It may be freezing cold or boiling hot outside your window, but no matter what your go-to excuse currently is for not exercising, building a basement gym can eradicate it, pronto.

1. Assess Your Space and Layout Before you dive into designing, consider the entire basement space. Determine how much room you’ll need for different equipment, movement, and storage. Visualize ...

Newlyweds Ben and Jessica Inman of Alexandria bought their first home in May. “A lot of our first ‘dates’ were at the gym,” wrote Jessica, “and we both like to work out in our spare time ...