Home or Gym?

rainavsfood
rainavsfood Posts: 79 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Do you prefer to work out at home? Or at the gym? And why?

Raina
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  • BrennLinn
    BrennLinn Posts: 178 Member
    Honestly, I like both. I lost over 40 pounds from working out at home and walking. But I am going to be getting a gym membership next month so I can start seeing a personal trainer. I think as long as you are making a positive change to your health then they're both great choices!
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Home - I've never been athletic (gym was a nightmare in high school) ....... as long as I can be consistant it's a good thing.

    I have lots of DVDs, Wii Games, weights, stability ball, weighted hula hoop, rebounder .... I've got lots of options. Variety keeps it interesting.
  • PriceK01
    PriceK01 Posts: 834 Member
    Home.
  • mkss89
    mkss89 Posts: 1
    I do workouts at home. i don't have gym in nearby and saving time is a huge plus. i don't have excuses to not workout. i regret that i don't have squat rack and barbell, because i don't do deadlifting and barbell squating. however i do strength train due to 'you are your own gym'. you can check out 'body by you' by the same author it's for women. however now when i'm cutting, alias losing weight i do my own routines including hiit on my stationary bike and a lot of tabatas consisting of bodyweight excercises like pushups, burprees, thursters, squats, mountain climbers, bicycles, iron mikes. it's really kicking *kitten* and great for boosting metabolism and losing weight.
    i really think most women that are not interested at heavy lifting can easily work at home with not worse results.
  • _DaniD_
    _DaniD_ Posts: 2,186 Member
    Home because I love dancing between sets and I can have an alcoholic beverage immediately after.
  • Prplhead
    Prplhead Posts: 82
    Both! :laugh:
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    Home. I have 2 sets of dumbbells, some DVDs, a good elliptical machine parked in front of the TV. Never been to a gym in my life.
  • atrebor18
    atrebor18 Posts: 235 Member
    Gym, I'm really good at talking myself out of working out at home but put me in a gym and I get stuff done!
  • chelovik
    chelovik Posts: 200 Member
    Fasted cardio is done via treadclimber in my den at home
    I weight train at a commercial gym

    Doing the cardio at home has the benefit of not having to wait for a piece of equipment.
  • ekztawas
    ekztawas Posts: 114 Member
    I've been working out consistently at home for over a year now by working out with Bodyrock (now DailyHiit) and Zuzana Light. I do miss the occasional jaunt on the elliptical, but it's nothing I can't get from running outside!
  • kregerems
    kregerems Posts: 100 Member
    Home, I get a great workout from P90x and Insanity. Plus I live in a neighborhood that if I choose I can run or bike without problems.
  • Hokiegal78
    Hokiegal78 Posts: 12
    Both! Although I love the gym because they have equipment I don't have plus the Spin and Kickboxing classes are my fav..and I can't get those at home. hehe However I like the ease of poppin in a dvd or using what I do have at home when I dont have time for the gym or can't leave home due to weather, etc.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Gym. The routine of waking up, suiting up, and driving puts me in the right frame of mind for my workout. Plus I like being around other people andteh sounds of clanking plates and grunting meatheads are like wind chimes to me. I also like access to a full range of equipment for flexibility with my lifting program.
  • tigerblood78
    tigerblood78 Posts: 416 Member
    Home....because for cardio I love being outside. Absolutely can't stand to run in place on a machine. I have a weight bench and punching bag in my basement.....works great for me!
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    Home! Saves time and it's convenient! I still do have a gym membership, maybe go once a month just to mix things up. I also go to a really nice yoga studio about once a month too. But most of my workouts are done in the comfort of my own home!
  • jessicapetert23
    jessicapetert23 Posts: 26 Member
    Gym!!! I am not motivated at home....as that is where my bed is, HA! At the gym, I have access to so many different weights and machines. I've also met some really amazing people at the gym who have the same goals in mind and interests and have became my really good friends!
  • MarineCodie
    MarineCodie Posts: 256 Member
    Gym.

    I'm so lazy at home.

