Pumped Up

Home gym offers everything an exerciser might need

By Garth Bishop

It’s not endorsed by Chuck Norris, but you’d be hard pressed to call the basement of this New Albany home anything else but a total gym.

rolando and Bety de Aguiar have spent years putting together the best possible home gym setup, and today, their designated workout room is packed with an impressive collection of weights, machines and other exercise equipment.

The de Aguiars have been in central ohio for about three and a half years, but have been accumulating their collection of equipment for eight years, dating back to their time in Connecticut.

The collection didn’t start as any sort of effort to have the best gym around; its beginnings were as humble as those of any other modest home gym.

“I just wanted to get fit, that’s all,” rolando says.