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    How far would you be willing to walk for the gym?

    Posts: 189 Member
    edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    So if you could only access the gym by walking, how many minutes far would be your limit? How far is too far?

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    • Posts: 12,950 Member
      How far is too far?

      How dedicated are you?
      When I lived in SF I lived close to my gym, 30 minutes each way. Was quick.
    • Posts: 61,406 Member
      Depends. Are you British?
    • Posts: 19,251 Member
      edited February 2015
      Last summer I walked 30 minutes to the gym, lifted, then walked home (on non run days). If it was a run day, I ran there. (Now I'm lifting at work again)
      I'd say I'd walk 30-45 minutes one way for a good gym.
      Walking is exercise and good for you as well. N.E.A.T.
    • Posts: 566 Member
      I love the people who circle the gym parking lot three times looking for a good parking spot, then go inside and hit the treadmill.
    • Posts: 15,573 Member
      My gym is 7 blocks away. It's a perfect distance. I once had a trial at one that was a 15 minute walk away, or long enough for a one train stop and a short walk, but I prefer this one. It's cheaper/better and closer, but I'd go to the farther one if that were the case for it.
    • Posts: 61,406 Member
      arditarose wrote: »
      My gym is 7 blocks away. It's a perfect distance. I once had a trial at one that was a 15 minute walk away, or long enough for a one train stop and a short walk, but I prefer this one. It's cheaper/better and closer, but I'd go to the farther one if that were the case for it.

      Isn't 7 blocks about a 15 minute walk?

      Am I slow?
    • Posts: 15,573 Member
      DavPul wrote: »
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      Isn't 7 blocks about a 15 minute walk?

      Am I slow?

      You can't walk or dead lift right.
    • Posts: 12,545 Member
      arditarose wrote: »
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      You can't walk or dead lift right.

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    • Posts: 12,545 Member
      I walk to the gym. It's about a mile and a half, which is great. I'd walk further but how much further? Idk.
    • Posts: 61,406 Member
      arditarose wrote: »
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      You can't walk or dead lift right.

      I THOUGHT THIS WAS A PLACE FOR SUPPORT
    • Posts: 15,573 Member
      DavPul wrote: »
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      I THOUGHT THIS WAS A PLACE FOR SUPPORT

      Only if you lift.
    • Posts: 61,406 Member
      edited February 2015
      arditarose wrote: »
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      Only if you lift.

      Me? Lift?

      Not even once
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    • Posts: 361 Member
      About twenty minutes for me. I must admit, on the super cold snowy days, it has cost me a workout or two, but for the most part, it's not a big deal at all.
    • Posts: 5,446 Member
      edited February 2015
      I wouldn't get a membership anywhere that involved more than 15 mins' walk, max. It's cold here & more than that and I'll start making excuses. Current gym is a lazy 8 minute walk from my place, and it's awesome. Sometimes I go just because I'm bored.

      In addition: I will pay more than average, or go to the sketchiest gym, as long as it's close. Number one priority.
    • Posts: 353 Member
      I would walk 500 miles.
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    • Posts: 25 Member
      My gym is at my work 15-20 min walk away I'd probably walk further but wouldn't go in on weekends if it was too far
    • Posts: 723 Member
      I refuse to walk more than 1 block to go anywhere.
    • Posts: 509 Member
      edited February 2015
      I used to have a 90 minute walk to get to the gym. My husband was using our only vehicle and I couldn't afford cabs, there was no bus and I didn't even have a bike. Now I just train at home because the nearest gym is a 2hr drive away.
    • Posts: 1,320 Member
      Three hours to, five minutes from
    • Posts: 5,178 Member
      If time was not an issue, a 30 minute jog to and from the gym would be ideal. Because time is an issue, and I usually have around an hour total, I have a to choose a gym really close, like 5 minutes away.
    • Posts: 724 Member
      Well I don't know. Maybe 20 minutes.
    • Posts: 15,317 Member
      dougpconnell219 wrote: »
      I love the people who circle the gym parking lot three times looking for a good parking spot, then go inside and hit the treadmill.

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    • Posts: 900 Member
      Daiako wrote: »
      I walk to the gym. It's about a mile and a half, which is great. I'd walk further but how much further? Idk.

      It's a measurable distance; the word you need is farther, not further.
    • Posts: 110 Member
      The gym I use is a ten min walk, there is another about 30 minute walk which is cheaper, but knowing myself I know I wouldn't want to walk there in the cold/rain etc. I may be paying a little more but I'm using it daily without having to convince myself to go.
    • Posts: 9,532 Member
      Shawshankcan wrote: »
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      It's a measurable distance; the word you need is farther, not further.

      Don't be that person.
    • Posts: 900 Member
      Mr_Knight wrote: »
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      Don't be that person.

      I'll be whatever person I want to be. Furthermore, I was actually trying to help the person.
    • Posts: 15 Member
      I walk 30 minutes each way, which is plenty.
    • Posts: 675 Member
      I think the best gym the nearest to your home not the more advanced one. You must have access to it whenever is needed, no matter the climate is sunny, windy, snowy or fine.
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