How to Set up Your Own Home Gym

There are different types of gym goers, some like training with other people around but some like training alone with no one around but for that, they'll need their own home gym. To set up a home gym they'll need to consider a few factors such as space, equipment, time and training routine. There are plenty of rooms and places that you can set up a gym, the garage for one is the best place to train but, a guest room or a dedicated gym room would work just as well. One way to gauge the viability of your room by checking if it can fit an Olympic barbell.

Once you've decided on the space you should decide the equipment you'll need, and the way to consider them is by deciding which parts of your body you want to train. Legs, arms, torso, and stomach, for arms torso and stomach you should get a half cage squat rack which should also have safety rails if you're training alone. With a squat stand and racks, you're giving yourself a place to lift any weight of barbell that you want. But you should always remember to be safe when doing this never place a weight that you won't be able to lift for more than 2 to 3 reps.

Along with the half cage squat rack, you should also think of your cardio and warm-up, this can be any small space where you can fit while extending your arms to warm up. Then you should consider cardio and your stamina, you could get a treadmill or a static bike but I would suggest against it you could use a jump rope for a warm up at home and run or ride a bike outside in your local park which would be better than doing it in your own home. The equipment doesn't matter as much as the results if an alternative to equipment will give you better results then you should go for it instead of filling your home gym with large cumbersome equipment.

Then you should consider what you can do just with your own body instead of using equipment, by doing pushups, squats and running you can get the same effect as if you were using the gym equipment only in a longer span of time. Lastly, you should consider what time you'll be training, give yourself at least one to two hours a day to exercise and train since training for too long would end in muscle fatigue rendering you sore for a few days before you can start training again.