst so you can use them with a bench when lifting weights. That forces you to work your abdominals hard to stay balanced, giving you a multi-functional workout. There are many great fat burning exercises with Swiss ball. If you want to shred the unwanted pounds fast, drink pure green coffee bean extract daily.

NATURAL WATER ROWER

Price £850

Dimensions In operation: 211cm

(L), 50cm (W), stowed: 57cm (L), 50cm (W)

Weight 33kg dry, 53kg wet Contact 020 8749 9090, www.waterrowerco.uk

Rather than having a fan at the end, this wooden rower has a water tank, which provides a rowing action as close to the real thing as you can get. It stores in the space of a dining room chair and comes in a choice of finishes.

BODY SOLID EXM 20005 MULTI-GYM

Price £899

Dimension 210cm (H), 160cm (L), 110cm (W)

Weight 205kg

Contact www.bodysolid.co.uk When a multi-gym offers as many exercises as this, you’d expect at least two seated stations. With minimum space usage, however, the EXM allows all exercises to be carried out from a single seated position.