7 Biggest Home Gym Shopping Mistakes

Finally, Beverly Hills celebrity fitness trainer rescues home gym consumers by sharing his secret 7 biggest home gym shopping mistakes.

So you want to build your very own, private, time saving home gym. Your goals are probably to decrease your body fat, maintain or increase your lean body mass (muscle), and get fit, all in the comfort of your own home.

There are many advantages to owning a home gym. It is always nice to know the equipment is waiting for you, and you don’t have to travel to the equipment. Saving time is a valuable advantage in having your own home gym equipment. It can help with exercise adherence in using the equipment.

The biggest home gym shopping period is quickly approaching. That is, of course, New Year’s Resolution time - January 2006. Many people are driven to home gym equipment specialty shops, quickly pulling their credit cards out after seeing a Saturday morning infomercial, or surfing the web for that special, secret quick home fitness solution to click and buy.

Being an Exercise Physiologist in Beverly Hills for 15 years, I see these seven, all to common home gym shopping mistakes year after year. My intention is for you to understand these mistakes, and prevent them from happening.

1. No Home Fitness Plan Prior To Shopping

If you don’t have a clear cut, rational, fitness plan designed prior to shopping for home gym equipment, you will be making a big mistake. By not having a fitness regimen, people tend to buy on emotion, and not logic, thus, making a rather poor investment on the wrong equipment. The wrong program and equipment will not deliver good fitness results. I suggest consulting an exercise physiologist, qualified personal trainer, or physical therapist to help you plan the perfect home fitness program.

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