Gym or home gym.

joolspen3942
joolspen3942 Posts: 71 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
has anyone gone back gym or training at home?
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  • SnifterPug
    SnifterPug Posts: 746 Member
    I went back to the gym the minute they opened it. But a trainer came round my house when the gyms were closed, and I still do those sessions at home.
  • joolspen3942
    joolspen3942 Posts: 71 Member
    Super.. well done you I trained people at home but like you I was straight back gym. I've gotta say though some of my clients still training at home.
  • cgvet37
    cgvet37 Posts: 1,189 Member
    I didn't have the means to train at home. Now I'm building a home gym.
  • Dogmom1978
    Dogmom1978 Posts: 1,580 Member
    Built a home gym over the past 2 years. It’s full of commercial equipment. So much better than driving to the gym and waiting for people to get off the equipment I wanted to use.
  • BahstenB10
    BahstenB10 Posts: 227 Member
    I was a runner and weight lifter for years but this time around, I am switching to something I was never really good at which would be calisthenics. It is burpees, push ups, staircases, all that fun stuff for days! I have found, I don't really need a gym and am saving $50 a month. I have spent a few bucks on battle ropes and that kinda jazz but nothing too crazy.
  • joolspen3942
    joolspen3942 Posts: 71 Member
    BahstenB10 wrote: »
    I was a runner and weight lifter for years but this time around, I am switching to something I was never really good at which would be calisthenics. It is burpees, push ups, staircases, all that fun stuff for days! I have found, I don't really need a gym and am saving $50 a month. I have spent a few bucks on battle ropes and that kinda jazz but nothing too crazy.

    Absolutely smashed it by sounds of it well in. Fantastic 👏 👏 👏 👏
  • BahstenB10
    BahstenB10 Posts: 227 Member
    joolspen3942 wrote: »
    BahstenB10 wrote: »
    I was a runner and weight lifter for years but this time around, I am switching to something I was never really good at which would be calisthenics. It is burpees, push ups, staircases, all that fun stuff for days! I have found, I don't really need a gym and am saving $50 a month. I have spent a few bucks on battle ropes and that kinda jazz but nothing too crazy.

    Absolutely smashed it by sounds of it well in. Fantastic 👏 👏 👏 👏

    What doesn't challenge us, doesn't change us!
  • cppeace
    cppeace Posts: 764 Member
    My Goal is to get in good enough shape to be able to walk the 1.1 miles to the local YMCA. Then 1.1 miles back after swimming. It's the pool I want nothing else lol. I recently got a great deal on a Total gym and couldn't recommend it more for most. It is so versatile and can give such a great work out :)
  • angmarie28
    angmarie28 Posts: 2,881 Member
    I have slowly built a home gym. I bought a squat rack with built on smith machine and cable system, Best investment ever. and you can find treadmills all the time on facebook market and craigslist. I got my Nortictrack for $200, it had 3 miles put on it. The one I got befor that was old but worked until I could afford more, it was $25
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    March- August, I managed to train at home. Mostly with Sydney Cummings. Now I'm back to lifting 2x weekly at work in our weigh room.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    With covid, home gym all the way.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    I have everything I need at home.
  • petethegaymermfp
    petethegaymermfp Posts: 5 Member
    I don't do gym because of my working hours days and nights so I cycle to work, walk a lot, throw around dumbbells at home. All works for me
  • joolspen3942
    joolspen3942 Posts: 71 Member
    DancingMoosie wrote: »
    March- August, I managed to train at home. Mostly with Sydney Cummings. Now I'm back to lifting 2x weekly at work in our weigh room.

