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

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  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
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    Three hours to, five minutes from
  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,179 Member
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    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.
  • llUndecidedll
    llUndecidedll Posts: 724 Member
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    Well I don't know. Maybe 20 minutes.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    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.

    (*)
  • Shawshankcan
    Shawshankcan Posts: 900 Member
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    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.
  • gemm30
    gemm30 Posts: 110 Member
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    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.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
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    Shawshankcan wrote: »
    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.

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

    Don't be that person.

    I'll be whatever person I want to be. Furthermore, I was actually trying to help the person.
  • wootrition
    wootrition Posts: 15 Member
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    I walk 30 minutes each way, which is plenty.
  • needernt
    needernt Posts: 675 Member
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    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.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
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    When I first joined a gym, I chose one that was a half block from my apartment so I had minimal excuses not to go. Now I'm a city-wide member of my YMCA. My closest trip is as 15-20 minute walk and the rest are about a 20-30 minute subway ride. When its warmer, the closest is a 5-minute bike ride and the others I go to most frequently are 15-20 minutes. I also will travel to one that takes about 45 minutes public transportation or 30 minutes biking.
  • LovingLife_Erin
    LovingLife_Erin Posts: 328 Member
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    Mine is just under a mile, which is great because it gives me a nice little warm up and cool down at the end.
  • SuggaD
    SuggaD Posts: 1,369 Member
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    30 minutes
  • Shawshankcan
    Shawshankcan Posts: 900 Member
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    One of my training partners walks 90 minutes one way to train.
  • PurpleYFronts
    PurpleYFronts Posts: 344 Member
    edited February 2015
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    I don't use a gym but do use a treadmill at work. I do most of my exercise at home and purchased the equipment I needed including a sandbag, skipping rope, kettle-bells and kick/punchbag. I love my punchbag :D
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  • bebeisfit
    bebeisfit Posts: 951 Member
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    Its all about motivation. My gym is a few blocks from my house. But if there is no desire or motivation it won't matter how close.
  • yesimpson
    yesimpson Posts: 1,372 Member
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    Before I could drive I'd walk 40 minutes to my gym, but that's because I think it has a lovely atmosphere, a massive range of equipment, is usually fairly quiet, and I've been going there for years so motivating myself to go is typically quite easy. If I was starting out, or wasn't as fond of my gym, I would pick one as close as possible to remove the potential excuse.
  • Mrsallen6_11
    Mrsallen6_11 Posts: 416 Member
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    benjaminhkohl wrote: »
    I would walk 500 miles.

    And then walk 500 more? Just to be the man who walked a 1,000 miles to fall down on the gym floor?

    Sorry couldn't help myself.

    The gym I'm about to start going to is 5 miles from my house, I'd walk it but we don't have sidewalks out here in BFE and I don't want to become road kill on my way to workout. The park that I run at is 3 miles though.
  • jimmckenna68
    jimmckenna68 Posts: 523 Member
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    RUN!!
  • dave4d
    dave4d Posts: 1,155 Member
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    The first gym I went to was about 2 to 3 miles from my home. I biked it a few times, but never walked to the gym. The next one was about a mile, and I would walk there if I felt like it, but still drove more often. When I moved my gym was about 3 or 4 miles, and I stopped going, so I switched to the one that was about a half a mile from my apartment. My current gym is .4 miles from my apartment, and unless I'm in a hurry to be somewhere after the gym or the weather is bad, I usually walk to get there.

    I never did see the reasoning behind driving to the gym to do cardio in good weather. My walk to the gym is used as my warm up and cool down after my workout.

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