Gym or Home?

70-90% of your weight loss is in the kitchen. The gym vs home debate if your personal preference.

I've lost 113 lbs and all of it at home, I can't afford a gym membership

I started out at home, but moved to gym membership when my fitness level outgrew my pool.( I swim 2k a day) And now I've discovered all sorts of other exercise I love doing, and would never have known about if i did'nt go to gym. Like pump class, weights etc. I think you have to go with what works for you. and as for weightloss, as @Dexy said, that happens in the kitchen..:bigsmile:

Don't like gyms, places to go where you can get judged and pay for the privilege. Never worked out in one and never will (slightly militant on this point ).

Sure there are some very good ones out there and maybe just the gyms I have thought about signing up for in the past, but I am much more motivated working on my own program of exercises. Although it's been a New Year thing, I have not dropped too many days whereas I know if I had had a gym membership, I would now be paying, but not going.

I cannot get myself to really work-out at home, I don't stick to it. For me, definitely gym - as long as I got there, I will not waste time and get to work. Plus, there are a lot of options available from cardio to strength training, from machines to weights and all sorts of classes. If you have a nice gym available close to home, that's definitely the way to go!

I am a home person. I love gym classes but don't like having to wait all day to go to a 6pm class. I use DVDs, run and cycle outside and it's perfect as I decide my own schedule. :happy:

you can get the same results at home as you can get in a gym with little to no equipment... its just whether you have the motivation and determination to do it... choosing which one comes down to personal preference. I do everything at home and love it.

I have a complete gym in my home and usually workout there twice a week, I am more motivated when I go the the gym however, I think you can feed off the energy of the place, thats why its important when you pick a gym you pick one where people work hard, not where people are on the stairmaster reading the paper

for me - needs to be gym, or at least away from home. I think it is just a matter of personal preference. My advice would probably be try some stuff at home, or walking/running in the park etc. and if it doesn't work, then look around for a cheap gym membership.

I don't know what it is, the convinience, the atmosphere, the fact that I feel I need to make the most of my money, but after I joined a gym I became a lot more active and spent a lot more time excersising. Of course food type and portion control is maybe around 60% of the deal, but I think being fit is extremely important as well.

Other stuff that keeps me motivated is joining up with friends to excersise, doing sports, etc. Always making sure there is a good supply of upbeat music to excersise to etc.

Good luck! Once your body gets used to frequent excersise you will crave it and you'll love it!

I started with the gym now that I've become bored I am turning to home workouts

I LOVE the gym. I know if I go to the gym i'm there to burn cals and that's it. I do not have a anyone to distract me or anything for that matter. I have tried working out at home, I even bought a treadmill, but I get bored really quickly and I always manage find something else 'to do' when am at home. My gym membership is $30/month, has a pool, hot tub, squash courts, basketball court, spinning classes, daycare, and is always super clean!

First, and far more importantly, I agree with others that the biggest issue is what you eat.

When it comes to exercise, it does boil down to personal preference (I like to say when asked what the best exercise is, that the answer is "whatever you like enough to do regularly!"). Some like the variety of equipment at gyms, some like participating in group classes for either the social or structural aspect, etc. Some like to exercise at home due to the increased flexibility in scheduling, lower cost, what have you.

I have access to a *wonderful* gym "free" (it is part of my HOA fee), but I only use it for the pool -- and that rarely (unfortunately). I just prefer to workout at home at my convenience. Also, my biggest exercise (in terms of time commitment) is cycling.

80% of your weight loss comes from your diet. 20% comes from exercise. That being said, I subtract 500 cal/day from my BMR and try to meticulously count my calories. That accounts for one pound of weight loss a week. I also try to exercise away 500 cal/day for an additional pound. I increase my protein calories over carbs for muscle maintenance to compensate.

I enjoy my workouts. My goal is to not only enter the last 30 years of my life lean but also "mean" so to speak. I do not want to be some 90 year old thin emaciated guy pushing a walker around but someone who picks up the walker and throws it across the parking lot.

I do not use a gym however. I have a TotalGym and an elliptical machine in my man cave. I had a gym membership for 6 months at one time and went for one visit. It never worked for me but I hit the man cave every day.

Im way too broke to afford paying to work out. So i guess home wins.

Home....I run, started with C25K app and am now onto the B210K app. I also have 3 of Jillian Michael's DVDs. Yoga Meltdown, 30Day Shred and 6 week 6 pack abs.