    Brilliant well done.
  • joolspen3942
    joolspen3942 Posts: 71 Member
    petethegaymermfp wrote: »
    I don't do gym because of my working hours days and nights so I cycle to work, walk a lot, throw around dumbbells at home. All works for me

    Superstar
  • joolspen3942
    joolspen3942 Posts: 71 Member
    angmarie28 wrote: »
    I have slowly built a home gym. I bought a squat rack with built on smith machine and cable system, Best investment ever. and you can find treadmills all the time on facebook market and craigslist. I got my Nortictrack for $200, it had 3 miles put on it. The one I got befor that was old but worked until I could afford more, it was $25

    Absolutely amazing
  • joolspen3942
    joolspen3942 Posts: 71 Member
    cppeace wrote: »
    My Goal is to get in good enough shape to be able to walk the 1.1 miles to the local YMCA. Then 1.1 miles back after swimming. It's the pool I want nothing else lol. I recently got a great deal on a Total gym and couldn't recommend it more for most. It is so versatile and can give such a great work out :)

    you go girl.superstar
  • joolspen3942
    joolspen3942 Posts: 71 Member
    BahstenB10 wrote: »
    joolspen3942 wrote: »
    BahstenB10 wrote: »
    I was a runner and weight lifter for years but this time around, I am switching to something I was never really good at which would be calisthenics. It is burpees, push ups, staircases, all that fun stuff for days! I have found, I don't really need a gym and am saving $50 a month. I have spent a few bucks on battle ropes and that kinda jazz but nothing too crazy.

    Absolutely smashed it by sounds of it well in. Fantastic 👏 👏 👏 👏

    What doesn't challenge us, doesn't change us!

    100%
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    I train at home and quit my gym several years ago but I'm fortunate to have the space for my bench & power rack etc. My motivation for training at home was just that I was sick of waiting for equipment and people that never wiped things down or re-racked their weights etc, the whole pandemic has just reinforced my decision.
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,840 Member
    IronIsMyTherapy wrote: »
    Ok, I just wanna rant about the people selling exercise equipment right now for crazy high prices since everywhere is sold out. Supply and demand, I get it...but most people are just being ridiculous. $500 for some crappy old bench they got from SEARS in the 90's and they remembered they had it in storage. I wanna smack some of these people. Ok, maybe I'd do the same. Still makes me mad lol

    Yeah, I've been looking around for my daughter and equipment I used to sell at Academy (let's call it a 60" barbell with 2 dumbbell handles and 85lbs of 1" cast-iron weights included) is either impossible to find or sold by arsehats online for 3-4 times the pre-covod store price. No thank you.
  • MikePfirrman
    MikePfirrman Posts: 3,307 Member
    I'm slowly getting everything I want at home. I have amazing cardio equipment -- a C2 rower, an AD Pro (Assault) Bike, a LateralX (a lateral elliptical). When I pay off the LateralX in a few months, I'll likely get a Peloton Tread.

    For weights, I have heavy KBs, Bowflex adjustable dumbbells, and just got a Weider Total Gym knockoff for $150 from Walmart (I've used Total Gyms and bought this one for my stepson years ago -- it's better than most of the Total Gyms and for $150 it was a steal). I also have a Plyo Box as well and many, many elastic bands. Got a Stealth Plank Board too for fun.

    I would like an Endless Rope Machine but I might settle for a SkiErg down the road. I also need a good weight bench and I agree with @IronIsMyTherapy that benches are being sold ridiculously high. I have the money to get one at the current prices but I refuse. I'll get one when this all settles down and there are 100s of them online used when people go back to gyms.
  • IronIsMyTherapy
    IronIsMyTherapy Posts: 482 Member
    MikePfirrman wrote: »
    I'm slowly getting everything I want at home. I have amazing cardio equipment -- a C2 rower, an AD Pro (Assault) Bike, a LateralX (a lateral elliptical). When I pay off the LateralX in a few months, I'll likely get a Peloton Tread.

    For weights, I have heavy KBs, Bowflex adjustable dumbbells, and just got a Weider Total Gym knockoff for $150 from Walmart (I've used Total Gyms and bought this one for my stepson years ago -- it's better than most of the Total Gyms and for $150 it was a steal). I also have a Plyo Box as well and many, many elastic bands. Got a Stealth Plank Board too for fun.

