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Sharing the Home Gym
posted by Scott Andrew Bird | April 21, 2008
Goody's post yesterday (looking at his workout in Jedd's basement) reminded me of just how good it can be to share your home gym. It has all the usual benefits a training partner brings, as well as bringing the other person slightly out of their comfort zone. Always good.
Other benefits :
- A slightly different warmup : even if you have the same goals as your training partner, their home gym may encourage them to train in a slightly different way. For example, the room may have a low ceiling which prevents you from warming up with kettlebell snatches; or it may open out onto the yard, making a few tyre flips look particularly inviting.
- Variations in equipment : once again, your session may be altered slightly by the gym itself. Although the exercises may be the same, small differences in the equipment can have a noticeable impact.
- Learning a new approach : this is perhaps the biggest benefit from working out in someone else's home gym. Everyone has a slightly different way of doing things, and a spell in their home gym is the best way to see it in action. Quite simply, you can learn a lot by training with someone who is in their own environment.
If you'd like to share your own home gym - especially if you're looking for a new workout partner; take a photo of the gym (no matter how big it is, or what's in it) and add it to the Flickr group (haven't used Flickr before? This'll help get you started). Tag it with 'sttbhomegym' (to see the other photos with that tag, head over here).
To give people an idea of where in the world you are based, be sure to include your location in the title. City and State/County/Country should be fine. See one nearby that looks interesting? Be sure to leave a comment (on the photo page, that is) and let them know. You may have just discovered a new training partner.
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