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    if you have home gym equipment, where is it?

    Posts: 387 Member
    edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    Hi,
    I'm on a mission to help my family get fit too. DH and two boys would love gym equipment (rowing machine, static bike and weights) but I don't know where to put them. DSs say they'd ride stationary bike while watching TV but that would make our living room look a bit... weird?

    There's space in the kitchen for one machine, but again, would that look weird? I know if it went in the garage they'd never go in there.

    Any ideas?

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    • Posts: 163
      edited February 2015
      Aesthetics shouldn't be your concern, health should be instead. I for instance have a pedal exerciser, at the table; that I eat at. I am actually going to donate some of my furniture because exercise equipment is more important to me & I don't have the room for both. Plus it isn't like, some of it; can't just be used to sit on/like a chair also. Therefore my exercise equipment, is furniture as well. I believe that exercising while watching television, gives you something else to do; besides eat & drink.
    • Posts: 387 Member
      Thank you both. I like your attitudes! :smile:
    • Posts: 163
      edited February 2015
      cherys wrote: »
      Thank you both. I like your attitudes! :smile:

      Your welcome & thank you also!
    • Posts: 6,993 Member
      All over my apartment. Why would you hide it. ;)
    • Posts: 18 Member
      My exercise bike is in my room. I ride it while I watch TV/Netflix on my computer. :)
    • Posts: 12 Member
      Go for the garage....
      That's where my kit is.
      get a TV in there and away you go.
    • Posts: 35,719 Member
      cherys wrote: »
      Hi,
      I'm on a mission to help my family get fit too. DH and two boys would love gym equipment (rowing machine, static bike and weights) but I don't know where to put them. DSs say they'd ride stationary bike while watching TV but that would make our living room look a bit... weird?

      There's space in the kitchen for one machine, but again, would that look weird? I know if it went in the garage they'd never go in there.

      Any ideas?

      One of the bedroom in my house is a 'gym'.
    • Posts: 214 Member
      If you put a TV and game system in the garage they would be in there. Get some of the PS or Wii fitness games and cruise craigslist and the paper for cheap TV's, or look for one at a shop.
    • Posts: 14,261 Member
      Ours is in the basement.
    • Posts: 64 Member
      If they don't have the motivation to use the equipment themselves it doesn't matter where it is, it won't get used.
    • Posts: 15 Member
      Mine is in a large spare bedroom.
    • Posts: 10 Member
      I would put it into the living room infront of the tv first. Maybe they get motivated when they start seeing results and have fun with exercising. After a while when they geht used to it, put the stuff into the Garage and they will go there :wink:
    • Posts: 3,556 Member
      I have a bike & treadmill in a spare bedroom so I can amuse myself with netflix while doing boring cardio, weights are in the garage that doesn't require a distraction
    • Posts: 489 Member
      I have an elliptical trainer, stationary bike and weight bench behind the sofa so I can watch TV! :)
    • Posts: 387 Member
      OK, you've all given me some brilliant ideas. Thank you. Think I'll start with a bike or rower in with the TV as I know they'll use it there. then look for a second TV to turn the garage into a gym. Really helpful. Thank you.
    • Posts: 204 Member
      I am very lucky that my DH and I built a dance/yoga/fitness studio in our basement several years ago. It's one of the best investments we ever made!
    • Posts: 286 Member
      My road bike/trainer, yoga mats, weights, balls are in a empty room upstairs I converted into a ''gym''. My treadmill is in the basement.
    • Posts: 4,140 Member
      edited February 2015
      The den at our condo has most of my weight equipment. At the house we’re renting it is in the sunroom (kettle bells, club bells, stationary bike, and my mobility kit).

    • Posts: 717 Member
      Currently, all my weights (cage, barbell, etc.) are in my garage. This works for now, but we're going to be moving it all upstairs to our game room once we have the money to put down proper gym flooring. So excited for that!!
    • Posts: 275 Member
      cherys wrote: »
      Hi,
      I'm on a mission to help my family get fit too. DH and two boys would love gym equipment (rowing machine, static bike and weights) but I don't know where to put them. DSs say they'd ride stationary bike while watching TV but that would make our living room look a bit... weird?

      There's space in the kitchen for one machine, but again, would that look weird? I know if it went in the garage they'd never go in there.

      Any ideas?

      We thought about putting ours outside in the detached garage but we had some stuff stolen out of there not that long ago.

      We have ours where our dining room should be (we have an eat in kitchen and that room was originally our home office). It's right smack in the center of the house. I think it's rather appropriate since we're making fitness a top priority.

      Absolutely no equipment in my living room grrrr!
    • Posts: 2,353 Member
      my basement never gets too hot in the summer or too cold in winter
    • Posts: 37 Member
      I have a 40x50 shop where I keep my stuff.
    • Posts: 210 Member
      Garage! Power rack, bench and weights.
    • Posts: 687 Member
      My treadmill sits behind my couch.
    • Posts: 3,836 Member
      I use the cardio equipment at the gym. On my coffee table is a set of 10 and 15 pound barbells, a set of resistance bands and behind the sofa is a hula hoop. When I watch tv, I pick up something and work at it during the commercials.
    • Posts: 113 Member
      One of my kids recently left for college, we are using her room while she is away, have no idea where it will go when she is home lol
    • Posts: 82 Member
      I have all of my workout equipment in the family room (treadmill, barbells, dumbbells and rack). I used to worry about how it would look but now I could give a hoot! Lol. My friends and family know that when they come over, we are all about working out and being healthy. I usually move them to the side of the room when not using them. My guests don't have a problem with it and I wouldn't care if they did. It's my house. :)

      If we are hosting a formal event, I'd move it temporarily but for the most part, it stays. Also have squat racks in the garage. Good luck on getting yours setup! That's awesome they all want to do it!
    • Posts: 387 Member
      I love how enthusiastic you all are about it. I think it's going to have to go in with the TV for now. This can work...
    • Posts: 2,973 Member
      My weights are in a spare downstairs bedroom.
      Im considering a treadm which would have to go upstairs or a trainer for my bike so I can use it wherever in my apartment
    • Posts: 5,966 Member
      I guess I have an unpopular opinion! I wouldn't put exercise equipment in the living room or kitchen. That would look stupid. Sorry but no. If I buy equipment it's either going in the spare bedroom or the basement. But I am fortunate to have that extra space in my house. Garage is another option but my boyfriend takes up pretty much the whole 2 car garage with his tools and material. (Construction)
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