Combining Home and Gym workouts – Home Workouts vs Gym Workouts (Part 5)
If you can’t decide if you are the home workouts type of person, you don’t want to invest in home gym equipment or it is not convenient to exercise at home on a regular basis, you can use an intermediate approach and see how it goes. This is how it works.
You combine home workouts and gym workouts. You go to the gym on Fridays and on the weekends when the gym is less busy. You do the heavy lifting and exercises that you can’t do at home. For example heavy compound moves, squat rack, Smith machine and cable pulley exercises. You can also do some cardio if you don’t have a cardio machine at home or do a group class for the fun.
On weekdays you exercise at home and you focus on smaller body parts, isolation exercises and conditioning workouts. For example, arms & shoulders, abdominals, calves, bodyweight exercises, etc.
The advantages of using a ‘hybrid’ approach:
Home workouts are for people who:
If you choose to mix home and gym workouts, look for a gym that also offers an off-peak hours subscription, or a weekend only subscription, as they are usually cheaper than a full subscription.
You can also modify this hybrid approach and apply it to your own work schedule if you are not a Monday to Friday worker.
Conclusion
We hope this series of blogs have given you some guidance on the things you should consider when evaluating your expectations from a home fitness program, what is best for you, organising your home gym and purchasing equipment.
