All gym goers have one thing in common. The cardio aficionado and free weight enthusiast share a collective denominator. No, it’s not a passion for fitness or a taste for Protein shakes. Everyone who regularly attends a gym has at least one Gym horror story. Yep, these palaces to fitness tend to bring out the worst in people.
Maybe you have that one gym enthusiast who grunts and yells while lifting something as light as his water bottle. Perhaps your gym is infested with aspiring bodybuilders whose favourite piece of equipment is the floor-length mirror. Worse still, perhaps your gym attracts the free-weight Casanova, who insists on correcting a lady’s form whenever they ask or not.
Don’t get us wrong, most gyms are great. Poor gymnasium etiquette is becoming less and less common. A good gym will strictly enforce conduct rules. Still, nobody can thoroughly police human behaviour. So a few gym annoyances are all but inevitable. That is unless you decide to create your own home gym. But that’s just the start: Now you can set up your perfect set, never wait for a machine, never miss that critical weight at a critical time, and always find the exercise equipment exactly as you left it. If you have the space to make a home gym, even a small one, it seams like a win win situation.
In recent years, quality exercise equipment has become more and more affordable. Even big-ticket items like treadmills and Weight Racks can be purchased relatively inexpensively. GetLocal has teamed up with some of Ireland’s best sports retailers to advise the Irish public on the equipment they need to transform their attic or garden shed into an enviable home gym.
Read below for lots of information on how to pick the best exercise equipment to start and keep building your own personal workout space with helpful links to online retailers nationwide to discover any exercise equipment near you or get it delivered to your door.
Let’s get started with cardio. Every home gym needs at least one dedicated cardio machine. While gyms offer a dizzying…
