Have you ever bought exercise equipment, barely used it, and then ended up trying to sell it?

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You’re definitely not alone.. studies suggest that around 50–80% of home exercise equipment ends up going unused after the first year, and a large portion of buyers either store it away or try to resell it later…

Sunrising · Accepted Answer

That was exactly me, but they turned out to be a good buy.

I've never been to a gym it's never appealed to me, but very early in my life I bought some vinyl weights, they weren't expensive, and I used them in my bedroom.

I'm surprised I didn't go through the ceiling of the room below! 😄

But I was careful, and I didn't want to use them anywhere else.

I only used them for a few months and I left them at home when I moved out, and found my own place.

My Dad then started using them, and so my money had not been wasted, someone made use of my weights.

My parents moved to a smaller property and they had no room for my weights, so reluctantly I took them back, but they encouraged me to use them, they did not think they were a "white elephant".

I now use them occasionally, they are useful, and I wouldn't sell them to anyone.

OneViewpoint · Accepted Answer

Nope. My resistance equipment has been with me for 26 years. My Power Block dumbbells have been around for 15 years. My water rower is about 10 years old. Current weight bench is about 7 years old. The old bench wore out and broke down. All of that gets used almost daily. It used to be me and both my sons using it. Now it's just me and my youngest son.

lilBigPotato · Accepted Answer

I go to the gym, don't have space at home to exercise or store equipment.

queenofcardio · Accepted Answer

Nope, I actually use the exercise stuff I buy.

nolabels · Answer

Not that I've bought myself, no.

My late wife, on the other hand, would occasionally buy exercise equipment, let it sit, then I'd sell it a few years later at pennies on the dollar.

There's only one more exercise item left to get rid of, but there's plenty of her other 'stuff' that needs to be sold now, too.

Still-alive · Answer

Lol guilty in my family. we did this with nordic track remember that thing?

TonyMetal___86 · Answer

Yes that's me, but i still have some small equipements like dumbells... etc

I don't use them anymore, because i have turned from this athletic energetic guy in my late teens till my early 20's than started losing everything until i became a 40 year old lazy obese guy ☹, lazy only in sports!

slatyb · Answer

No, because I know that I would almost never use it.

AviatorTom · Answer

When I was in college, I bought a barbell set, in hopes of strengthening my arm muscles. I only used them a few times, and ended up giving them to my college, who added them to its weight room.

exitseven · Answer

I bought s Total Gym when we had covid and all the gyms were locked down, I still use it in days that I do not feel like driving to the gym. It gives a good workout.

jamesgoldman · Answer

I have an exercise bike that I don't use often, I got it free and once I clear up in there I'm considering selling because I want a gravity strider which I'll actually use

Iron_Man · Answer

I always use my exercise equipment that I buy.

Anonymous · Answer

Thought about dumbbells for Christmas when I was 18 - never happened sadly 🥲

strateguy632 · Answer

Not me. Luckily.

Jeff51 · Answer

No. I kept the equipment

Xawyx-2 · Answer

Nope, I still use it.

Jennz6 · Answer

I never bought any exercise equipment

LifeLover91 · Answer

Yes me, you also? Lol

jahaims · Answer

Nope

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