One of the more popular trends that homeowners want to have in their homes is their own personal home gym complete with home exercise equipment. Whether you finish off your garage, finish your basement or have an extra bedroom to have your home gym, this article will discuss the necessary steps you should follow to create the best gym you can. It will describe different kinds of gym flooring, the favorite home fitness equipment you may want to purchase , in addition to other fabulous suggestions .
The first thing to decide the location of your home gym in your home . If you want to change your garage into a gym obviously a great deal of construction will be involved in that project in addition to if you want to finish off your basement too . It isrecommended to get a contractor to do all of the framing, electrical, heating and cooling and lighting to get the spaqce ready to be a gym. A lot of people like to use an already finished bedroom for their fitness room . This article will discuss things you should do after the basic construction for the room is completed .
The first important step in creating a great home gym is to pick out the kind of flooring. You should not have carpeting because the heavy gym machines will permanently indent it in addition to sweat and perspiration will be absorbed into it. So a hard surface for the flooring is the best solution. Depending on your budget and the look you would like you may use laminate, hardwood or tile flooring for your gym . All of those options would be ideal . It is suggested , to buy rubber mats or flooring to put under all gym equipment such as treadmills or weight machines.
The next step for your home gym would be to make a design for what you want to get out of the gym and what kind of exercise machines you are going to select as well . If you plan on practicing a lot of yoga or stretching kind of exercises you want to have a nice mat area that is pleasant and perfect for that kind of thing. If you want mainly cardio based workouts you should put your elliptical or exercise bikes in a special section . Mounting fans up high above these machines will help cool you down while you are exercising also . A lot of homeowners put a mirror on one whole wall in their gym too . This gives the exerciser the opportunity to check their form whether it is running on the treadmill or lifting weights. A great audio system and surround sound speakers are a nice addition to have to pump you up fo your workout as well .
Having all of the extra things a gym would have are great such as a dorm sized fridge with water bottles in it, towels and TV's to watch a show or put in a fitness tape to exercise to are all great things to have in your home gym. - 29951
The first thing to decide the location of your home gym in your home . If you want to change your garage into a gym obviously a great deal of construction will be involved in that project in addition to if you want to finish off your basement too . It isrecommended to get a contractor to do all of the framing, electrical, heating and cooling and lighting to get the spaqce ready to be a gym. A lot of people like to use an already finished bedroom for their fitness room . This article will discuss things you should do after the basic construction for the room is completed .
The first important step in creating a great home gym is to pick out the kind of flooring. You should not have carpeting because the heavy gym machines will permanently indent it in addition to sweat and perspiration will be absorbed into it. So a hard surface for the flooring is the best solution. Depending on your budget and the look you would like you may use laminate, hardwood or tile flooring for your gym . All of those options would be ideal . It is suggested , to buy rubber mats or flooring to put under all gym equipment such as treadmills or weight machines.
The next step for your home gym would be to make a design for what you want to get out of the gym and what kind of exercise machines you are going to select as well . If you plan on practicing a lot of yoga or stretching kind of exercises you want to have a nice mat area that is pleasant and perfect for that kind of thing. If you want mainly cardio based workouts you should put your elliptical or exercise bikes in a special section . Mounting fans up high above these machines will help cool you down while you are exercising also . A lot of homeowners put a mirror on one whole wall in their gym too . This gives the exerciser the opportunity to check their form whether it is running on the treadmill or lifting weights. A great audio system and surround sound speakers are a nice addition to have to pump you up fo your workout as well .
Having all of the extra things a gym would have are great such as a dorm sized fridge with water bottles in it, towels and TV's to watch a show or put in a fitness tape to exercise to are all great things to have in your home gym. - 29951
About the Author:
Connor Sullivan recently installed gym flooring for a home gym he is building. He purchased a full set of home exercise equipment for his local high school.
