Do you prefer to workout at home or the gym?

I guess this would techniquely count as home, but I prefer the great outdoors. I MUCH prefer to walk/run outside in fresh air and on the pavement. It just gets me in such a great mood and I feel so good afterwards : ) For the other stuff (strength training) I don't really have a preference..except the gym has more to offer as far as equipment goes.

I do both... but I prefer to go to the gym just because it gets me out of the house and away from any distractions.... including food! lol

I much prefer home workouts. But i simply dont have the room i need for the equipment i need.
Plus when lifting i can drop it and have no concerns...

Once i move, i'm going to buy a squat cage(providing squat/pullups/bench/dips capabilities) and an olympic weight set, rowing machine, some new med balls and some more Kettle bells...then i'll never need another membership.

The only other machine's i really use are the rower and the bike. Treadmill is useless for me, i just run outside : )

TBH, i sometimes find the gym to be so demotivating, lol. I reckon half the people who "lift" there are lazy...they spend more time talking about **** than they do lifting heavy stuff...and i find it so frustrating when i see people using bad form...!
SOO much nicer when there's no-one around and no distractions.

Oh I forgot to mention one other thing...
ickiness factor. I've read so many articles about Staph infections. Yeah I know that it's a bit paranoid of me and you can get it anywhere, but there is that increased chance. Anyway, whenever I start working out more efficiently and I need to ramp up my fitness routine to get increased results I will use a gym and get a personal trainer.

I like the gym for several reasons.

1. at home I am more apt to stop and not push myself

2. even tho there are the people we "love to hate" because of how magnificent they look, it's inspiration

3. you can see people there who are where you "started" from and it's a good pat on the back and keeps you focused and perhaps a stronger workout.

Those are just a few, good luck

I go to the gym. It has more variety and its a mile walk from home so the walk is good exercise too.

Gym!!!

I love my gym. It's so much more motivating. You're in an environment where people train, so you train. No stopping after 10 minutes to make yourself a cup of tea or answer the phone etc.

I can't even get my head around the idea of hopping around in front of my TV doint 'zumba' or whatever. Classes are great, but I would never do this on my own at home.

After a running injury my physio gave me some remedial exercises to do and I don't even do those at home, but when I take my resistance band to the club with me I do them!!

I love the atmosphere in my gym. I know a lot of people there and basically for me it's just a lot more fun.

However if you're not a lover of gyms then it's just not for you.

Yesterday there were two young girls in the gym I hadn't seen before. I have NEVER seen such utterly bored faces before. One sat next to me while I was in the middle of a 5k rowing session. She did just over 3 minutes very slowly on no resistance and then sat there looking at herself, arranging her hair, and then she walked off and did the samething on a couple of other machines, with her friend who looked just as bored. Never more than a couple of minutes, never with any effort put in. I kind of thought "if you think it's that dull, why bother".

I'd have to agree that the gym is the way to go for me. I can't seem to motivate myself to do something at home whereas at the gym i feel like i am already there so i may as well work out for an hour and then go home and relax afterwards knowing all the hard work is done. Spin classes = AMAZING

Home!!! And just going outside!
I belonged to a gym and wasted a lot of money! I rarely went. I even had a personal trainer for about a year and it was all a waste of money, in my opinion.....
I am working out at home, and have not missed a work out and have not talked myself out of a work out either, which I thought I would never do.
The key for me is putting on my work out clothes and "Just Do It"! I have made it a non- negotiable, if I don't workout then I have to go for at least a 40 minute walk... and living in Canada in the middle of winter I would rather drag myself through a work out than walk in the freezing cold.
Good luck, just make sure it is something you will do.

I prefer to workout at home. I feel like when I go to the gym...everyone stares at everyone else...it is really awkward. Like others have said already, I prefer to sweat and grunt and groan in the privacy of my own home and where I don't have to feel like everyone is staring at how bad my love handles are...lol.

I need the gym. I have videos, a treadmill and many other exercise products at home, but I need to physically remove myself from the various distractions that are home. I also have a toddler, so when we go to the gym (YMCA) he has play time and I do not have to worry. I also really enjoy classes at the gym. Even if I am staring at the clock, it is often had for me to leave them early, so I end up getting a pretty decent workout.