What Do You Have in Your Home Gym?
I love working out at home. It’s so much easier to keep up with fitness when it’s in the comfort of my own living room, in front of MY TV, with good sound, temperature control and all the comforts of home. I don’t have to worry about what I am wearing (I can work out in my pajamas if i want to), I am not bothered by other people and their sweat/germs, I don’t have to wait for equipment, I don’t have to drive anywhere, and it’s far cheaper to own something than rent something, which is in essence what you are doing at a gym.
My home gym set up: In the livingroom, we have a treadmill and skiing type machine, yoga/stetch mats (also yoga block and strap), two twist boards, pullup/crunches bar, a weighted medicine ball, hand weights, a fitness ball, ab roller, a jump rope, a stretch rope for resistance training, boxing gloves and various workout DVDs (yoga, trance dance, tai chi, chi gong, Tae bo). While we watch TV each night we climb on our machines and work out. I’d love to add a punching bag and a Wii Fit system.
These are all things we’ve added to the mix over time. We use them all. I love having these options at home, in front of my own TV/DVD player (if I am watching something, I can’t get bored). We hardly even just sit there on the couch like vegetables. Even just stretching is making good use of our TV time.
I also have my walking, running and hiking shoes by the door. I count that as home gym stuff too. 
If someone was just starting out, and didn’t have much room, I’d suggest getting a twist board (under ten dollars at Amazon.com), a yoga mat, a weighted ball (4 or 6 pounds is plenty), very light hand weights (1 or 3 pounds), and some DVDs with movement training that interests you (martial arts? kickboxing? yoga? Jane Fonda doing aerobics?). I’d suggest getting a used treadmill from Craigslist for $100, or a cycle machine (used these can be like $20).
Or go the Wii route and not worry about getting anything else. Between all the fitness choices they’ve added, you get your whole virtual gym covered.
Do you have any home fitness equipment? Do you use it? what would you have in your perfect home gym?
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Having plenty of exercise really helps to make life longer, so these post really helps to promote that even at home you can have you’re own personal gym
LOL, without a doubt running shoes count as home gym equipment. Personally I prefer a gym membership, but when I lost my job for several months last year they helped me stay fit (and sane) on a lower budget.
Gene, it’s funny, isn’t it, how people go off and spend a ton on gyms when all we really need are a good pair of shoes for running or just walking.
And all these things I have in my home gym are even really unnecessary - i could use watter bottles for weights, and various items like chairs for dips, etc. Pushups only require clear floor space. And so on.
Not that I don’t like a nice gym or my stuff, but we really don’t NEED those things to stay fit!