Working out is an excellent way of staying fit and healthy. Working out at home might sound fun and easily do-able. However, it comes with a price. Here we see the pros and cons of working out at home, which might help you decide if you still want to do it or re-consider signing up for a membership at your local gym.

Pros
1. Save time
The first and foremost reason is that you save a lot of time, which sometimes, even money cannot buy. Commute to the gym can be smartly used for a quick-something-else in your busy schedule. Many people who have a gym near their home or office still have to park their vehicles or wait for their transport, unlike people who work out at home.

2. Save money
A gym is not for everyone. Many people who do not want to gain a lot of muscle do not need a gym. If a basic work-out is what you are looking for, your home is the best gym, and your floor is your best equipment. There are many creative and effective ways to use the things you have at home to cover a range of exercises to give you a fuller body work-out than the regular floor exercises.

3. Not having to stick to gym schedules
No matter how busy you are, you can still squeeze in a quick 20-minute high-intensity interval training work-out if you are working out at home. Most women find it easy to schedule their work-out at their own home, be it in the evening or early in the morning.

4. No waiting for a free gym machine
After paying a hefty gym membership, things can go spiraling down the emotional drain when you have to wait for a particular equipment that is forever occupied by the gym beasts you dread. Gyms are mostly crowded in the evenings and mornings, making you want to schedule your gym times during the afternoons, which mostly does not work for you.

Cons
1. Self-discipline
Many people enroll in an expensive gym-membership simply because they do not feel that they have enough self-discipline to get out of their couch and work out at home. They believe that something always comes in the way, or they procrastinate and end up not doing anything at all when they are working out at home.

2. A full gym cannot be set up at home
Working out at home might get too monotonous when you do the same set of exercises in the same environment for a long time. Even though running and swimming activities are performed to get rid of the monotony, a gym can accommodate all the equipment that can provide a range of motion and exercise for each muscle and tendon in the human body. Most people hit a dead-end when they cannot set up a gym machine due to limited spaces in their homes.

3. No state of the art equipment
People who work out at home finally enroll in a gym membership because they cannot perform various exercises at home either due to expensive equipment or space constraints.