Gyms are so easy to find these days that they’re pretty much in every corner of town. There is the one at the malls where you pay a few hundred for membership and the community one where usage is much cheaper.
And then, there are gyms too at the condo you live in and some companies even have the resources and premises large enough to set up a gym for their employees. Many prefer to head to the gym instead of working out at home on home fitness equipment for a variety of reasons. Maybe they enjoy going to the mall, maybe they are hoping to meet Mr or Miss Right running on the threadmill as well. But, there are good reasons to why you should switch to exercising at home and investing in several home fitness equipment. Let’s take a look at 7 of the best reasons why you should head to the fitness store to purchase some home fitness equipment!
1. Privacy and personal space
You can work out to your heart’s content in the comfort of your own home. You don’t have to worry about people checking you out, there is no one to judge you and you can wear the most worn-out clothes you have. Even better is that you won’t feel pressured when you’re using certain fitness equipment as there won’t be anyone waiting to use them, unlike being at the gym where you would have to share the fitness equipment with other members. Some gyms impose time limits on the use of some equipment too, so now you can spend as long as you want working out, as long as your body permits you to do so.
2. You save time
Why get stuck for hours in traffic on your way to the gym? And then, most gyms are located in popular malls, so you’d spend another 15 minutes circling the parking lot looking for a space before making your way up and through the huge mall to get to the gym. You’re wasting precious time just making the trip to the gym and home again. Multiply that hassle by the number of times you visit the gym in a week – definitely a lot of time spent commuting, unless there is a gym right beside your office or you work at the mall itself. Plus, you’ll get irritated too once you’re stuck in traffic, resulting in a bad mood that could jeopardise your workout routine at the gym. So why not head home to work out on your fitness equipment, saving yourself time and emotional distress.
3.You save on membership fees and more
If you do some simple calculations on the amount that you spend yearly on gym membership fees, you’ll find the amount equivalent to the cost of a home fitness equipment. Forking out a thousand or two on an exercise machine might seem like a huge amount compared to the hundred or two spent monthly on fees but in the long-term, you’d benefit. At least you’d get to keep the machines too at the end of the day.
Heading to the neighbourhood gym incurs extra expenses too in the form on travelling costs and parking fees. It is even worse if the gym is at the mall – there is a very high tendency that you’d be spending more than you intend to!
4. Exercising at home is more fun
How can you resist working out if there’s a treadmill or an exercise bike staring at you in your living room? You can get on the treadmill or bike while watching your favourite TV show or film, unlike at the gym where you’d have to watch some movie playing while barely being able to hear a thing. You can blast your favourite tunes at home too if you wish; there might be some tunes that really get you going. Working out at home also boosts your confidence since there won’t be any buffed men (or women) huffing and puffing, making you feel inadequate or uncomfortable.
5. Various choices of fitness equipment
You don’t have to use whatever the gym has if you don’t like them. Just get whatever you fancy and place them at home. There are so many products to choose from these days for every requirement and budget, depending on your concerns and what you aim to achieve. Many types of exercise equipment offer affordable ways to include aerobic workouts in your fitness plan. If weight loss is your goal, cardio exercise machines can help you get into shape. If space is an issue, a stationary bike can offer an effective alternative which will take up less room. Free weights will allow you to build an exercise programme to match your strength while resistance bands offer additional ways to incorporate strength training into your workout schedule.
At the end of the day, it can be quite difficult to pick just one, so take your pick from the usual must-haves: the treadmill, exercise bike, an exercise ball, an exercise bench and a set of dumbbells to begin with.
6. A variety of workouts
The right fitness equipment lets you have a variety of fun exercises such as the hammer curls, shoulder raises, deadlifts, squats, concentration curls and dumbbell curls that you can start off doing. These are simple but yet highly effective and can be done in the comfort of your own home for your wellbeing. All you need is good stamina, a good dose of determination and a clear goal to achieve.
7. Portability of equipment
Most home fitness equipment are portable, else they wouldn’t have made their way into your home. The larger ones might be a little difficult to move around but they can still be transported if you wanted to move them to another spot in the home or to another location. Smaller items such as weights, resistance bands, exercise balls, skipping ropes and trampolines are far more portable, so you can even bring them along with you if you go on a short trip or such.
Everyone wants to stay in shape but is it really worth going through all the hassles of being a gym member? Some may still prefer to be surrounded by a bunch of sweaty and smelly people while the rest would prefer to stick to their own comfort zone, which is to have their own gym at home where they can just exercise however and whenever they like. Both fitness options definitely have its own plus points, so it really depends what one prefers.
