How To Set Up A Home Gym

Step By Step Setting Up Of A Home Gym:
Follow these steps to make your gym a place where you will want to look forward to visit everyday.
1. Find The Exercise Space: When initiating the process of setting up a home gym, you need a great deal of preparation. If you are residing in a small apartment, then its better that you decide whether the space is sufficient for your exercise regimen. There should be adequate space to place a mat, space to set up light equipment and put up a mirror. It need not be a separate room but can be part of another room. You don’t need a very big space to have your home gym; it can be a 7×10 foot space for exercise space. The flooring can be protected by heavy carpet or a wood lifting platform. How much equipment and what sort of equipment you should buy will all depend on the space that you have. Choose an area for you gym away from the children as fitness equipment has heavy parts such as weight stacks or expensive elliptical machines.

If you need some ideas on a home gym and how much equipment you should buy, here is a decent breakdown on exercise.

• Treadmill – 30 square feet.
• Stationery Bike – 10 square feet.
• Free Weights – 20-50 square feet.
• Stair Climber – 20 square feet.
• Multi Station Gym – 50-200 square feet.

Another important factor is that a home gym is better suited to a ground floor house, so that it does not threaten the construction of the building and doesn’t create too much noise. This also makes it convenient to set up the gym as you don’t have to drag the heavy equipment up and down the floors.

2. Define Your Goals: Each goal has different time requirements per day and per week. You have to consider the type of body that you want out of the exercise. Are you doing it for body toning, to lose weight or for aerobic exercise. That is the most important determining factor to decide upon an equipment as different types of equipment work for different goals. If you are looking for an overall workout, then you might have to buy various types of equipments. Depending on the fitness regime that you are going to adopt, then decide on the equipment required.

3. Think About The Budget: After you have set you mind on your goal, then it comes to the part when you have to buy an equipment at a reasonable price which doesn’t strain your finances. If you are new to exercise, then it is advisable to buy second hand quality used equipment at reasonable prices. It is no use buying expensive equipment as you are not sure you even might want to stick to the same type of exercise. As your budget allows, buy equipment one at a time, adding pieces to your gym. Add with the basic equipments needed to start off, like a set of dumbbells and weights and a quality bench for those who want to add strength or gain body bulk. Or you can add one equipment which you know you are likely to use everyday.