Some of you — perhaps most of you — prefer to go to a gym to get a workout.
Either you are part of an organized class that keeps you feeling accountable, or the cost of the gym membership makes you feel that you need to go, or you just gotta get out of the house to get your exercise in.
If that works for you, great. Don’t stop. Keep going that way.
But there are those of us who find going to the gym too much of a bother, a hassle, and, perhaps, just too damn expensive.
I fall into that group.
I was a gym member once and went religiously. The place was walking distance, so it was convenient. Also, I needed to work out at 4:30am, so, given the small size of the house we lived in, going outside the house was necessary to allow my wife to continue sleeping while I exercised.
I no longer work out at 4:30am, and I no longer live in a small house, so my options are open. Given those factors, I prefer to work out at home.
There are a lot of benefits to working out at home, not the least of which is the savings on gym membership. I am not sure what it costs now, but when I was going back in the 90s, I paid $35/month, and that was with a military discount.
Here are a few more reasons to work out at home:
- You can dress how you like without feeling self-conscious.
- You are on your own schedule, so if you miss your usual 10:00 workout because something came up, you can shift it to 1:00 or whenever.
- You can buy a fan and point it straight at yourself.
- You can curse all you want. This is pretty important for me, because I like to cuss out Shaun T quite a bit ;=)
- You can ogle the pretty people on the DVD without any negative repercussions — well, unless your S.O. objects.
- There are so many workout programs to choose from and even the expensive ones are not expensive, when you compare them to the cost of a gym membership.
- Cold water is not coming from a community water fountain.
- You can pause the workout if you need to.
- You’ll be showering in your personal shower, without other people’s nastiness all up in it.
Wow, that’s a lot of good reasons to work out at home.
There is some downside to working out at home — hmmmm, can’t think of anything at the moment, but there must be — so balance it in your own mind, but, again, always remember, the best way to work out is the way that keeps you doing it!