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Build An Easily Accessible Home Gym
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At the end of a busy day, most of us know we should exercise, but the effort to drive to the gym, the time, and the effort all seem a bit much at the end of a crazy day. Welcome to life in the 21st century! But what if your gym was in the comfort of your backyard and all you needed to do was to walk out to it? Wouldn’t it make it easier to exercise?
Backyard Gyms Make
Working Out Simple
If you commute a backyard gym shed is a great time-saver, but if you work from home, a gym shed has benefits also. Working from home and taking breaks from your day is essential for keeping balance and also keeping productivity up. What better way than taking breaks to work out in your gym shed only steps from your home office. You get regular exercise plus you have built-in breaks during the day.
Gym Shed Layout Ideas
Most sheds can be converted to being exercise or gym sheds pretty easily. If you are building a shed in your backyard with the intent of it being a gym shed, it’s even that much easier. An 8′ x 10′ or 10′ x 12′ backyard shed is a great size for an exercise room. You just want to think of what equipment and exercises you’ll be doing in your gym shed before you get started.
Gym Shed Flooring
The first thing to consider after your gym shed is built or when converting your backyard shed to a gym shed is flooring. The three most common choices for gym floors are concrete, tile, or wood. You can also do concrete with rubber pad overlays which give you built-in cushioning for your exercises.
Each one has an advantage, but we tend to lean towards concrete or tile as the first choices, but if you will be using weights in your exercise routine quite a bit we suggest going with concrete, it can take the abuse better than the other flooring choices. Another good reason for using interlocking rubber square tiles over concrete is bounce, but also protection for your floor.
Gym Shed Ventilation
Next on the list of considerations when planning your gym shed is ventilation. Overhead fans with lights are a good source to move air while exercising. Positioning your windows so there is cross-ventilation is also good planning. Many people like to do a wall of windows that their exercise equipment faces, especially if their backyard is heavily wooded or has beautiful landscaping or a pool to look out upon.
Take into account how the sun rises and sets in your backyard when positioning both your gym shed and installing windows in your gym shed. It is best that your exercise equipment faces away from the way the sun travels during the day, so you aren’t looking into direct sunlight when you are exercising. Also, direct sunlight makes it tougher to read the controls on many electronic exercise equipment.
Adding Gym Equipment & Extras
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Gym Equipment
When utilizing a small space such as a backyard shed for an exercise gym or gym shed it’s important to think about space constraints. You can fit an incredible amount of gym equipment in 120 square feet, you just need to choose with space in mind.
When thinking about weight equipment think of compact and multi-use equipment. Many benches have folding components or can be used for multi-purposes such as bench pressing and leg lifts.
Many running machines and stair masters now fold up against walls when not in use, making space for other equipment to be put into use.
Think of storage shelves for kettle balls, balance balls, weights, and other equipment. Fully utilizing a compact space doesn’t mean that you need to go without your favorite equipment; you just need to be smart in the layout and design of your exercise studio or gym shed.
Adding the Extras to Your Gym Shed
Here is where the fun begins. Before you close up the walls and paint your gym shed, think of adding in-wall surround sound speakers, and LCD-TV or The Mirror interactive home gym, one of the newest innovations on the market for fitness today.
When it comes to windows, doors, and hardware accents look no further than Shed Windows and More for the hard-to-find sizes that fit exercise sheds or gym sheds perfectly.