Five Tips to Optimize Your Home Gym
Invest in your home gym! Increase your home value! Doing so, set the tone in your commitment to a healthy lifestyle.
You first must know your potentials, so measure your gym carefully and set your preferences, such as cardio machines vs. open functional movement space, or free weights vs. calisthenics equipment. Once you make up your mind about your equipment make sure you envision using it in your gym. You must be certain that you will be able to perform your routines with no limitation in movement and range of motion. Create your layout using carpenter’s old saying “measure twice, cut once”.
Less can be more
No doubt you like cardio equipment with a good LED display and necessary controls. But, this doesn’t mean you have to buy the costliest variant on the market. A lot of features in expensive cardio machines are unnecessary. Using them is most necessary.
Be imaginative
Instead of buying multiple machines, get accessories such as rubber bands, foam roller, plyometrics steps, yoga blocks, etc. For more inexpensive equipment endorsed by me email christof@thegymdesign.com. Remember you will have more diversity of if you have variety of smaller fitness accessories. Meanwhile, the knee extension machine, for example, takes up 30 square feet and does one muscle group. Stretch your options!
Please don’t ignore your gym’s appearance
A dull and uninspiring design is discouraging and you will not want to use it. Attractively lit, painted and decorated gym motivates and inspires. Images of your favorite athletes will give you more energy. Frame your pictures, don’t cut corners and set the positive tone!
Floor forever
Flooring is one of the important elements of a gym. Make sure the floor is easy to clean and maintain. Carpets are unacceptable. They are impossible to clean. Germs and dirt stay in them forever and they get damaged.
My Design for Movement (DFM) is where Design, Equipment and Exercise All Work Together.
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