By Kyle Battis CSCS, ATC, NSCA-CPT

 

            The home gym is an amazing resource that you should be taking advantage of.  Between hectic schedules to the non-sense going on in commercial gyms, home gym training is the safe-haven for people looking to train in a manner that actually produces results. There are many reasons why you should have a home gym and I encourage you to read on as one of these reasons could be very pertinent to your individual situation.

 

 

 

Having a home gym can save you a lot of time in your daily schedule and give you hours of your life back. By training at home you can also completely avoid the busy times at the local “fitness center.” Having your own home gym gives you the freedom to train when you want to train and gives you more of your life back.

 

There is also no need to suffer through Britney Spears signing “hit me baby one more time” while performing Squats (unless you are into that kind of music) and no need to stifle your primal yells during your next set of squats so as not to offend others. 

 

In your home gym you can play whatever music you like at whatever volume you like. You can put up posters and pictures that motivate you and set up your home gym in a way that is conducive to your training style. 

 

As someone who is looking to achieve real results you need to focus on the task at hand and training in your own home gym can help you keep your mind focused on hard training. Once you try home gym training you may never go back to training in a commercial gym (if you can help it of course).

 

You also don’t have to worry about dress-code and you can train barefoot without being yelled at.  It is also nice not to be stared-at the entire training session and to avoid people hitting on you every time you go to them gym (some people are shameless at some of these commercial gyms!). 

 

 

Wow! That total adds up to a staggering number for some people! The great thing about getting into training that works is that when you develop an in-depth understanding of the key training concepts that knowledge allows you to achieve phenomenal results from the simplest and cheapest equipment. You could conceivably save yourself many thousands of dollars by slowly building up your very own home gym over time. I address what equipment actually has value in my e-book and newsletter available at http://www.homegymsecrets.com

 

Training with Intensity in a chain gym can lead to disapproving looks from fellow patrons, disruptions in your training plan while waiting for the 14 year old boy to finish performing his set of biceps curls in the power rack, and of course, the thing that bothers me the most is when the local ACE-certified “trainer” comes over and tells me that I should not perform Snatches or Clean because they are “dangerous!” These annoyances can be completely avoided by training in your fully-equipped home gym. 

 

There you have it. I have provided you with seven compelling reasons why you absolutely should have a home gym. Once you get set up your home gym training will allow you to train in a manner that produces results and allows you more versatility in your training. 

 

 

Train with purpose,

Kyle Battis CSCS, ATC, NSCA-CPT