Getting my butt into gear!

I used to go to the gym around 5 days a week. Not been for over 4 years now.

Is it more worth my while to buy a few bits of gear to do things at home? I was thinking bench, bar some free weights etc. Nothing too fancy.

I keep putting exercise off.

Do many people have a simple home gym setup / struggle with motivation/ time?

Thanks all

[AlMorr]

I have a yoga mat to do some yoga exercises like planks, sit ups, push ups, I also have a pair of 5 Kilogram kettlebells, I suppose I could buy a stationery bike and do a amateur spin class or even get a treadmill, not sure how much they cost.

[UnfitNoMore]

Currently I own a set of reasonably light dumbbells. The S&F plan needs no equipment and there’s plenty you can do with your own body weight as resistance in the comfort of your own home. I also use Nike Training Club which has many equipment free workouts, as well as some others. When following a plan on there I can tell it what I have at any time and it will adjust the plan... so I could start a 6 week plan with dumbbells only and add in a medicine ball a week in if I bought one.

The gym has everything, but with walking and running outdoors I struggle to justify the £40ish a month and for that money I could build a home gym bit by bit.

The big advantage of doing it at home is of course time... a 30 minute workout means I need 40 minutes tops free... with the gym it would be more like 90.

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Thank you. Very informative and to be fair truthful, I agree so much with the points. I struggle with time due to work etc. So when it’s on your doorstep you can’t really say no.