New Gym - No excuses

Well, we did it! We bought a treadmill and then a bunch of other stuff to pull some gym space together in our basement. Our "plan" (and I use this term loosely) is to use this space to cut back on gym commute time and monthly costs from the traditional gym. Hopefully when the winter hits we'll be down here more often. Right now it's gorgeous outside so we don't spend a lot of time in the basement. That said, the best part about this gym was designing it!

We painted first since the floor would be covered anyway. I went with a really intense orange color to keep energy levels up when we're working out.

Please note: this color was most likely selected due to subliminal messaging coming from pandora radio earlier in the week. They have Home Depot commercials after every other song and guess what color this almost matches.. (sigh).

Then we picked a floor. I wanted something that would be durable, replaceable, and not overly expensive since it's going in the basement and anything can happen down there - anything. Fortunately I found a rubber flooring site. These tiles were on sale and amazing! Not to mention the shipping costs were really low because rubber flooring is super lightweight. These were SO easy to install. All you need is a box-knife and a husband. BOOM.

Then we got to shop for the fun stuff. This was Jeff's job. He selected some fancy schmancy treadmill that shows where you're running while you watch on the TV. Which meant - yes - we had to buy a TV. Then we had to buy special brackets to hang the TV from the wall. Then we needed a DVD player for my workout videos (Yoga and that Jillian lady who is really the devil in spandex). Anyway, we're all set up now and completely broke so it worked out in the end.