2025 12 NY Resolutions for your home - JANUARY: Add/Design a Home Gym

 

JANUARY 2025:
Add/Design a Home Gym

If you’ve made a New Year’s resolution to get fit in 2025, improve the odds of following through by creating a home gym. Start by decluttering that catch-all room, and then set up the space with these essential features:

1. Get a mirror with safety backing to keep an eye on your form and your progress.

2. Invest in some shock-absorbent rubber flooring.

3. Install an industrial fan to stay cool during high-intensity workouts.

4. Set up a smart TV for digital subscriptions and free YouTube workouts.

5. Purchase gym equipment specific to your fitness needs.

According to HomeAdvisor, building a home gym costs around $5,700 to $33,300, excluding the equipment. But don’t let the sticker shock fool you: A home gym practically pays for itself. Working out from home can save you hundreds to thousands of dollars a year, considering the average fitness membership costs up to $840 annually.

Empty Nesters Renovation Idea #3 - Home Gym

 

3. Add a home gym.

Bedrooms are not the only rooms that kids occupy. Once they’re out of the house, the basement or rumpus room becomes fair game for renovation. These rooms become excellent areas to set up a home gym. Having a dedicated workout space may prompt you to get in your morning run on the treadmill, lift weights, or join an online yoga class.

Start by removing all the unnecessary clutter from the room, then add the gym equipment you need, from free weights to cardio machines to a television on the wall so you can follow along with virtual workouts.

Can A Home Gym Help Keep One New Year's Resolution?

With the start of a new year, comes new resolutions. So we ask the question... is a home gym a good investment or not?

New home buyers often ask Team Hoffmann real estate professionals about some of these unique spaces in a new home. In some cases, a home gym could simply be a spare bedroom or den. In other cases, it could be a more elaborate dedicated room. Click here to see what the experts are saying about making this type of an investment....