Basically, I'm looking to gain some muscle and generally improve my fitness, and as part of this I'm either going to join a gym or get a dumbell/barbell set for home. I've got enough room in the house for them, so that's not a problem.
My main problem with the gym is that I think I'd eventually just give up on going. There isn't really any near and the nearest one is usually packed and is quite hard to get to. I might be moving out some time between July and November, and while I could just get a gym membership for about 3 months then build from there, for this gym it could be quite expensive.
So as a result, I'm thinking of getting a dumbell/barbell set for home. Got a few questions first.
1) What's the limit on workouts I could do with this? In other words, is going to be a point where I'd need to start using machines or other equipment?
2) Can anyone recommend a decent starter set? Got pointed to a £60 set on Argos which isn't too bad but I've been told to look elsewhere too. Sports Direct wasn't as helpful as I was told it'd be either. Gonna look around tomorrow, but if there's a really decent set that anyone's seen for a good price, it'd be really helpful.
3) Would a gym generally be better? I'm a beginner, and I'm starting university in September so I can use the uni gym for quite cheap then, but would I be alright with dumbells/barbell until then? I've seen people on this site saying that people should go to the gym as opposed to working out at home, or at least start going to the gym a few weeks after starting at home.
Thanks for any help, sorry if I've messed anything up >_<