Exercise Rooms

I used to exercise in the living room but then I bought an elliptical. I rearranged the furniture in my bedroom and threw out things I wasn't using to make room for the elliptical and managed to make enough space to move all my other w/o stuff upstairs. I do have a big mirror in there which definitely helps with my form.

Dutchie
 
My own personal exercise room...oh, wouldn't that be wonderful? Right now I have to drag all my dumbbells out every time I want to use them (I keep them in a wicker basket behind our coat rack). My barbell is disassembled and hidden behind the couch. My step is out on the front porch (so it's always FREEZING when I need to lay down on it for chest presses) and my mat is hidden under the couch.

When we start shopping for a new house in a few years, I'll be looking for one that allows an exercise room.
 
Wendy - I'm putting $5 on you turning that extra bedroom that you're using now for exercising/computer/storiage into a playroom in a couple years. We did that with ours for my daughter because I got so sick of her toys in my living space and tripping over them in her bedroom. It's the best thing we've done in our house! (OK, besides getting a dishwasher).
 
Hello ladies!!

I am very lucky as I have an entire workout room devoted to working out only. My husband is finishing our basement, and finished my exercise room in August or September ...the rest of the basement is not completed yet....LOL..Prior to my exercise room completion I worked out in our bedroom, which is HUGE!! It looked very empty when all my stuff went downstairs.

I LOVE MY EXERCISE ROOM!!!!!!!! It is beautiful and perfect! I have faux clouds painted on all of the walls with a beautiful blue sky, I have light colored hard wood floors, recessed lighting, ceiling fan, no mirrors. I have only one very small basement window to look out of... it lets in the sunlight which is great! If I would have been thinking when we built our house, we would have put the egress window in that room instead of 2 egress windows in the living room of the basement. Hind sight is always 20/20..

I have a Treadmill, Elliptical, Johnny G Spinner bike, Bowflex, kick tower punching bag, 2 exercise balls, 40 lb Troy Lite weight set, 100 lb barbell set, 2 club steps with a total of 6 risers, 1 high step, 5,8,10,15,20 lb (I need 12 lb) dumbbells, 8 lb medicine ball, 2 lb ankle weights, large stereo with surround sound speakers, TV mounted on the wall with a DVD and a VHS player. I have all of Cathe's DVD's with the exception of the Hardcore extreme DVD, I have almost all of Christi Taylor's hi/lo DVD's, and more workout music than you could ever imagine.

I want a Power tower to do pullups, dips and abs. I would also like a reebok core board...maybe someday...LOLOLOL

I am a very happy lucky lady!!!!!!!

T


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I used to exercise in the living room until DH kicked me out of there. LOL Now I have everything in our bedroom but our room is huge. 1/2 of the room has our furtinture and the other 1/2 is my exercise stuff. Next winter DH is planning on finishing our basesment and he is going to build me an exercise room. I can't wait!
 
We have a workout area in our finished basement, it also doubles as an additional TV relaxation area. (lagre family here) workouts always get priority over lounging in thatarea. It is arranged so that the weights and barbell have dedicated space and do not have to be put away. We do have a large mirror and it helps tremendously with form pointers. We also have a home gym, treadmill and bike. I am fortunate that my husband shares my enthusiasm for home fitness.

The best workout area is the one you will use regularly! For many years we used our bedroom for the treadmill and family room for video. I can remember hopping on the treadmill one time after my DH went to bed; bad idea. Although maybe that is why he agreed to making the workout area!
Judy
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Denise,

How many members do you have at your gym. LOL. Wow. Girl. put out
the flyers and let em come.

are you sure you're at home? .....


Peace
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Working towards Perpetual Motion
 
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>The best workout area is the one you will use regularly! For

even in my kitchen this morning, it felt great. I felt blessed. you are so right. THE BEST WORKOUT AREA IS THE ONE YOU WILL USE REGULARLY. Thanks for sharing that with me this morning. You all are blessings to me. Helping me get over obstacles that are really not obstables. This is a minstry right here and I thank you again.

Peace
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Working towards Perpetual Motion
 
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