Gym or Home?

jenninsocal
jenninsocal Posts: 419
edited September 19 in Fitness and Exercise
Do you prefer to workout at the gym, or at home?
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  • jenninsocal
    jenninsocal Posts: 419
    Do you prefer to workout at the gym, or at home?
  • 515TeachNRun
    515TeachNRun Posts: 6,493 Member
    Home! Roll out of bed, throw on my workout clothes, and get to it! Don't have to worry about weather, running late, etc.
  • kerribilliot7
    kerribilliot7 Posts: 8
    Definitely home! Absolutely no excuses. I have a step, weights, a ball, and tons of Cathe Friedrich dvds.
  • jenninsocal
    jenninsocal Posts: 419
    Home for me too! I find if I have to go to a gym, I will workout less
  • ChubbyBunny
    ChubbyBunny Posts: 3,523 Member
    home... I hate gyms
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member
    Home but in cold weather, I can't ride, and even with a stationary bike here at the house, I find that going to the gym is better. If I go to the gym, I'm more likely to stay and get a good work-out, whereas here at the house, it's too tempting to stop after just a few minutes. Plus, the gym has weights.
  • fortiter00
    fortiter00 Posts: 47 Member
    I've tried both, when the gym is enroute with good hours I went religiously. A little out of the way or a busy schedule and home did better. I went to look at starting kickboxing this evening though.
  • Marla64
    Marla64 Posts: 23,120 Member
    Home-- can't afford gym-- but, it works for I enjoy the ease of throwing on some exercise paraphernalia and hittin' the aerobic step, or jogging around the neighborhood--
  • DjBliss05
    DjBliss05 Posts: 682
    Gym. I find I can get a better workout in when I go out to do it. I like all the strength machines and the elliptical - which I would need a whole home gym if I wanted those at home. In a one bedroom apartment, it wouldn't work!

    Plus, I like the options. Pool one day, classes the next, and elliptical is my standard.
  • scheys76
    scheys76 Posts: 92 Member
    Home. When I sign up for the gym I might as well be flushing the money down the toilet, since I can never get myself to go... :laugh:
  • cherapple
    cherapple Posts: 670 Member
    Both.

    I don't want to buy an elliptical, and if I did, it wouldn't be as good as the ones at the gym. Also, they have two or three (or more) different kinds (depending upon which gym I go to), which gives me some variation.

    Free weights are easy to have at home.
  • roshong06
    roshong06 Posts: 196
    Home...I don't have much time and have to squeeze my work outs in my schedual...I bought a really nice pretty inexpensive foldable treadmil, and I love it...I get up 30 min earlier for work every morning and walk/jog while watching the morning news...then my shower is right there and off to work I go. Never late. And 3 nights a week there is an hour long show that I watch at 9...instead of sitting on the couch to watch it, I unfold my treadmil and walk while watching....Gyms are too time consuming for me. Plus, I will find an excuse not to go, I'm good for that.
  • denmother46
    denmother46 Posts: 272 Member
    I am also a both. I get up and run or bike around my neighborhood 4 or 5 times a week but also go to the gym 3 times a week. Never thought I would be consistent going to a gym but found one I love. Its a women only place and I find it very peaceful for some reason so I stay there much longer. The locker room and shower/spa areas are so pretty and quite I love to hang out after a hard workout!!
  • Mireille
    Mireille Posts: 5,134 Member
    Definitely the gym.
    After working out at home for the past 4 years (also work from home), it is really nice to get out and see other people. I see the same faces and I find it very motivating. We are all there for the same reason and I look forward to going every time. :flowerforyou:
  • kimber607
    kimber607 Posts: 7,128 Member
    Not a gym person....
    I wokj out at HOME
    I invested in a good treadmill and use yoga DVD's
  • time2wrk
    time2wrk Posts: 773 Member
    Gym. Mine is close and convenient and I work out harder at the classes. Plus, I know most of the people, which 1) makes it fun and 2) holds me accountable. If I don't show up for a couple of days I hear about it!
  • cherapple
    cherapple Posts: 670 Member
    Forgot to mention Cathe!

