Do you REALLY use your exercise equipment?

I am wondering if it would be worth it for me to buy an exercise bike/treadmill or something similar. I know they cost a fair bit for something that is decent, so I am also wondering, so you really use yours?
When I had a gym membership, I used to go on the exercise equipment before doing my weights, so I do know how they work/ what they're like/do. I don't mind going on them and really if I got one and did it at home, it would be no more than an hour out of my day.
I could do it when the baby sleeps and the big kids were occupied by whatever I give them (I usually give them the messier stuff-playdough/paints/textas... when bub is sleeping) or when the kids are in bed for the night, especially when DH is on night shifts.

No - I buy exercise equipment and it gets used for a few weeks, then it becomes a dust collector!

We just got a secondhand cross trainer and it is much harder getting motivation when it's in your house cos you look around and see things that need to be done, or the nice comfy couch...

I make myself get up at 5am to exercise. I can't get the time during the day. if I do get a break from the kids I just want to relax - or nap on the floor haha!!

Then at night - I'm too buggered.

So up at 5am it is!!!

Nope, We have an eliptical at the back of the lounge so i could watch TV and exercise..... Umm that does not happen.

No. I used to have a bike that I used in front of the TV but then it broke. I've never used any other exercise equipment at home.
When I go to the gym I do it because I'm there but at home there's always something else to do.

We got a cheap exercise bike ($200 or so) off eBay. We used it a bit when we first got it, then we didn't use it for a while... But in the past couple of months I've been very committed to losing weight and have been getting on our exercise bike almost every night after the kids go to bed. At first it was only 10 minutes, now I tend to do 30-40 minutes.

I think it's like anything - if you're motivated enough, you'll use it :).

Not as often as I should, but at least twice a week. We have a treadmill and a stationary bike. I used to have the treadmill in front of the TV, but now I prefer to have just music on. I've picked certain songs in a certain order so that I can walk to the beat and use them to keep me pumped :)

I had a cross trainer that didn't get used much. I now have a treadmill that I use most days of the week. I got it for Christmas in 2007 and am starting to look to replace it (trade in for a newer model)...but I also just joined a new gym that I can walk to so am not quiet sure about splurging for more home equipment... my DH tells me I don't NEED to join a gym because I have a pretty decent home set up...

We go through spurts, but admittedly the using it spurts are less than the not using it spurts......We have an exercise bike that we used a lot when we first got it (probably 7 years ago now???). We then moved a few times and it always ended up in a spare room/garage and wasn't used. A couple of months ago DH decided to dig it out of the garage and sit it in front of the TV in our back room. I'm staring at it now....... For a month or so I was using it 2-3 times a week. Haven't used it in the past couple though....

the wii fit was a phase thing, about 6 weeks to be exact. However the treadmill does get used 5 days a week (not in pregnancy, i have been very slack) but for the last 5 years yes it has been used regularly, it sits in the loungeroom and i watch tv while on it. I made it a part of my daily routine, so i wasnt finding time for it, it was just something i got up and did, and continued that after DD was born, i just slid it in after her morning bf, then id jump on the tready, then id have breaky myself and a shower. Hoping to do the same thing again this time too.

Thanks everyone....

I guess if I am being honest, I likely wouldn't really use it any more than I use what I have. We have a wii, some hand weights, skipping ropes and DVD's I can use, but rarely do. Like alot of you I go through phases with it all. I should just use what I have, and go for walks/runs when DH is home. Plus I could hire DVD's from the store or library. Save myself the money!

I was using my treadmill 3 times a day for weeks and then it burnt out the other day and I've done nothing since. It's really hard to get out of the house to exercise atm - I used to gt up at 5.30-6am to do it but now it's too dark outside at that time still