Do you Work out at home?

I do.
Outside I can do tire training, biking, running, and all other kinds of cool stuff. Inside, I can wack the weight bag, lift weight, stationary bike, elliptical, and do the crazy videos like P90. The only downside is that my squat rack is currently two trees. I haven't gotten around to building one yet. It's on the list...

I occasionally visit a gym, but they aren't for me. Most are way too quite and packed full of prudes. I have gotten a decent workout at Sears, it was a dare.

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I work out at home now. I used to work out at the gym but would find every excuse imaginable not to go... I find that I actually enjoy working out at home more. I did invest in a few workout dvds: i started with Walk Away the Pounds, then Turbo Jam, and I'm doing Chalean Extreme now to weight train and still also use Turbo Jam for my cardio. I feel like I'm actually getting more results working out at home then I used to at the gym.

I workout at home. I can't afford a gym membership or extra gym equipment. I do what I can with what I have. I jog in place do yoga ball exercises. 10lb dumbells. plus I have a bicycle now just have to get used to it again...

I mostly walk and jog as my main exercise! I also do yoga, have some weights,jump-rope and dance at home for something fun! I love dancing and it's great for cardio too

When we were in Germany, I worked out at the gym. However, after moving to Arizona, I work out at home. My home gym includes: JM 30DS, P90x, Insanity, Leslie Sansone: Walk Away the Pounds, and Hip/Hop Abs. I have weights (5 to 15 lbs), bands, pull up bar, pushup bars. I also walk 4ish miles a day, started doing it with 5lb weights.

If I had to go to a gym, I'd never do it. At home I use my treadmill for c25k and do the 30 Day Shred. Out in the garage, my hubby has a couple benches, free weights, dumbbells ranging from 2-60lbs, a pull up station thing (not that I can do pull ups, but if I ever get the urge to try, it's there), a ball and weighted balls. We also have the wii fit and kinect.

I do Jillian Michael's 30 day shred, stationary bike and walking the dog at home in the morning. Then at night afterwork I hit the gym (usally 3-4 nights a week). It was hard getting started at home, but now that I have developed a schedule, on the days I miss it due to an early appointment or life getting in the way I feel out of sorts!

Add me to the chorus of "if I didn't work out at home, I wouldn't do it". I've never had a gym membership for a variety of reasons, the chief being that my spare time is finite and there are other things that I'd rather do with it than schlepping back and forth to a gym. At home, I'm done with my workout in 30-60 minutes and that's the extent of my time commitment. My body doesn't know the difference anyhow..

My apartment complex has a gym that's open 24 hours and is all of a 90 second walk from my front door. I've used it occasionally, but it gets old real fast. If I had to actually go somewhere totally away from home to workout, it wouldn't be happening. I'm not anti gym by any means, but it's not for me. My bestie is the exact opposite and needs the gym for motivation.

I do. I have a treadmill and 5, 8, 10, 12 lb dumbbells, and various dvds. My next investment will probably be adjustable dumbbells

Yes I do workout at home. I used to go the gym twice a week for a total toning class, it was great but it stopped over the summer months and I never continued. Then I tried Turbofire and I workout 6 days a week at home and the results are 100x better. I love it. If my local gym had a Turbo Kick class once a week I would go for the social interaction. I love working out at home.

I workout at home. Tends to fit my schedule better for now. Treadmill, free weights, bench, etc.. Picking up a full rack tonight or tomorrow. Can't wait for that!

Really isn't much you can't do at home with simple weights. Here's a good example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MDWh5HscxE

With free weights you have just so many options as you can easily change things up. With machines you get defined in a set pattern and can easily grow beyond them. The goal is to continually always challenge your body and with free weights you just have more flexibility and you use more stabilizer muscles. Don't get me wrong, machines have their place and are very beneficial but more beneficial when incorporated with free weight exercises.

The one downside with free weights is safety. Many of us working out at home do not have spotters. This can limit what you lift and can impede your growth. I always push it and try to do is as safely as possible however there is always that looming chance if not paying attention it could mean trouble. With machines you do not have to worry about it and why can be ideal for home use.

One of my exercises is the Dumbbell Pullover. This is where you lie on the bench and lift a dumbbell above your head and reach back as far as you can and then return it to the starting position. This is one of a couple of different exercises where I wish I had a spotter. For instance last night my warm-up was 104 lbs x 12, my intermediate work-out was 114 lbs x 12 and my working set was 124 lbs x 9 (to almost failure). These type of weights could easily crush my head or rip tendons and why cannot go to failure.

The one downside with free weights is safety. Many of us working out at home do not have spotters.

That's why I'm getting the rack. I can't push myself without the fear of being crushed.

You really have three safe choices for barbell exercises at home; Full cage/rack, half cage/rack or a squat rack, all of which (referring to the styles not brands) have the option of spotter arms. These will range from about $200 to $1000 for non-commercial use products. In many cases these type of spotter arms are actually safer than using a partner as your spotter. A person can stare off into space or have slow reflexes; the bars will stay exactly where you put them.

Also lifting over your head (standing) is completely safe without a spotter because you are not “stuck” under the bar; if you lose it just move. For seated overhead work, if you have the right kind of rack, just set your spotter arms higher.

The only time a partner/spotter comes in handy, at least for me is to help complete the last couple of reps on some exercises when you are using max effort.

Oh, I also have Xbox Kinect. I have Kinect Adventures and Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout. I plan on getting a dance game, just not sure which one. Tried the Zumba demo and that didn't work out, so I might go with Dance Central.