Introduction
Within this survey, we asked a number of questions about the home gym working out experience vs. working out in public gyms.
It’s important to keep in mind who is answering these questions, but the results are actually pretty telling.
People love working out in their home gyms!
You can hear us chat about the results in the video below, and all results are after.
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The Results
To start, remember that most people answering these questions are most likely never or rarely going to some sort of public gym. About 76% are not going at all, and only 7% go more than three times a week.
Then, we conducted a survey consisting of 11 “yes or no” questions to compare the experience of working out at home gyms versus public gyms.
All results are below, but here are the ones that really stood out to me.
- Nearly 90% of people prefer working out in their home gym than at a public gym, indicating a preference for home workouts that goes beyond practical reasons.
- 77% workout more often 57% workout harder (and longer), and only 24% are less motivated when working out in their home gym. Overall, the data indicates that home gyms can be a positive and effective environment for training, as they promote increased frequency with easier access, and the intensity doesn’t seem to suffer much.
- Nearly 3 out of 5 have better equipment at their home gym vs. the public gym they went to. This also says a lot about who is answering these questions, but many public gyms have worn out equipment that is not specific to what many want.
And below are all results.
| Question | % Yes |
| Do you prefer workouts at home gym vs. public gym? | 87.26% |
| Do you workout more often since you own a home gym? | 77.35% |
| Do you wear more comfortable clothes when working out at home gym vs. public gym? | 74.35% |
| Do you have everything at home go complete workouts? | 74.30% |
| Do you make more noises at home gym vs. working out in public gym? | 66.19% |
| Do you workout “smarter” in your home gym with no pressure to push heavy weight? | 59.56% |
| Do you have better equipment at home gym than public gym you’d go to? | 59.36% |
| Do you workout harder in your home gym vs. if you worked out in a public gym? | 57.56% |
| Do you workout longer in your home gym vs. if you went ot a public gym? | 57.03% |
| If you were in a public gym, do you shy away from doing specific exercises that you can do at home? | 42.29% |
| Are you less motivated at home gym vs. public gym? | 24.63% |