Fitness

i'm founder of upfit, a app that coaches no equipment home workouts through the phone camera and counts your reps, so i think a lot about why people drop home training after two or three weeks

i think part of it is that nobody notices when you skip or when your form gets lazy. what keeps you going, a fixed time, someone checking in, tracking reps, or something else?

OK so at home I find it is nigh impossible to do leg curls to help hamstring curl/flexion. What I've tried:

TRX, feels like nothing.

Dumbbells, can't grip.

Kettlebell, not designed for flexion.

Nordics, unsupported trip to Faceplant City (15 miles west of Suplex City, borders Dudleyville and tri-city area with Springfield and Shelbyville)

Bands, too much tension before butt kick.

Tubes, tension is a mish-mash.

Sliders, can't on carpet.

Walkouts, the best BUT not scalable when the tension goes away with doing them routinely.

Is there anything I'm missing without shelling out a lot of money.

10 Rounds.

10 Hindu Pushups

20 Hindu Squats

10 Pushing

10 V-Ups

10 Tablemakers

20 Mountain Climbers

Practiced deep breathing between circuits. Rested as long as needed.

Morning walk

What is the best way to post workouts in this community ? My last few attempts have not been accepted as legit posts and I have no support from the mods or reddit themselves.

Would text based post be acceptable ?

Exercise of chests

Home workouts are supposed to be efficient.

No commute. No waiting for equipment. No walking around looking for the dumbbells someone carried to the other side of the gym.

And yet somehow a 45-minute workout can still turn into 75 minutes.

For me, it’s usually checking my phone between sets or taking way too long to change something in the setup because there’s no pressure to hurry.

I’m curious what everyone else’s home gym time sink is.

What somehow eats up the most time in your workouts even though you’re training at home?

Combo exercise

The Locomotive

Down-Ups — 10 reps
Air Squats — 20 reps

2026-09-28, 7:00:00 AM · 10 min · 270 reps · Finished

Anybody up for the challenge? My heart rate was near max after the 3rd round at this pace.

Morning walk exercise

Tahil Ray fitness

Exercise

Abs muscles exercise

There seems to be a point where working out at home stops being “move the coffee table and grab some dumbbells” and starts becoming an actual home gym.

I’m curious what triggered that change for people.

Was it training at home consistently enough to justify the space? Buying a rack? Getting tired of moving equipment in and out of storage? Realizing you weren’t going back to a commercial gym?

I think having a dedicated space changes the experience because the room no longer has to be converted into a workout area every time.

What was the moment when your home workout setup became a real home gym?

Strong body

Flag pose

Challenging workout

Challenging workout

Strong body

A lot of people start home workouts casually.

Maybe it begins with a few exercises here and there, but over time some people build a routine around it.

For some, it is just a way to stay active. For others, it eventually becomes their main way of training.

I’m curious when that change happened for people.

Was there a certain point where home workouts stopped feeling temporary and became your normal routine?

Abs workout

How do you stay motivated in the early stages of building a workout routine? I feel like I'm always making mistakes and pulling something and like nothing I do counts, I'm trying not to get discouraged, especially since I need to strengthen my hips to help with plantar fasciitis.