Renovating your basement is easy if you choose the Unlimited Basement Finishing System® for your Creve Coeur, Missouri home. But once you have a blank canvas, how do you create the perfect home gym for your needs?
It’s easy peasy if you follow this 3-step process. So, if you live in or around Creve Coeur, Missouri read this article and give us a call for a free basement finishing estimate that will be the starting point of your new home gym.
- Consider your needs
Every endeavor starts with a clear goal in mind. Every successful endeavor that is.
So, before you look at the space and the tons of equipment you can fill it with, first set your goals. What is it that you want to get out of your home gym? Is it a well-chiseled body? Is it a healthy body, regardless of how toned it looks or not? Or are you more focused on losing weight?
Another very important question to consider when setting your goal is who will be using the home gym? You’ll probably need a different sort of equipment for the elderly than you do for young adults.
The purpose of your home gym dictates the range of equipment you’ll need to buy and the people using it will influence that choice even further. So ask yourself, “what’s the ideal scenario for me here?” and then “how do I go about reaching this goal?”.
- Consider your space
This one’s a bit more obvious but we have had quite a few clients in the past that struggled with creating their home gym because they did not measure their space well enough.
And when we say “measure their space”, we’re not simply referring to their basement. It all starts with the path to get there – make sure that every piece of equipment you buy can fit through the doors on its way towards your basement. It rarely happens for a piece to be too large to reach your basement, but when it does, it is incredibly frustrating. Extra shipping costs, sending it back, having to do research all over again, and then the extra wait time to have the right equipment reach your house.
Basement dimensions are also vital and we’d suggest you take a moment to create a digital version of your home gym, even if it’s just a simple 2D version. See what equipment goes where and if there is enough room left to move between them. Or if two-three people can use the gym at the same time.
There are numerous space-saving solutions that can help you make the most out of your home gym. It just takes planning to identify the problems that might arise and fix them way before you order anything.
- The thing that makes all the difference…
…is experience.
The best home gyms we saw were created by people that either had tons of gym experience before, or that hired a professional to help them decide what equipment to buy.
It takes only a few days and it costs close to nothing to ask the help of an expert. But it makes a world of difference. Planning on dedicating your basement to building a great yoga studio? Ask an expert on what you need and what you don’t need to buy.
Planning on setting up a proper home gym on a budget? Again, an expert will do wonders for your bottom line. And remember that expert advice can also take the form of an online article. You can do your own research on the benefits of an elliptical over a stationary bike. Or if rowing machines are all they’re set up to be. Or if compound training is better than HIIT and if cardio really does help you lose fat or it’s just a myth.
A proper home gym is built on either extensive research or the advice of an expert. Don’t skip this step and you’re sure to enjoy your brand-new home gym that’s set up in your brand-new basement for many years to come.