How your home gym looks like? (send a photo to encourage others)

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  • moonangel12
    moonangel12 Posts: 971 Member
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    ghudson92 wrote: »

    My favourite place

    I would never leave! Those windows! :heart: :heart: :heart:

  • MonaLisainCT
    MonaLisainCT Posts: 41 Member
    edited November 2019
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    Following, for ideas.
    I have the room, but I'm hoping to figure out what single piece of weight-training equipment would be good for me (age 54) and my disabled older client (65, with multiple issues but getting better) to use for at-home physical therapy.
  • fitom80
    fitom80 Posts: 154 Member
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    moonangel12 wrote: »
    ghudson92 wrote: »

    My favourite place

    I would never leave! Those windows! :heart: :heart: :heart:

    And the big mirror 👍
  • fitom80
    fitom80 Posts: 154 Member
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    MonaLisainCT wrote: »
    Following, for ideas.
    I have the room, but I'm hoping to figure out what single piece of weight-training equipment would be good for me (age 54) and my disabled older client (65, with multiple issues but getting better) to use for at-home physical therapy.

    I would say, that single mate.. yoga plus some very basic strength excercise(own weight, some light dumbells, resistance bands) .. would be great for the beginning and I'm sure educated physioterapeutist will suggest appropriate workout and equipment for your client (in this case I would really start by specialist) crossing fingers 👍
  • ghudson92
    ghudson92 Posts: 2,061 Member
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    moonangel12 wrote: »
    ghudson92 wrote: »

    My favourite place

    I would never leave! Those windows! :heart: :heart: :heart:

    I love it 😍
  • MonaLisainCT
    MonaLisainCT Posts: 41 Member
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    fitom80 wrote: »
    I would say, that single mate.. yoga plus some very basic strength exercise (own weight, some light dumbells, resistance bands) .. would be great for the beginning and I'm sure educated physioterapeutist will suggest appropriate workout and equipment for your client (in this case I would really start by specialist) crossing fingers 👍

    We've been doing much of that since Feb, as rec'd by his PT at our local Veteran's hospital. (I WISH he'd try yoga, he's as stiff as a board! but he "...won't do that hippy-dippy junk!" :D )

    He has a recumbent bike he rides daily (alternating days of 1/2 hr of own-weight and band work with a 1/2 hour ride, then the next day doing just one-hour rides). With this and dieting, he's lost 35 lbs and gained 1.5 inches in his thighs so far, cutting his insulin injections down by more than 60% WOOT! But he still has problems with balance, stemming as much, I think at least, from a lack of confidence as much as any lingering weakness.

    But he's come pretty far... Back in Feb, he couldn't get in or out of bed without assistance or walk to the bathroom from the living room by himself. There's still a long way to go before he'll be where a man his age should be, that's why I keep an eye out for anything that sparks a "Hey... that'd be good for him!" moment.
  • fitom80
    fitom80 Posts: 154 Member
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    MonaLisainCT wrote: »
    We've been doing much of that since Feb, as rec'd by his PT at our local Veteran's hospital. (I WISH he'd try yoga, he's as stiff as a board! but he "...won't do that hippy-dippy junk!" :D )

    He has a recumbent bike he rides daily (alternating days of 1/2 hr of own-weight and band work with a 1/2 hour ride, then the next day doing just one-hour rides). With this and dieting, he's lost 35 lbs and gained 1.5 inches in his thighs so far, cutting his insulin injections down by more than 60% WOOT! But he still has problems with balance, stemming as much, I think at least, from a lack of confidence as much as any lingering weakness.

    But he's come pretty far... Back in Feb, he couldn't get in or out of bed without assistance or walk to the bathroom from the living room by himself. There's still a long way to go before he'll be where a man his age should be, that's why I keep an eye out for anything that sparks a "Hey... that'd be good for him!" moment.

    No matter how 'stiff" he is he is a true hero... No you both are. Maybe later he will be more open to try something not so manful. 🙄 I am sure you are very patient. And thank you, such stories always remind me what is really important in life after a hard day full of problems.. Ok... Pseudo problems.. Ok challanges.... from deepest heart 🤗
  • fitom80
    fitom80 Posts: 154 Member
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    Will anybody add some additional inspiration/photo?
  • LazyBlondeChef
    LazyBlondeChef Posts: 2,809 Member
    edited May 2021
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    My space is small. Aside from what's in the photos I have a yoga mat and a thicker exercise mat plus a number of exercise DVDs. This space is limited and my weights are low (max 12.5lbs) because I'm a smaller person. However, I'm at the point where I need to buy more dumbbells at higher weights.

    We also have a Teeter contraption that my partner uses frequently as he has back problems. You can see part of that in the first photo.

    My workout routine is primarily 30+ minutes on the treadmill and alternating days with dumbbells and crunches on the exercise mat.

    You don't really need much to work our effectively. If you're a bigger person your dumbbells would be higher weights than what I have. But the rest of the equipment would be sufficient. I would love to have a bench but I have no space. This tiny bedroom also has a clothes drying rack, laundry bin and enormous shoe rack so there is no more space available.

    Pull up bar & balance ball & Teeter:
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    Dumbbells:
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    Treadmill:
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  • fitom80
    fitom80 Posts: 154 Member
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    LazyBlondeChef wrote: »
    Thanks for sharing. Nice setup. Fully agree only few sq meters is required for complete workout even for man. My gym setup is in first post in this thread.

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