Look at the cost
The cost of a gym is generally from 200 yuan to 500 yuan a month. According to the average level of 300 yuan every month, most people have to hand it in one year in advance. If they practice 10 years, they will have to pay about 36,000 yuan. Some gyms have tens of thousands of lifetime cards.
However, if you want to achieve good training results at home, you don't just buy dumbbells. A decent home gym needs a lot of equipment, such as:
Bench press (also can do parallel bars arm flexion and extension and leg flexion and extension) is about 2000 yuan.
Squat rack is about 2000 yuan.
Olympic barbell 1000 yuan or so.
Twist lock dumbbell handle (one with small weight and one with increased weight) is about 600 yuan.
600 kg Olympic barbell-4500 yuan
300 lb standard barbell-1800 yuan
Miscellaneous (yoga mats, etc.). ) 600 yuan
The cost of home gym is about 10000-20000 yuan. If you use it carefully, of course, there is an instrument warranty, which may exceed 15 years (or longer). In the long run, home gyms may save money, but the cost will be higher at first.
And with the development of training intensity, you need more barbell pieces, which is also a big problem in home gyms.
Do you need music?
Many friends like to train in a quiet environment, because it can concentrate. There are limited facilities and too many people in the gym, so there will always be trouble in training! If so, then choose to train at home.
If you think that a musical atmosphere can fully stimulate your passion for fitness, then I believe a commercial gym is very suitable for you. If it doesn't matter to you whether there is music or not, then the location of the gym is not so important.
Security and partnership
Safety has always been a problem that every bodybuilder should pay attention to. If the protective measures are perfect, you will generally not be injured. So the gym must buy reliable equipment, and safety is not a problem.
In fact, it is difficult to find a training partner when it is needed in a commercial gym. If you are not good muscle friends who help each other for a long time, even if you have them, you may not know what to do, which will make training more dangerous.
Enthusiastic people are common in the gym. You certainly don't want them to grab the barbell too early, otherwise they will be distracted or in the wrong posture. If you can get in touch with professional partners, it would be very good to go to a commercial gym to exercise.
Fight for equipment
In a commercial gym, you may face the problem of competing for equipment, or you can only train during off-peak hours.
If you practice at home, you won't have to face the embarrassment of competing for equipment. But the disadvantage of home gyms is that the equipment is very limited (unless you are rich).
Commercial gyms provide you with more equipment, but what's the point if you can never use the machine you want?
Training time
In fact, the amount of training time is not absolute. Although it seems that practicing at home will save more time and reduce social time, it may actually take longer, such as constantly carrying a limited barbell. There is no guarantee that the time will be the same as that of a commercial gym. You have more equipment in the commercial gym. This saves a lot of time.
In a commercial gym, you can train like this. 1-2 barbell/dumbbell combined with fixing equipment/rope to stimulate a muscle group. You can't do this in the home gym. It is almost impossible to train the super group and the decreasing group at home. In fact, even if you train in the peak hours of a commercial gym, your training speed may be faster.
Bad commute
It takes an extra 30 to 60 minutes to go to the gym after work. This is not a big problem at first, but when you are a small partner with a family and a career, it is not so easy to control time. But you can start at home at any time.
If commuting is boring, you should be very self-disciplined and keep training. Persistence is the key. Even if commuting is boring, can you persist? This is a question that only you can answer.
Services and functions
Many commercial gyms will provide the following services:
runway
swimming pool
Hot water bath pool
Free courses (spinning, fitness pump, etc. )
Meihei
Massage chair/bed
An extended room
basketball court
Women's resistance training area
Countless aerobic equipment
Unique equipment (load can reach several tons)
Private training
If these are attractive to you, then a commercial gym is definitely your choice. In the long run, it is worthwhile.
No distractions
If you are easily distracted and distracted during training, it will be better to train at home. After all, in a commercial gym, besides training, we have to spend some time and energy on communication.
Distraction seems harmless, but as a systematic training, you will be angry if you can't complete the training. Before signing a long-term contract, experience the environment once or twice.
Other noteworthy issues.
Encouragement-In an ideal gym, you may find a lot of encouragement and extra motivation from good muscle friends. If you train very carefully, you will learn a lot in a commercial gym, perhaps more than you can learn yourself.
Barbell-In most commercial gyms, barbells sometimes lack maintenance. They usually have smooth handles or are bent by long and heavy training.
Freedom-You can burp, scream or scratch your back at home. You can do this in public, if you don't mind.
Mirror-Many people like to compare their training postures in front of the mirror. If you are the same, then the commercial gym is your best choice.
Weather-training at home is not affected by good or bad weather.
Limited space-even if you have the money to install a home gym, do you have enough space to accommodate all the equipment?
Many things have two sides. What may be good for you may not be good for others. Therefore, fitness training is the same. There is no absolute good or bad. What suits you is the best!
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