Gyming at home can come with a multitude of advantages, especially if you’re worried about getting COVID-19. But if you’re not worried, and you have space in your schedule to commute, is it still worth it? What are the disadvantages of gymming at home? What factors contribute to whether or not you should ask this question? Let’s take a minute to review the disadvantages, and then look at the decision further.
Disadvantages of Gymming At Home
Lack of Training Advice
If you decide to spend your workouts at home, you may be missing the advantage of having a personal trainer or other advanced lifters around to help you watch your form. If your exercise is conducted with the wrong form, your body is at risk for injury, especially if you’re doing intense workouts. By having other advanced lifters or fitness trainers around you, you can ask for help setting up a workout program.
Competitive Motivation
If you’re not competitive, then this isn’t a disadvantage. However, studies show that by training with others around you, you may perform better. If you take a friend along for your workouts, you could both challenge each other, call bluff on one another’s excuses, and walk the fitness journey together until you reach your goals.
Variety of Equipment
Gym memberships can give you access to a variety of workouts and routines, such as yoga, cardio, and dance classes. More importantly, though, is that they provide you with machines that would cost you an arm and a leg. Invaluable workout equipment can include exercise bikes, rowing machines, an adjustable bench, power racks, treadmills, squat racks, and more. Sure, exercise equipment is not entirely necessary to hit your fitness goals, but it sure does make things easier. The membership fee that you pay will open up a variety of different exercise options, so keep this in mind when weighing up the pros and cons.
Fitness Center Vibes
Fitness centers come with their own “gym family” or environment. Everyone is setting aside time in their week for training, which is very admirable. While everyone goes about their own workout routines, you can stick to your workout plan and workout side-by-side. Sure, the music isn’t always good and there is less privacy than gymming at home, but spending a few hours a week next to other fitness enthusiasts can really increase motivation.
Convenience
If your house doesn’t have the space for a home gym, then this should be a no-brainer. Some gyms even offer health advice for athletes and come with amazing programs for their clients. If you wanted to do a yoga session at home, why not save time and do everything at one location? Plus, being at home can come with its own distractions, like family, friends, and other movements in the house.
Conclusion:
While workout videos at home are nice, nothing compares to being in the gym working hands-on with the cardio equipment, doing squats with a barbell, or going full out on the exercise machines. But that doesn’t mean fitness equipment is vital to reach your desired fitness level! What you need to do to reach your goals is to follow solid exercise routines that incorporate strength training exercises, bodyweight exercises, and cardio. We will be looking at the choice between home workouts and going to the gym in more detail.
