Exercise machines at home.......

I bought a treadmill once and used it maybe 3 times I ended up sellingit. My husband bought a weight bench and weight set it is sitting in the back room collecting dust. I go to my local YMCA to workout now.

I have a treadmill here in my room and I really like it. I still use it. Although I haven't used it in a while because I've been busy but when I do use it I run for like an hour to an hour and a half. I bought it so that I could lose weight and get myself healthy anf fit. I really like running but there are times when I just really don't have the time and when I am so tired that I can't even get up.

I bought and exercise bike in the 1970's and hardly every used it. I learned my lesson from that, I don't buy any more of that stuff, they all claim they do wonders and people who use them all the time do not find that they do any more than just plain dieting.

I have a junk old time stationary bike that we have never used other than as a clothes rack next to our dryer. I am looking to buy a treadmill as when I stay overnight at the casinos I use their exercise rooms and love the treadmills. They are a tad costly so a new TV first, then a new camera, then the treadmill hopefully. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!`

Hello gabrielle , seeing you after along time. Yes i have bought a exercise machine before. It is meant for the stomach and back. But i have hardly used it and it is just lying there. I am thinking of buying a cycle as i want to reduce my thighs and butt :( ~Pinks~

Like everything else, the novelty has worn off. This happens so often and it is what the manufactures love and depend on. That is one of the reasons the same manufactures keep coming up with something else. I have had an exercise bike and a tread mill and a tummy cruncher and everything else you can think of. I would use them for maybe a few weeks and then get lazy and not use them anymore. I don;t have any of them now, since I moved out of province, but I have had my share of gadgets that just sat and collected dust. It's just like anything else new to come out, like my bread maker, or my George Foreman grill, I use them for a few months and now they just sit on the counter taking up room and getting dusty. The novelty wears off.

Over the years I have also bought exercise things to use in the home. It starts out being used and then some where down along the way it gets stored. I have no idea why I buy these things when ever the first few I bought are now gathering dust. And I have gained weight. I also have the use of a fitness room right across the street from my house and it doesn't cost a dime to use it. I did make use of it for quite a while and then winter struck and you guessed it. I stopped going over there. Excuse used: It's too cold to get out and go do that. Than I will be all sweaty and I will end up getting sick. A person can come up with a excuse for anything if they try hard enough. I do need to lose some weight but as I have heard the hardest part of a exercise program is starting back again.

Well the only thing I bought so far was an exercise bike and I did use it every day until it broke down and worked no more. I think the key is to buy something that we already enjoy anyways, so doing it every day is actually positive. It's not exercising but spending some time doing one thing we like. I sometimes would just put some music on, other times I would have the tv on. Maybe I didn't do it like they said in the instruction's booklet but I did it, and that was just as important. I would like to have another one but I have no space now so that's not in the plans for any time soon.

I have never bought an exercise machine. i know I would not use it. i have bought a Qigong dvd though. This I plan on using (hehe). I have used it twice. maybe I will use it today. Who knows. I know it is good for me though.