Can't work out at home...Seems I need people around to push myself..
Been working out at local gyms for about 15 years. Always thought it would be nice to have my own gym at home. I'm not a super social person at the gym, but don't mind minor short interactions that don't intefere with me pushing metal.
I finally worked up the effort to put a home gym in my basement. Squat rack, bench press, dumball rack, the whole 9 yards, spent quite a bit of cheese. Even built in a nice stereo surround speaker system down there to jam metal while I lift.
So I put this all together and start heading down there after work and realized.. I can't do it.
It feels completely off..... My motivation is absolutely shit.
I need to be at the gym, and even though i'm not there to interact or make friends, I realized I need people around me of similar mindset to keep me motivated. Just being in a room full of people all pushing for the same goals seems to be what has kept me going. There is no one there in my basement to watch me push 350 in awe.
Curious if anybody else has ever had this issue, I'm sure I can't be alone in this...
Maybe something I should have thought about before dropping 3Gs.
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Watching all the hot college girls & all the MILF's in their mid 40's working out at my gym is the motivation. Works for me at least!
Im the same way man. I dont have a home gym but my friends apartment complex has a small gym and no ones ever there and ill go over there somedays to do arms or shoulders and I just cant get into it. Its like torture for some reason like i cant wait to be done. But at the gym I'm motivated energized and never want to leave. Its really really weird.
RustyhookerI get energized when the big folks are at the gym. It gets me pushing harder. Home...nah
Think I would enjoy the gym at home. I actually prefer to go to the gym at hrs when there is few or no people in there. I just get pissed off if I go when it is busy because there is always some knuckle heads goofing around on the equipment I need for my workout that day no matter what muscle group I am working.
Lol, Ive done this twice in my life. Spent lots of cash on equipment, set up the room, and felt good about saving the gym money. My last go round lasted about 3 months.
Funny thing is, I dont talk to anyone at the gym. Literally a socialite and uncomfortable when a conversation is started. However, I need the atmosphere I think, along with the selection of equipment. Probably wasted 5 grand on home gym stuff, only to sell it less than a year later. Workouts in my basement are too easily distracted.
I recently rejoined my previous gym a couple of months ago. Spent almost 6 months training at home, tbh it was a great 6 months, zero ego lifting at home all shoulder issues healed up. It takes a few weeks to get used to, i just focused on my goals. There's also the benefit of being able to check yourself out and flex in the mirror without looking like a dick, I mainly trained in my boxers lmao. There was a few occasions were i needed a kick up the ass, but overall I was up for it. Shit, i had a load of gear floating around my system, what else could I do. And you can pick your own music which is definitely a bonus!
I only went back to the gym for aircon, to stuffy at home this time of the year lol.
Put your goals first.
Social hour Bulls hit? I never talk to anyone, and people who talk to me I'm rude to and I walk away from.
It's about your goals.
Try to focus on the result, and not the process
hunteron20sI completely understand you on this ..I worked out at golds gym then put a weight room in my house ..It took me awhile before i got into it ..then i recently sold my house so im waiting on my new one to be built and im back at golds gym ..i thought i was big but i needed the slap in my face like i get when i gp to workout and it dont matter what day or time there is always someone bigger and better then me !! That shit makes me push it harder ,so home gyms are good to try new workouts or awesome for super sets especially if its a push pull routine .because you dont have to run from station to station ..use the home gym as a back up or if you want to get in another body part same day .
Thats what I'm thinking, I need that push, and I like to be the underdog. I think your right, the home gym will be good for super setting without trampling all over the hipster scrawns at the gym.
I'll sure I'll adjust, plus I can spit and grunt and make a mess and nobody can throw me out.
hunteron20sAnd dont forget about the horrible gas you might have that day as well lol .you can let it out at home