Home gym or commercial gym?

I have a few things around here I could use as a home gym, but I haven't put any real money into it. Furthermore, all of it is in the basement, and it's unfinished and unpleasant. We have a couple only occasionally used guest rooms, but neither have ceilings high enough to use as a gym. Disappointing.

Not far away, however, is a gym that is really very nice, and I need to start using it. It's free to senior citizens. I have no excuse, except that I won't let myself drive until I get surgery on my cataracts.

I need to do something!

Group fitness at a local studio. Very small but the people there are the greatest in the world!!

I did a lot of stuff at home before I found this place. I find that group fitness is not only effective, it pushes me beyond where I ever thought I would be!

Love it!

Private gym. Competition grade equipment, no mirrors, and awesome teammates. The only thing it's missing is being convenient to the rest of my life, but that doesn't stop me from showing up 5 days a week to train, and every other powerlifting gym is even less convenient for me. I don't think I could even behave in a commercial gym - it is nothing for me to take up a rack for 2+ hours, and it's simply not a deal at my gym.

Wish I had the space for a home gym. Maybe with the next house. Until then it is a commercial gym.

I use a commercial gym, I love to socialise there. I do have a few items at home, treadmill and weights for those days I don't really want to go out. I really don't have the room for a home gym.

I have home gym

It's not as much the cost of a gym for me as the time wasted by others at a gym and the commute time. Training at home is more efficient. I'm not into machines although I do have a dreadmill. I like outdoor training but when it's over 110 outside AC is a good thing.

I have a home gym -- in my garage -- with about 900 pounds of metal weights, Rogue Monster lite squat stands and several different barbells including a Rogue 2.0 Ohio bar and a homemade Hurricane bar. I love it. I can curl shirtless in the rack if I want.

The only drawback is that my garage is unattached and it is too cold to train in there with our Wisconsin winters so I keep my membership at the Anytime down the street. Occasionally, I go train at other gyms, mostly those that are powerlifting or sport focused. One of my favorite places is to train is at Milwaukee's first and original bodybuilding gym with the bodybuilders. Such a cool old school gym, not uncommon to see Zubuz and mullets.

This week I either hope to go visit the second oldest independent Milwaukee bodybuilding gym, or the one at Turner hall which started before Milwaukee even got it first YMCA and began as a way to fight against European fascism in the 30s.

I have a home gym and I also go to a commercial gym. They both get the job done. At home I have a squat rack and an oly platform. When I'm programming for strength, I usually use my home gym. It gives me the liberty of dialing in on my numbers and to also work on form and technique. For accessories or bodybuilding type training, I go to a commercial gym. Not only that, I also enjoy going to a commercial gym for the psychological aspects. My gym is alive around noonish. Everybody except their grandmother is there, which gets me motivated.

I go to a commercial gym - it's even a national chain/big box!

I would eventually like a home gym, but right now it's a matter of no room and having to worry about little kids in the way. The gym has all the equipment I need, and more, plus a kid's area where they can have fun and not get underfoot. Plus, there are other lifters there who I can ask to spot me when I'm on my heaviest lifts.

When the older kids have moved out and the youngest ones are older, I may start looking for gently used equipment. I would need, at minimum, a bench, and oly bar, a power rack, and an assortment of plates.

Home gym. Bought a used Power rack, Olympic bar, flat bench and 500lbs of plates. Add in an elliptical for some cardio and it has everything I need. Love not waiting for the rack at the gym to do squats.

Commercial. I have no room, also once I make it home I won't do anything else. It fits best for me to get it done work and it's nice to be in another place sometimes.