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post #1 of 49
9/23/07 at 2:49pm
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anybody here not have the money or time for a gym membership so you exercise at home?
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post #2 of 49
9/23/07 at 2:56pm
One budget option is public facilities. In NYC, the Dept of Parks and Recreation has many gyms and pools around the city, most open year round. Annual membership is $75. I love it.
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post #3 of 49
9/23/07 at 3:08pm
I have one pair of dumbbell handles with a collection of 2.5lb, 5lb and 10lb plates. I also have an exercise ball and a doorway pullup bar. Works for me... the dumbbell handles can go up to 65lb each for dumbbell chest presses (done on the exercise ball instead of a bench), bent over rows, etc. Haven't been to a gym in a few years.
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post #4 of 49
9/23/07 at 5:04pm
Yep.

I have a bent bench bar and a dumbbell set with plate weights up as high as I need. Various free weights combined with normal exercises (crunches, pushups, etc) get me where I need to be.
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post #5 of 49
9/23/07 at 5:04pm
I wouldn't recommend exercising at home... even going somewhere else just to exercise is better. I'm a personal trainer and I workout 5x/week, and I just couldn't workout at home. I mean, I can do pushups and abs randomly, but no way I could do a whole workout even if I had the equiptment. Just not the right place for me. If you think you're different, try getting a dynaband, and maybe a set of adjustable dumbells (a little spendy but $300 is worth it if you don't join a gym). Of course, you have to know how to work out to make sure of that.
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post #6 of 49
9/23/07 at 5:08pm
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I wouldn't recommend exercising at home... even going somewhere else just to exercise is better. I'm a personal trainer and I workout 5x/week, and I just couldn't workout at home. I mean, I can do pushups and abs randomly, but no way I could do

What makes you say that? Attitude? Along the same lines of why you don't do homework while on your bed?
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post #7 of 49
9/23/07 at 5:18pm
Yeah, exactly why I'm about to go do paperwork/study at a coffee shop instead of in my apartment. Not the same for everybody, but it's huge for me.
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post #8 of 49
9/23/07 at 5:22pm
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Originally Posted by Eason View Post
I wouldn't recommend exercising at home... even going somewhere else just to exercise is better. I'm a personal trainer and I workout 5x/week, and I just couldn't workout at home. I mean, I can do pushups and abs randomly, but no way I could do a whole workout even if I had the equiptment. Just not the right place for me. If you think you're different, try getting a dynaband, and maybe a set of adjustable dumbells (a little spendy but $300 is worth it if you don't join a gym). Of course, you have to know how to work out to make sure of that.
Hearing a personal trainer recommend not excerising at home is like hearing my bartender recommend that I don't drink at home.
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post #9 of 49
9/23/07 at 5:32pm
the only thing i miss about my 1 month trial gym membership is access to a good sized pool. otherwise, my exercise consists of walking outdoors ~20 miles a week (ok, probably not possible in the wintertime for many) and Pilates matwork at home.

-Jeff
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post #10 of 49
9/23/07 at 5:36pm
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Hearing a personal trainer recommend not excerising at home is like hearing my bartender recommend that I don't drink at home.

Haha, you don't have to go to a gym and you don't need somebody to help you workout if you don't need it. If you can mix your own drinks, be my guest. But I can't be in the right headspace at home.
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post #11 of 49
9/23/07 at 6:00pm
My cheap excersizing is Free Weights, Running, and lifting body weight. Costed me $40 for the free weights off craigslist total.
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post #12 of 49
9/23/07 at 6:01pm
I agree with Eason. I find it wayyyy easier to work out at a gym rather than at home. (And I'm not a personal trainer)
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post #13 of 49
9/23/07 at 6:13pm
Luckily, there is an exercise room in my apartment, which I use only for aerobics (running on a treadmill, occasionally the stairmaster or bike).

My weight routine is accomplished in the comfort of my own apartment, and includes:

- Pull-ups and chin-ups, using a bar that fits over the bathroom door frame
- Pushups (regular, and "Fury," or "Hindu," pushups)
- Squats (no weights, just lower self to ground)
- Occasionlly, ab crunches and situps

I've gotten compliments on my upper body since starting to do the pushups and chin-ups/pull-ups religiously. I never spend more than a few minutes per day doing bodyweight exercises but it pays off and the convenience of being able to do this at home is one reason why I am able to stick with it. I feel this is much more efficient and effective than going to a gym.
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post #14 of 49
9/23/07 at 6:16pm
I can see the point of view that having a separate place to work out makes it psychologically easier for some people. If I worked out for more than a few minutes at a time, this would be true, since I tend to get distracted by things like TV. But I like to work in chunks of effort here and there, so doing exercises at home makes sense for me.
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post #15 of 49
9/23/07 at 6:17pm
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My cheap excersizing is Free Weights, Running, and lifting body weight.

Costed me $40 for the free weights off craigslist total.

oh, and I do Thrusters for that style of lifting that is 20 seconds full speed, 10 seconds rest... repeat 8 times. That destroys me.
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