    She taught me everything I know about weights -- and step, too, of course. Step is my cardio when I can't run and I can't get to the gym to do elliptical. It's nice to have lots of variety, as much as possible, at home and at the gym. Variety helps prevent boredom, burnout, and plateauing.
  • peej76
    peej76 Posts: 1,250 Member
    I've actually never been to the gym, have always worked out from home. Once I start back at work I may try out their gym....I've just never had the money, or a gym close enough to do that on a daily basis.
  • Nonibug
    Nonibug Posts: 1,214 Member
    So far Ive been doing all my working out at home, from dvd's to walking the neighborhood. Recently I started checking out a gym thats right up the street...but not sure if Im going to join it or not?
  • PurdyMommy
    PurdyMommy Posts: 378 Member
    I loved the gym... but now I cant afford it. I loved being held accountabl by my other workout buddies. At home Im just not motivated... Does anyone have any thing that will help motivate me at home?
  • Livi_Loves_Pink
    Livi_Loves_Pink Posts: 754
    If I could afford a gym I think I would really like to go, but I'd probably want to workout at home a lot too.

    I'm a very shy person, and I'd probably be very self conscious at first, but I think being where other people could see me woud motivate me to keep going, cause I wouldn't want them to see me quit! :laugh:
  • allaboutme
    allaboutme Posts: 391 Member
    loved the gym when I went, I worked out harder and longer, now it is too far away, and I am too cheap to pay for what I can do on my own :wink:
  • Cerabell18
    Cerabell18 Posts: 124
    Home, outside, or the pool. I stopped going to the gym after college. I couldn't find one in my area I liked to go to. My husband and I have bikes, trainers so we can ride them inside if it's raining, and plenty of DVDs to keep us occupied. I live in Western Washington so no rain can keep me from a good run and it's always nice to step into the pool for an hours swim after freezing your butt off on the run over :smile:
  • StephCarlo
    StephCarlo Posts: 3 Member
    Home works best for me. When my 2yo goes down for a nap I have about 2hrs to myself, for exercise and a shower...someimes I can evenshave my legs!! WooHoo!
  • jadaigle
    jadaigle Posts: 161 Member
    Home. I have a treadmill in the basement so I'll use that or I'll run or bike from home. I have to drive to the pool, though. I try to fit that in on my way to or from work. I don't belong to a gym although having weights would be nice for strength training.
  • patsyrd
    patsyrd Posts: 1
    :happy: You can say that again. Growing up my mom would have me sit at the table until ALL THE FOOD WAS OFF THE PLATE AND IT LOOKED LIKE YOU JUST HAD TO PUT IT INTO THE CABINET. I'm not saying my mom didn't cook good, but she sure was a stickler for the food process. I just didn't like her mashed potatoes. Toooo Lumpyyyyy for me. Yes, I agree with you, Africa vs. American's. Have a great day.
  • neeterskeeter
    neeterskeeter Posts: 571 Member
    I like the gym because there are more options there and more room than at my house, and I feel like I *have* to use it if I'm paying for it. :wink:
  • Poison5119
    Poison5119 Posts: 1,460 Member
    I was doing both religiously on alternating days, until the cold weather set in and when I get home I only feel like changing into jammies and calling it a day.

    I walk right by the gym door when I leave my desk every night, so that's a shoo-in. I will use this to my advantage and do gym workouts exclusively if need be.
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    definitely the gym! It truly is a better choice for myself... I applied and received a scholarship for the fitness center I go to after doing some pt on my knee after a car accident.

    I deal alot with depression and am on disability due to that and anxiety....so without the gym, my social contacts can really be nil.... it took ALOT for me to push myself to go anywhere before I started at the gym.... well, quite frankly I was to scared to go anywhere other than to see my therapist.

    So for me.....the workouts have saved my life many times over in a zillion different ways....I now have awesome friends that I'm not afraid to go out and do things with like in the past....I have so much in common with my gym rat buds...and frankly would spend all my time at the gym if I could. :laugh: :drinker:

    I do Yoga at the gym but I also do it twice a day at home and have some excercise vids here at home I do as well........pushups, crunches things that way I do at home if I don't fit them in at the gym...

    So I say whatever works best for each of us....:flowerforyou:
  • hmo4
    hmo4 Posts: 1,673 Member
    both, but I do it at home.
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