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Jeff & Zoe Morris  Getting
to the Gym without Breaking a Sweat
Jeff & Zoe
Morris own Case Handyman and Remodeling of Pittsburgh. An
authority in home improvement and remodeling, they have been
serving Pittsburgh and the surrounding area since 2006. Backed
by 46 years of award-winning remodeling industry experience,
Case is the nation’s largest full service remodeling
organization, providing premium home improvement services with
set-time appointments, security-cleared personnel (with a
minimum of 10 years’ experience)
and warranties on all projects. For more information, stop by
their McMurray location at 2335 Washington Road, Fox Ridge
Square or call 724-745-9888 or look us up on the web @casepittsburgh.com.
One of the things
that prevent people from visiting a gym to work out is that, in
today’s overscheduled world, it’s difficult to make time to
drive to a fitness facility on a regular basis. That’s why,
for today’s fitness-minded homeowners, the trend is to bring
the gym to them through installing customized home workout
rooms.
Not too long ago
people’s conception of a home gym was a treadmill tucked in
the corner of the room or some weights laying downstairs in the
basement. Today’s home workout rooms are tailored to meet a
homeowner’s specific needs while complementing their
individual style.
For those whose
schedule prevents them from being fitness fanatics, a home gym
is a valuable and wise investment, especially when time
constraints make a dedicated gym membership impossible. You can
get all the exercise you need while avoiding traffic (both on
the roads and in the gym).
Home gyms are often
added by revamping existing space in current homes, and are
sometimes included in the design plans for new homes. The
basement is usually the best location since it is usually built
on concrete and can handle whatever weight load the gym itself
will generate.
Here in Pittsburgh,
home remodelers see a surge in requests for home gyms during the
cold winter months. As hard as it can be to drag oneself to the
gym during a warm summer day, it’s doubly difficult when it’s
35 degrees with freezing rain.
The beauty of a home
gym is that it has exactly what you require to stay in shape,
without the hassle of sharing equipment at a public gym. This
makes for a quick and efficient workout, and you won’t have to
worry about getting athlete’s foot in the showers. Plus you
can tune the radio or television to whatever station and volume
you prefer.
Workout rooms don’t
always mean weights and treadmills, though. Here in Peters
Township, Cathy and Dennis McNamara decided to create a room for
their daughters to practice their dance lessons. They re-modeled
their recreation room by adding new can lighting, refinishing
the floors with a bamboo laminate wood, upgrading a powder room
with new tile, cabinets, and fixtures and organizing a walk in
closet with shelving and racks. Now the girls have a nice,
clean, open room complete with a wall of mirrors and new
lighting to practice tap dancing. They also received a little
encouragement from dad, who promised that he would even put on a
little tapping expo for them just for entertainment’s sake.
In the future, if
the girls decide to hang up their dancing shoes, the space can
be easily converted into a traditional home gym or an
entertainment room.
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