exercise room

charleney

14 years ago

Small room (10x12). Want to put in exercise equipment. Any pictures or suggestions will be helpful. Thank You

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suero
14 years ago
Put mirrors up on one wall. It will make the room look much larger and you can check your form as you exercise.
And I find that it boosts my ego as I see how effectively exercise improves my figure!
Bumblebeez SC Zone 7
14 years ago
Set up a tv with dvd and face all the equipment towards it.
I can walk on my treadmill for hours if I have something good to watch.
Personally, I'm not crazy about mirrors but they do help make the room seem bigger.
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I have this weird little space left in my plans that I am trying to squeeze a 4*2 closet and shower/toilet/sink space for my son on the right side (his bedroom is right of my screenshot), a W/D and possibly a 4*1 closet space for vacuum/cleaning supplies, etc. I also need to squeeze in the utility room. We are hoping to find water to put in a well, so I will have a pressure tank, a Geothermal furnace, a radon system, and I am planning to do 2 tankless water heaters and later add a whole home filtration system. Currently, our W/D is in our utility room...and I hate it. This W/D is just for the kid's and guests laundry, but would still prefer side by side units. They were originally planned where the french doors are showing. If I do them off the hallway, I'll do french doors or a barn door (I know, gasp). I love the idea of turning them and having them sort of in a hallway to the utility room...but that makes the utility space really small. I am also trying to keep the exercise room as large as possible. What am I not thinking of that will need to go in the utility space? If I just need enough space on one side for the furnace and the other side for the well pump, then the back wall for water lines, I don't want to devote too much space to the room. I've done some redesign to eliminate both a full bath and a powder room from the basement (kid's rooms are in walkout basement) and moved the guest bedroom to the walkout wall, and gained the exercise room. Now that I have gained so much from the last minute changes, I hate to not make my son's bathroom and closet space perfect...and also don't want to scrimp on the 2nd W/D or make the exercise room smaller than it needs to be to make the utility room larger than it needs to be! I do realize that my HVAC guy does not want to be cramped when working on the HVAC....but am also trying to be realistic about how much space I actually need as I am trying to maximize every last sq inch in the basement.
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For cost, my choice would be a decent commercial grade carpet. It's no harder to vacuum than a hard surface floor and there's a myriad of choices. For my garage/workshop/workout area I installed Amorim 3/8" x 4' roll rubber. It won't win any beauty contests and it's hard to clean spills (that you probably would not have) but it's tough, dampens the sound and should last forever. I simply rolled it out and butted it, but it can be glued down. I bought it at wholesale (I'm a flooring contractor) so it cost less than in this link: https://www.menards.com/main/exercise-gym-flooring/amorim-reg-4-x-30-x-3-8-rubber-sports-floor-120-sq-ft-roll/730613/p-1523600981226.htm
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User
14 years ago
Add some posters that will inspire you. I couldnt exercise without some good music.
User
14 years ago
That's close to the size we had until our son moved back home and we gave that room to his son that lives with us half time. I'll have to see if I have any photos, but it wasn't decorated at all! I'm with bumblebeez on the TV and rose on the music.
What kind of equipment do you have?
nicole__
14 years ago
I just finished decorating mine! I put in a large mirror, a TV with stereo, headset so I can listen remotely while otheres can not hear a thing(in case others are upstairs watching TV). Dvd, VHS and radio on the receiver. Then framed motivational posters of people doing yoga. LOVE it!!!!!
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awm03
14 years ago
You mean your family room isn't the exercise room? LOL! In mine, you have to be careful not to trip over the weights, step bench, & bike rollers. Then there are the AV equipment, iPods and paraphernalia, & DVDs, plus the guys tend to leave wiffle ball bats, hockey sticks and nerf footballs around. There are many pairs of running shoes. Oh, and the pile of sweatpants, running shorts, t-shirts, socks, etc. just out of the dryer to be folded...

Dang, I knew there was a good reason why I've never posted my family room pix here.
suero
14 years ago
My exercise room has sound insulation in the walls so they can't hear my grunts.

And definitely yes to a tv. Possibly a dvd for watching exercise videos while you do your reps.

The important thing is to have your equipment easily accessible so that it doesn't become a chore just to get started.
hilltop_gw
14 years ago
Our kids have moved out so we just converted one bedroom to a fitness room. The room measures 11x14. We have a sauna, ab lounger, treadmill and TV. We just mounted the TV so I haven't thought how to conceal the cord yet. Since it's easily accessible we do use it more. Nothing fancy but functional. The TV is across from the sauna so we can watch it while warming up.
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