Gym vs. Working out at home

Personally, I like the ritual of getting ready to go to the gym or my yoga studio. It's a separate place free of normal distractions (i.e. all the other things I could be doing at home) and it's a separate place for me to just be there for me. I have the option of usually going during non-peak hours though, so I don't find it much of a hassle to go, nor do I wait much because the gym I go to is so big. And my gym is 5 minutes from my house which makes a huge difference - in the past when I've had a 15+ minute commute to the gym, I didn't go nearly as regularly.

Do whatever works for you, if working out at home is more conducive, then do that. If going to the gym is better, then stick with it.

If I had around 6000 and change laying around I'd work out at home.

Haven't been to a globo-gym in 10+ years. Stopped going to the crossfit box a couple of years ago. Home gym works best for me. I figure I save about two hours a week by not having to drive somewhere to work out. Not to mention that I never wait for equipment. Or deal with... well you know the people.

If I had around 6000 and change laying around I'd work out at home.

You can get a good workout without that much money. Treadmills/elliptical can be had for $500 or so (probably less if you look somewhere like Craigslist). Weights, etc are not that expensive either. It adds up, but you can find a lot of it used, or substitute with things you already have around the house.

I'm just a beginner, but I have a borrowed treadmill, a set of small hand weights and my computer hooked up to the TV for you tube exercise videos. Its plenty of work out for me right now!

I can be expensive... but it doesn't HAVE to be!

In my case is better workout at home because of my job, I have no time to go to the gym besides I have spent so far 280 Dls in equipment.You don't have to buy new stuff I found everything in kijiji.

I threw out 6000 as a bit of a random number. If I were to make a home gym I'd set it up in my basement. I like when things match so I wouldn't want to buy any used equipment. I already have a treadmill and elliptical that collects dust so I wouldn't need another one of those.

Ideally, I'd like to outfit it like a crossfit box. I'd also want the option of working out with someone else so I wouldn't just want to own one set of everything. After all that, it'll probably cost more than 6000.

Now of all I wanted was a DVD and barbie weights then I could do it for under $20

Also of course I don't NEED all that equipment, I just want it.

My place of work has a gym (its a university). I use their gym but due to the lack of things to do, i have to switch things up and workout at home, or i work out outside. I get bored easily so I have to keep changing it up to stick with the routine of healthy living.

Personally, I like the ritual of getting ready to go to the gym or my yoga studio. It's a separate place free of normal distractions (i.e. all the other things I could be doing at home) and it's a separate place for me to just be there for me. I have the option of usually going during non-peak hours though, so I don't find it much of a hassle to go, nor do I wait much because the gym I go to is so big. And my gym is 5 minutes from my house which makes a huge difference - in the past when I've had a 15+ minute commute to the gym, I didn't go nearly as regularly.

Do whatever works for you, if working out at home is more conducive, then do that. If going to the gym is better, then stick with it.

I couldn't agree more. My gym time is my ME time and if I were to work out at home I would lose that. I would be surrounded by dogs, and cookie eating kids, and dishes that need to be done, laundry that needs to be folded, and every other excuse for me to not work out.

I look at the monthly fee as a motivator, if I'm paying for it my *kitten* had better be there. For me that's motivation.

Ideally, I'd like to outfit it like a crossfit box.

Look here to get started:

http://www.roguefitness.com/equipment-packages/crossfit.php

I spend about $1,000 to get started at home. Then I picked up the squat cage and bench together used for $400. The other stuff that you see in the photo of my gym above (additional metal weights, additional bars, flooring, mirrors, dumbbells, additional kettlebells, bands, ropes, balls, bike, foam rollers, bar storage, plyo box, dumbbell storage, etc.) was added over a couple of years. Already had the elliptical.

I've decided I'm going to be cancelling my gym membership as soon as my contract ends because having to go to a gym to get my workout on is just too much trouble. The fact that I can only make it in during peak hours when you're waiting to use most of the equipment doesn't help. Commuting to the gym makes the act of working out a lot more time consuming, and plus having to actually make the trip a lot of the time just doesn't seem worth the trouble when I have some home equipment, some videos, and can get my workout done in just the commute time to and from the gym alone.

Am I the only one who feels this way?

I wish I had the motivation to workout at home. I like having the structure of going to my gym classes each night before work. It gets me exercising every day, socializing with friends, and being up during the day. Otherwise, I'd be sleeping the entire day away and then going to work at night.

Hi,

I went to the gym for 13 years for 4 to 5 days a week but when I moved further away from it I decided to try working out at home. I changed a spare room into a workout room and now have a pull up bar, a bench, a good range of dumbells and a mat. I have a tv mounted on the wall and dvd player. I got the P90x dvds and have been doing those and also 3 of Jillian Michaels DVDs to stop getting bored and to mix things up a bit. I can honestly say I get just as good a workout with those as when I went to the gym, in fact I'm getting better results. I did recently treat myself to a treadmill - but I'd always wanted one and waited quite a while to get one. With all of those things I'm extremely happy with working out at home - I workout in the mornings so sometimes put my sports bra on and work out in my pj bottoms!

Another plus side is that I'm not waiting around to use equipment and I save alot of time not having to travel to and from the gym.

Good luck

I let go of my membership when hubby surprised me with an elliptical, that was mainly what I was going to the gym. I also use videos and rotate all my workouts. I love that I can just get up, get ready for my w/o and start it anytime, without having to leave the house. I enjoy working out so staying motivated is not a problem for me.

I think if going to a gym is a social thing then its worth it.

I got a home set-up and workout with a mate .. while we can get a bit layzy we have certainly stuck at it for a long time and I think having your own gear and space and as you said not having to deal with other people has been a major factor in this

Home gym is now so important to me I would lose a lot of other things before I would give up a gym, maybee even my precious garage. and if I move somewhere where I can have cables and treadmill will swing it

I actually love working out at home and have lost almost all the weight I wanted to lose here at home. I have done 10+ workout programs over the years and have plenty of videos, I have a very small gym in my home office for when I want to do my own crazy workouts and hand weights 3, 5, 10, 15 lbs. I also swim in the community pool and go for walks and runs with my kids. I am in the best shape I have ever been in.


I recently got a YMCA membership and I like working out with other people, but the drive kills me. But since my kids are taking programs there I can work out while they get Karate/Dance lessons and it does save time.