Home gym vs actual gym?

[XxBillMahnXx]

What are the benefits of going to a real gym?

[Maluket]

I would think, in most cases, a much better selection of machines. For some, having to go somewhere on a schedule might be more motivating than working out at home. For some, working out around others might be more motivating than working out at home. Spotters. I also suspect that this question has been answered plenty of times.

[robosphere]

-Waiting around for fools to stop curling in the squat rack provides maximal rest time.

-Touching stuff that everyone else touched and didn't clean provides your immune system with it's own little workout

- Seeing the old men blow drying their pubes in the locker room is awesome

[robosphere]

...plus the stuff Maluket said

[Detrus]

A real gym will have Yokes, prowlers, bumper plates and squatting women. You may not be able to use such equipment in some homes.

[KeithTheSnake]

You get to have money extracted from your checking account each and every month if you go to a "real" gym. When something on a machine is busted, you get to wait until the 19 year old kid gets around to telling the boss; and then you get to wait until the boss gets around to fixing it. All the while, you're paying.

[mike_nofx]

If I couldn't have a home gym, I wouldn't work out.
I don't like gyms, specifically the people that go to them. Sure there are some ok people there, but the balance is much more on the "bro" side.

[Nosje]

What are the benefits of going to a real gym?

there's more stuff in a real gym.

[Porphyry]

What are the benefits of going to a real gym?

My home gym has 1 more power rack and more bumper plates than many commercial "gyms" I've used. Why isn't it a real gym?

Less facetiously, I occasionally use the commerical gym at my office for the following reasons:

(1) Timing: Sometimes it's more convenient for me to go at lunch time and get my training in if I have places to go after work.

(2) Location: It's really close. It's between me (at work) and my car, and home. This is important. In my experience most people will not go to a gym if it requires driving out of the way from work/home. Going home first after work is disastrous. Too many distractions and temptations to stay home.

(3) Equipment: I don't really care about the extra machines but some do. I do use the dumbells which IMO cost way too much and take up too much space for a (small) home gym. I do use the deadlift platform, though I intend to build one at home one day.

That's it.

[ironwill2008]

What are the benefits of going to a real gym?

If a guy had a "home" gym that was as well-equipped as a commercial facility, would it still be a "home" gym, or a "real" gym?

[Nosje]

don't forget (4) it's never closed on holidays it's always available.

[Nosje]

If a guy had a "home" gym that was as well-equipped as a commercial facility, would it still be a "home" gym, or a "real" gym?

a home gym with real equipment.

[Porphyry]

there's more stuff in a real gym.

Yep. There's lots more "stuff" in "real" gyms.



"Do you want some plates? Here, let me help you slide them onto your shaft"

http://www.yelp.com/biz/david-barton...brfnCAFYKI--mg

[cjowns76]

If a guy had a "home" gym that was as well-equipped as a commercial facility, would it still be a "home" gym, or a "real" gym?

Better title OP: Home gym vs. Commercial gym?

In my experiences, I progress best when training in a home gym. No distractions, no bull****, just lifting. Think about it; at a commercial gym you could be waiting 30 minutes or more for the 100 pound ****tard to finish doing quarter squats. Also, at a home gym there are no dumbass trainers who think they know everything telling you that chalk isn't allowed while having their clients do squats on a ****ing bosu ball. Your gym your rules.

(3) Equipment: I don't really care about the extra machines but some do. I do use the dumbells which IMO cost way too much and take up too much space for a (small) home gym. I do use the deadlift platform, though I intend to build one at home one day.

I'm like you, I could care less about the machines. Free Weights > Machines.

[Porphyry]

don't forget (4) it's never closed on holidays it's always available.

Uh... no. My home gym is never closed. The commercial gym I belong to, closes every opportunity they can.

[Nosje]

that's what I said.

[Nosje]

I train at my home gym myself I'm just saying a commercial gyms has more options then your average home gyms and stuff but I prefer to train in my own gym.

[ProtienandIron]

I feel sorry for people that have to go to a commercial gym.

[Maluket]

that's what I said.

I assumed that's what you meant, but...

"What are the benefits of going to a real gym?"
"I occasionally use the commerical gym at my office for the following reasons: [1, 2, 3]"
"don't forget (4) it's never closed on holidays it's always available."

[Nosje]

no and it doesn't even make sense why would you own gym be closed on holidays?

[SymCL]

A commercial gym has more equipment than most home gyms and I think that's about it. Not everyone has a squat rack or bench which is going to seriously limit what they can do at home. On the days I don't feel like going to the gym the only way I can squat is to clean the weight up into a front squat and it just isn't the same.

I've never liked working out with other people, whether it be weights, sprinting, body weight, whatever. I've always seen exercise as a discipline and as a method of meditation. It loses something when people are trying to speak to you in between sets. I've always seen exercise as a time to be completely alone and real with myself.

Honestly if I had access to more equipment, I'd never workout in a commercial gym.

I think smaller gyms are the way to go if you can't lift at home. Most trainers at bigger, commercial gyms seem to be intoxicated or something. If there's one thing I've learned from my gym, it's that CrossFit solves everything. Those trainers told me some crazy **** when I started up.

[claricSTi]

If a guy had a "home" gym that was as well-equipped as a commercial facility, would it still be a "home" gym, or a "real" gym?

It all depends what a "real" gym is to you. The commercial gym I go to has no power racks,no GHR, no reverse hyper, no prowlers, no safety squat bars, no chalk allowed. My home gym is by far more of a real gym than that pansy ass golds.

[cmarti063]

My home gym is by far more of a real gym than that pansy ass golds.

^ this

[kelt_22]

A real gym will have Yokes, prowlers, bumper plates and squatting women. You may not be able to use such equipment in some homes.

But it is so hard to figure out your weights with those squatting women. What does two redheads and a blonde add up to again?

[Muscle Mania Matt]

A commercial gym might have $200000 worth of equipment, yet you can't actually train in it. One or no power racks, no bumpers or deadlift platform, bad bars, no chalk, no GHR, etc, means that it is a money sink. Compare a gym that is designed to produce results (say any college weight room in texas) versus one to make money. I consider my home gym far superior to any of the commercial gyms in the area. Better equipment, always open, very close to my home (lol), and I can properly train. Also comes with the bonus of no one in there but who I invite.

[Stasher1]

My home gym is by far more of a real gym than that pansy ass golds.

That's some sig-worthy **** right there, my friend.

[tnelson1134]

if you have a lot of equipment for your home gym its exactly the same thing.. a home gym with enough equipment to rival like golds gym or something would probably cost around 2 or 3000.. you need a bench that can both incline and decline.. a respectable set of dumbbells at least up to 200 lb dumbbells. plus the rack for the dumbbells. .a squat rack.. a smith machine. bumper plates aren't necessary but having them and a pad on the floor would be convenient for deadlifting.. a preacher bench.. several olym[ic bars E-z Curl bars etc.. pull up bars... maybe a punching bag for cardio.. if you have all that then theyre exactly the same and if you lift for long enough you really end up saving money rather than paying for a gym for 10 years you pay a one time expense and have everything you need..

[Nosje]

you don't need a preacher bench and a smith machine.

[dhartnet]

Ill take my home gym any day...

[BAVE]

I have only stepped into a gym once in my life (aside from school) and that was to see Lee Haney speak back in the 90's. I have all I need in my home gym.