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Outside Magazine January 2005

Bodywork: Home Gyms
Bringing It All Back Home
If you lived here, you'd be fit now! Our three high-style gyms will take you there.

By Ryan Brandt

Intro | The Spartan Loft | The Performance Lab | The Zen Studio | Gym Style


	(Photograph by Art Streiber)

TIME FLIES WHETHER YOU'RE HAVING FUN or not, and one of the first things yanked on a busy day is your workout. But you can reverse that effect with an intelligent invention called the home gym, which lets you skip the minute-munching trips to and from the local sweat lodge and rack up time for fun instead.

Home Rules

Once you've got the perfect gym setup, get the goods on a weekly guide to maximum fitness. And for those sans the green to get that perfect weight-training system we offer an overview of no-tech workout options.

Just ask Karen Merrill, an Oahu-based personal trainer and formerly time-starved triathlete, who built a personal fitness sanctum for the superefficiency and sweet convenience. "At home," she says, "no one bothers me. It's guaranteed I'll get my workout in."

Merrill's got company: The number of homemade athletes is at 9.3 million, up 3 million in the past decade. Join this exclusive club via our simple guide to building your choice of three style-specific gyms, then try the smart workouts designed for these fresh environs by Merrill and yoga guru Steve Ilg. You'll soon be wringing the most out of every day.

Next Page: Hone the core essentials of ample strength and a high aerobic threshold in this no-fuss space saver

Intro | The Spartan Loft | The Performance Lab | The Zen Studio | Gym Style

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