    Plus, who doesn't like some eye candy to help motivate! ;)
  • HypersonicFitNess
    HypersonicFitNess Posts: 1,219 Member
    Home b/c I have everything I need here in "my" home gym and when we get down to it..I'd so much rather run outside then on a treadmill (even though I have that too)...AND there's never an excuse NOT to workout....it's ALWAYS open and I never have to go outside in the (fill in the blank for an excuse). I can crank my music, put on an OnDemand movie or watch a DVRd movie...or anything.
  • JenAndSome
    JenAndSome Posts: 1,893 Member
    I only work out at home right now. Maybe someday I will get a gym membership, but for now I do the best I can with what I have. Then again the most affordable gym around where I live is literally placed in a building occupied by a lot of college students, and I don't think I want to work out there. Maybe I'll convince the boyfriend to just get me a decent weight bench instead. Who knows, maybe then he would start doing something, too.
  • matt2442
    matt2442 Posts: 1,259 Member
    I used to like the gym but home is just easier to get it done in, which is why I bought a power rack.

    Though, the beach is the best place to workout (specifically running)
  • nayeliholmes
    nayeliholmes Posts: 12 Member
    I like both... I don't really like people watching me so I like working out and home but then I don't have ellipticals and the bike at my house so I like the gym for those..
  • amyx593
    amyx593 Posts: 211 Member
    I just cancelled my gym membership because I found that I was only using the elliptical and stationary bike there- and going only once or twice a week. I run outside, training for a half marathon, so currently don't have enough of a need for other cardio outlets.

    I do strength training and cardio videos at home as well.

    When I get brave enough, I'll rejoin the gym and start lifting heavier weights :)
  • tbrignoni23
    tbrignoni23 Posts: 9 Member
    I'm trying the at home method. I have had no problem with losing weight in the past while being at home. You have to have a desire to workout and stick to a schedule that you can actually follow. I have never used the gym as a constant source to lose weight. I find it easy and cheap to do things at home.Not to mention more privacy if you don't want others to look at you while exercising. Just started this path to loss weight again this week and hoping to drop a few pounds and keep it off.
  • mommylifter
    mommylifter Posts: 123
    The gym for sure. I tend to get bored/lose motivation while doing home workouts. Plus I stay at home with 2 kids who always manage to fight with one another right in the middle of sweating to Jillian Michaels. If I'm at the gym with the plethora of equipment options, I never get bored/distracted.
  • mlogantra76
    mlogantra76 Posts: 334 Member
    Gym but that is because my membership includes unlimited classes. I go to a YMCA. I take a lot of classes and love the variety too. I do Zumba, Spin, Muscleworks, Kettleworks, and Kickboxing regularly often up to 10 classes a week. Its a lot of fun and I have great instructors.
  • genofreek
    genofreek Posts: 75
    I'm lucky enough to live in a community with a small, exclusive gym. Rarely I might find other people when I go in, but pretty much everybody is older and more out of shape than I am, and except for the typical nod or whatever, we all just stick to our machines and focus.

    I need something like that, because I'm a very weird sort of lazy. Home workouts don't pan out when the option to be online instead is right there in my face. If I put on sweatpants and walk out the door, that's enough effort already that momentum will carry me to the gym, and once I'm there I'm not going to waste the trip by turning around at the door.
  • Shan790
    Shan790 Posts: 280 Member
    Both. Weights and yoga at the gym. But at home I do some stuff too. Right now it's working on doing a proper push up without embarrassing myself. No cardio at the gym. I prefer to go for a bike ride or hike with the family or dog.
  • hkb85
    hkb85 Posts: 37
    Gym
    the group work out sessions, motivates me more, work harder, find it fun
  • Pamella513
    Pamella513 Posts: 72
    Gym!! I joined a women's only gym in March and I love it. Love that my health insurance paid for 3/4 of it.....love that there are personal trainers there everyday for me to get insight and help from......love the elliptical and stationary bike and treadmill and circuit and weighted ball and the boxing gloves. Pretty soon we will be in a bigger facility and zumba and kickboxing classes are going to be added! AWESOME!!!!! The gym has me motivated. Working out at home, I was never this motivated.
  • GoddessAndraste
    GoddessAndraste Posts: 28
    Both!

    Work and my gym are in the same complex, so I just take my workout clothes with me and head to the gym after work. I try for gym days 2-3 times a week. Otherwise, it's workout DVDs at home every evening I don't go to the gym. Doing both helps alleviate boredom.

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