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2. Setting up your own home fitness
gym is awesome, but can be
difficult if you do not plan
properly. Take the time to review
these five common mistakes
people overlook or do not consider
when setting up a home gym.
Learning from other people' s
mistakes is one of the best ways
to learn what not to do. Let' s
take a look at the top 5 home
fitness gym tips.

3. 1. Measure, Measure, Measure. We
always hear the mantra when buying a
home or starting a business: location,
location, location. In setting up a
fitness gym the mantra should be:
measure, measure, measure.
You need to map out the area you plan
to build your home fitness gym. If
you are looking at building the gym in
your basement make sure you consider
the height of the ceiling. The last
thing you want to do is buy a piece of

4. 2. Remember Regular Dumbbells. When
people set up their home gym they
always get too focused on the big
expensive multi gym machines. You know
these gym machines; the one' s where
you can work your legs, arms and back
all in one. However, good old dumbbells
are still an important part in your
roanoke fitness Gym . They work the
stabilizer muscles, which your gym
machines do not.
Another item to consider is to buy

5. 3. Treadmill or No Treadmill? Before
heading to the gym equipment store
you need to consider what type of
home gym you want. Do you want to
lose weight or build and tone your
muscles? Treadmills help with cardio
and losing weight. The multi- gym
machines work on building and toning
muscles.
Treadmills and elliptical trainers take
up a lot of space. Depending on your
climate and your home fitness needs

6. 4. Don' t Hurt Yourself. Setting up
your own home fitness gym is exciting,
but it comes with some risk. When you
are at a gym you can ask for advice
from personal trainers or the staff
about how to use the equipment. With
a home gym you do not have this luxury
of a personal trainer and you can
potentially hurt yourself.
Another disadvantage is you are in
charge to set up your own exercise
program. Before purchasing any

7. 5. Don' t forget the iPod or mp3 player.
Now with your very own home gym you
can dictate the music to be played. You
have several options when it comes to
playing music. First, you can hook your
iPod up to some speakers to play in your
home gym. The second option is to use
headphones as you probably did at the
gym in the past.
The main point is to pick music that
motivates you to keep going. Working
out at home can become boring because