How do you guys find the willpower to work out at home?
My gym membership ended two months ago and I didn't renew it because mustachianism, but I haven't made myself workout at home not once since then!
My own personal opinion is... you are the kind of person who works out at home, or you aren't.
I mean, I'm sure there's a continuum also.
I just...can't. I mean I can, and I do - but I'm MUCH more consistent at going to the gym. My own particular "baggage".
1. Small house. 2BR, 1BA, no garage, 1100 sf, 4 people. No space for "stuff" except for some dumbbells.
2. Kids. The only time I can work out is when they are asleep. I'm good at waking up *most* of the time. But I have to be relatively quiet. And the only time I'm *assured* of not being interrupted is at the gym.
3. Personality. I'm partly an extrovert and I LOVE group fitness. Seriously things I love:
- waiting for the gym to open so that I can swim, and chatting with the folks there
- group fitness classes
- group triathlon training
- walking with friends
- playing sports with friends
These things are things that I LOVE. My friend and I have a standing walk date, I'm there!
4. "working things into the day": - used to bike to work, sometimes walk to the store, etc.
When I *do* work out at home, it works best if I'm following a video and doing a particular program. It's the closest that I can come to "group fitness" - you know, having Tony Horton or Bob Harper or Jillian Michaels telling you what to do.
Some of this is just time. The time I have to work out is before everyone wakes up, which makes going to the gym the easier thing. But honestly, I see a LOT of old people at my gym (YMCA), and they go more often and for longer the older they get.