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Fitness equipment leasing is fast becoming the most popular way to fill a home or commercial gym and it really makes sense financially when you break it down.  By leasing you can also fill a gym with more machines using less capital.  The lynch pin here is whether or not you have the capital expense to use.  Whether the gym is large or small adding variety to a workout is the easiest way to get more from a workout and stick with it over a longer period of time.

If you are a medium to small sized gym you are going to want to provide a client base with as many options as possible for them to work out with.  This is for two reasons, first, so that the client base is not bored doing the same thing over and over.  Second, to make sure you have equipment that appeals to a broad range of interests and workout designs.  As the owner of the gym fitness equipment leasing will allow you to do this because you pay over time as opposed to having to use all the capital up-front for the purchase.

I have seen a lot of gyms in my area come and go and it usually comes down to how the structured their deals with the fitness equipment leasing companies.  In order to stay a float you need monthly revenue to cover the amount you are spending in leases and other expenses.  Too often the gym owners over anticipates the amount of people in the area that are going to sign up for the monthly membership.  Its a fine line between making sure you have enough equipment and not getting too much that your membership income can’t afford it.

If you are looking to fill a home gym by leasing fitness equipment you need to think long and hard about the amount of use and longevity of the work outs you plan to have.  Say you lease a treadmill for $50 per month for 36 months you get the convenience of having the treadmill in house, but for that same $50 you’d have access to a treadmill and 5 other cardio pieces at most gyms.  The benefit to leasing is supposed to be that you get better equipment and pay less because its not yours.  I hardly ever recommend fitness equipment leasing for use in a home gym unless you plan on making an income with personal training.

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When it comes to exercise equipment for home usage there are a few things you need to decide on before you start building your at home gym.  First, what are your long term health goals and what is the best exercise equipment for home that can get you those results.  How much room do you have in your home for the necessary pieces of equipment so that you can get a decent work out.  Finally, what is the budget for those items and where can you get some cheap exercise equipment for home use.

So what are your long term goals for your health and how is this exercise equipment for home going to help you get into better shape and help you meet those goals.  Are you intending to lose some belly fat?  Do you just want to lower your cholesterol levels?  Get some heart health?  Or are you looking to both lose weight and tone some muscles?  If you just need to burn some calories and lower cholesterol than any cardio equipment will do, used treadmills, stationary bikes or an elliptical will help you do that.

How much room do you have to allocate to this new at home gym?  If you only have a few square feet to spare than small exercise equipment for home is going to be the best.  Think of tools that can accomplish multiple things in one movement to save on space.  An upright stationary bike or a row machine will help you tone muscles while also providing a calorie burn.

If you have a larger space and can afford a few pieces of exercise equipment for home than you should consider both a cardio piece and a resistance piece.  Say something like an elliptical machine and total gym system similar to that of a bowflex.  This will allow you to get both a cardio and toning workout from one room.

Finally don’t be fooled by all the hype surrounding many of the exercise equipment pieces of today’s market place.  Few of them will actually deliver on what they promise.  It is best to start small and find equipment pieces you actually use and then build from there.  In my home gym there is a jump rope, a treadmill, some free weight dumbbells and about 150 to 200 square feet of space.  Remember that its not so much what you have, its what you do with what you have.

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Leasing gym equipment can be a great way to get a variety of machines for your gym without having to pay a ton of money for them.  Many people are leasing gym equipment for their home gym and many others lease commercial gym equipment.  Either way the basic set up is the same and the relative pros and cons are the same.  In principle at the end of the day you are going to return the equipment which will then be sold as used gym equipment and either begin leasing gym equipment that is brand new, or end your lease.

Leasing gym equipment for your home is really quite simple and is thought of more as a sort of rental agreement.  The only way to do this though is if you plan to add multiple pieces to the gym.  A commercial gym equipment leasing company is not going to let you lease unless you plan to have a lot of pieces; several weight stations, a treadmill, an elliptical, some machine stations etc.  The reason here is that it is too costly for them to deal with you if you are not going to lease in bulk.

Commercial gym equipment is designed for heavy use and low functionality.  Rarely will you see an inlaid television with a treadmill at a fitness center.  Usually they are your standard heavy duty used treadmills that can carry users for miles and miles all day long but don’t have too many features in the way of pre-programmed workouts, or variable speeds.  The heart rate monitors hardly ever work and you are lucky if you can type in the speed you want to run at because most just have arrows.

There are many benefits to leasing gym equipment; cost and maintenance.  Just like when you lease a car you are not in charge of any maintenance issues and any repairs that come up from natural driving.  Also, you will pay much less to rent than you would to own allowing you to diversify the amount of things you can do when leasing gym equipment.

The cons are that when the lease is up you have essentially just paid to have use of the equipment and it is then returned to the company who holds the lease for them to sell on the open market.  Often it is cheaper to buy used treadmills or other gym equipment pieces and just sell them when you no longer need them.

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If you are like most of the overweight Americans out there than one of your new year’s resolutions is to lose some weight and get in shape.  Great news here, you are not alone in this goal.  It is considered the most common goal across the board for the New Year.  Whether it is be healthy, eat better, look better, feel better they are all the same –people wanting to lose fat.

According to many experts the best way to consistently lose weight and feel better is to keep your exercise fun and interesting and one of the best ways to do this quickly is with a treadmill or elliptical machine.  Don’t limit yourself to just one these machines either, while the treadmill burns more calories the elliptical offers less impact to you joints.

The elliptical has a few advantages that the treadmill just doesn’t offer, but it really depends on the machine you buy and what your goals are.  One of those advantages is a more complete all over body work out.  This can be accomplished because while your hands are engaged at the top of the machine they are moving with you forcing your core muscles into consistent tension.  This allows the abs and butt to develop some more tone.

The downside of course is that if you just cruise along with the elliptical you don’t get the same cardio workout that you do with the treadmill.  The treadmill is harder for you body to move on and requires more from your muscles providing more resistance and a better cardio experience.  It is however constantly putting pressure on your joints which can be uncomfortable and lead to other health problems down the line.

I recommend taking advantage of both of these machines by using what is called interval training.  In other words spend half the time on the treadmill and half the time on the elliptical.  This will allow you to benefit from the use of both machines.

If the treadmill is too much in the beginning and standing in line waiting for one at the gym seems a little intimidating just relax and start with the elliptical.  Of course you can always purchase used treadmills and have it at you home for your own non judgmental use every day.  In the end its up to you for how you want to lose the weight and increase your health.

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