Do you train alone at home? Are you a member of a gym and train exclusively there? Or do you have some delicious combination of both going on
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I’ll work out at home in a pinch (usually with kettlebells) but I just can’t get into the right headspace. I prefer to go to the gym because it is GYM TIME, no laptop or phone or dogs or husband or kitchen or looking at piles of crap thinking about what I need to clean. I prefer working in an office over telecommuting for the same reason.
I do everything at home. I find it helps my motivation if I can just stay home and exercise, as opposed to having to drive to a gym. Plus, I really don't like the extra costs.
I suppose I'm lucky in that my apartment building has a gym in it, that anybody who lives there can use. It's a very tight, slightly-overstuffed-with-machines gym, but it's saved me from paying $40+ a month on gym fees that I'd have to pay elsewhere!
I work out almost exclusively at the gym - I don't have weights in my apt, and on the road you rarely find good equipment nearby. I picked and stayed with a gym (see icon) based on it's multiple locations, cardio walls, and heavy machines & free weight sections. I've gotten stuck in the Ballston VA Golds because it has 4 free weight squat racks, 6-8 flat bar benches, 4-5 incline benches, plus dumbbells from 5-150 lbs with benches/chairs to match.
I also have motivation problems once I get home - it's "base," and when I touch it there are a million reasons not to head out the door again. I usually work out on the way home from work, so while the gym is better than work, it's less than home, or: Work < Gym < Home
I do run from home, but...that just feels different somehow. All the running distances I know are in routes that originate at my house.
the gym i belong to is in the same building as my office. it's hard to make excuses not to go.
i would love to be able to work out at home, so i'd never have to wait for equipment, but i'd get too distracted by cats and shiny things and cats playing with shiny things.
i'm a lone wolf at the gym. aside from watching the occasional deadlift, squat, or power clean, i don't pay much attention to anyone, and i'm very good at focusing and blockign everything out. so it becomes my alone time, which is nice.
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I work out almost exclusively at the gym - I don't have weights in my apt, and on the road you rarely find good equipment nearby. I picked and stayed with a gym (see icon) based on it's multiple locations, cardio walls, and heavy machines & free weight sections. I've gotten stuck in the Ballston VA Golds because it has 4 free weight squat racks, 6-8 flat bar benches, 4-5 incline benches, plus dumbbells from 5-150 lbs with benches/chairs to match.
I also have motivation problems once I get home - it's "base," and when I touch it there are a million reasons not to head out the door again. I usually work out on the way home from work, so while the gym is better than work, it's less than home, or:
Work < Gym < Home
I do run from home, but...that just feels different somehow. All the running distances I know are in routes that originate at my house.
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i would love to be able to work out at home, so i'd never have to wait for equipment, but i'd get too distracted by cats and shiny things and cats playing with shiny things.
i'm a lone wolf at the gym. aside from watching the occasional deadlift, squat, or power clean, i don't pay much attention to anyone, and i'm very good at focusing and blockign everything out. so it becomes my alone time, which is nice.
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