    I would like an Endless Rope Machine but I might settle for a SkiErg down the road. I also need a good weight bench and I agree with @IronIsMyTherapy that benches are being sold ridiculously high. I have the money to get one at the current prices but I refuse. I'll get one when this all settles down and there are 100s of them online used when people go back to gyms.
    MikePfirrman wrote: »
    I'm slowly getting everything I want at home. I have amazing cardio equipment -- a C2 rower, an AD Pro (Assault) Bike, a LateralX (a lateral elliptical). When I pay off the LateralX in a few months, I'll likely get a Peloton Tread.

    For weights, I have heavy KBs, Bowflex adjustable dumbbells, and just got a Weider Total Gym knockoff for $150 from Walmart (I've used Total Gyms and bought this one for my stepson years ago -- it's better than most of the Total Gyms and for $150 it was a steal). I also have a Plyo Box as well and many, many elastic bands. Got a Stealth Plank Board too for fun.

    I would like an Endless Rope Machine but I might settle for a SkiErg down the road. I also need a good weight bench and I agree with @IronIsMyTherapy that benches are being sold ridiculously high. I have the money to get one at the current prices but I refuse. I'll get one when this all settles down and there are 100s of them online used when people go back to gyms.

    Exactly. I plan to get a rack, deadlift platform, full set of 5#-125# dumbells and a few other goodies once stock is replenished. I'm not gonna be gouged for some old stuff now.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I haven't returned to my big box gym and have decided that I likely won't. For one, I've been nursing an injury since May/June that hasn't let me do a whole lot anyway...couldn't even go for a walk most days up until about 2 weeks ago. But with covid, I'm pretty meh about the whole gym thing...I always thought they were a petri dish of nasty even in the best of times.

    My goals and lifestyle overall have changed over the last couple of years as well, with hitting the gym and lifting not really being on the high priority list. Resistance training is important and I do it, but I don't really need to be in the gym for my purposes...bodyweight, resistance bands, and some dumbbells are all I need for the most part at this time. I'd rather spend more time on my bike than commuting back and forth from the gym.

    The only exception here is that when I'm off IR I will be going back to my one on one personal training gym once per week. My wife and I go on Friday afternoons and it's just us and our trainer. She and her husband own the gym and they are also really good friends of ours that have been in our covid social circle since the beginning, so we feel pretty good about it...their place is kept spotless and really, if we were comfortable enough to have them over for burgers and a swim we should be comfortable enough to attend a once a week training session.
  • MikePfirrman
    MikePfirrman Posts: 3,307 Member
    edited September 2020
    Dogmom1978 wrote: »
    angmarie28 wrote: »
    I have slowly built a home gym. I bought a squat rack with built on smith machine and cable system, Best investment ever. and you can find treadmills all the time on facebook market and craigslist. I got my Nortictrack for $200, it had 3 miles put on it. The one I got befor that was old but worked until I could afford more, it was $25

    I got a commercial life fitness treadmill out of a closing gym in New York a couple of years ago for $100! It’s a beast of a machine and will last me the rest of my life

    That's actually the only place I've seen cheap equipment -- gyms selling extra equipment to make money. I saw a $3000 Endless Rope Machine sold on Ebay for $150. Gone in minutes. I think this was University of Wisconsin selling it.
  • zebasschick
    zebasschick Posts: 1,067 Member
    working out at home. we have enough equipment for lifting and cardio, no drivec or parking involved, and we can work out in our pajamas :D
  • joolspen3942
    joolspen3942 Posts: 71 Member
    zebasschick wrote: »
    working out at home. we have enough equipment for lifting and cardio, no drivec or parking involved, and we can work out in our pajamas :D

    Absolutely brilliant 👏 😄
  • cgvet37
    cgvet37 Posts: 1,189 Member
    IronIsMyTherapy wrote: »
    Ok, I just wanna rant about the people selling exercise equipment right now for crazy high prices since everywhere is sold out. Supply and demand, I get it...but most people are just being ridiculous. $500 for some crappy old bench they got from SEARS in the 90's and they remembered they had it in storage. I wanna smack some of these people. Ok, maybe I'd do the same. Still makes me mad lol

    That's why I had to piece everything together. Squat stand from Rogue. Olympic plates from TAG. Bumper plates from Fray. Bench from Titan. Loadable dumbells from Titan. Bar from Texas power.

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