Creating a Home Gym

1/20/2014

I don’t belong to a gym because I complete my workouts outside and at home. I take group exercise classes like spinning and yoga sporadically and with friends, but most of my weekly workouts are done in the basement of my parent’s home. This home gym began with my dad’s life cycle, and throughout the years, my mother and I have been collecting equipment to work out with including weights, resistance bands, a stability ball, a medicine ball, a bosu ball, and more. It is fun having a gym at home, because I don’t have to wait for available equipment and I have everything I need. My workouts consist of either body weight exercises or equipment weight.

Creating a Home Gym

Find a space in your home. Make sure you have enough room to be able to do the workouts you wish. It does not have to be a gigantic room; it can be a corner in the living room, a place in front of your TV, bedroom, the garage, your basement, and even a hallway in your home.
Collect affordable equipment – you don’t have to have a lot of equipment, just enough to be able to do the workouts you like.

- Weights and resistance bands can be found in stores like 5
below, Marshalls, Target, TJMaxx, etc. for decent prices