How far do you commute to the gym?

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  • benwonnell
    benwonnell Posts: 6 Member
    Work is 8 miles away(13 minutes) and the gym is about the midpoint between home and work. I usually go on my way home. Big time convenience, as I'm not so sure I'd go if it was out of the way of my routine.
  • dcresider
    dcresider Posts: 1,272 Member
    My gym is at work and 3 miles away. I usually bike to work (about 20 minutes) unless it's raining.
  • gobonas99
    gobonas99 Posts: 1,049 Member
    My gym is about 15 minutes from my house and 5 minutes from work (it is between home/work). I only go there to swim, and either go before work or on my way home from work. I do all strength sessions in my workout room in my house. Biking and running are either from my house, or meeting people someplace - could be anywhere from a 5 minute drive to a 30 minute drive, depending on where we're meeting. Yoga is at a studio that is slightly out of my way going home from work - takes me about 25 minutes to get there from work and 5-10 minutes to get home, depending on traffic.
  • musclegood_fatbad
    musclegood_fatbad Posts: 9,809 Member
    I walk downstairs to the garage.
  • missjones513
    missjones513 Posts: 345 Member
    Less than 15 minutes from home.
  • numinousnymph
    numinousnymph Posts: 249 Member
    it sucks, but i'm about a 25 minute drive away (always because of traffic at the only time i'm able to go to the gym). i wish there was a gym closer to me :'(
  • Snow3y
    Snow3y Posts: 1,412 Member
    Takes me about 4 minutes, maybe 5 on average
  • MsJulesRenee
    MsJulesRenee Posts: 1,180 Member
    Used to be 20 minutes until I bought my own equipment. My gym didn't have wifi..at all :/ Plus the creepers. Now I roll out of bed and go to my front room - so worth it compared to the money wasted on gas everyday. All ready paid for itself! Now I have wifi for my music too.
  • _lyndseybrooke_
    _lyndseybrooke_ Posts: 2,561 Member
    It's a 15 second walk from my bedroom. Just down the stairs and out to the garage. Can't get more convenient than that. When I did go to an actual gym, it was walking distance from our house (though I never walked), or less than a 5-minute drive.
  • themrsmejia
    themrsmejia Posts: 1 Member
    3 floors down in my office building!
  • enterdanger
    enterdanger Posts: 2,447 Member
    edited June 2015
    I use the free gym at my work during the week. I go to Planet Fatness on the weekends. It's only a mile from my house, and I joined a pool at our middle school for lap swimming when I only get to once or twice a week.It's about 3 miles away.

    Distance totally impacts how often I go to which gym.
  • karlydarlynn
    karlydarlynn Posts: 2 Member
    15 minute bike ride, and a less than 5 minute drive, I usually go before work and drive there but on days where Im not working I bike.
  • yourradimradletshug
    yourradimradletshug Posts: 964 Member
    If I go after work it's only about 5 minutes (if traffic isn't bad). If I am coming from my house it's about 25 minutes.
  • 4theking
    4theking Posts: 1,196 Member
    During the week the gym is about 20 minutes out of the way. When I workout on Sunday, its a 45 minute drive each way. Nothing will stop me from being the best I can be! :)
  • erockem
    erockem Posts: 278 Member
    20-30 minutes by bike, depending on the route I take.
  • belgerian
    belgerian Posts: 1,059 Member
    On my way home from work but about 10 or 15 min driving time depending on traffic.
  • emmoen
    emmoen Posts: 218 Member
    4 blocks away.... Could probably walk but I do not because I don't think I could make the walk back.... Not to mention it's starting to break 100 degrees everyday
  • FitPhillygirl
    FitPhillygirl Posts: 7,124 Member
    I just switched to a new Gym that is only 6 minutes from my house. I love it much more than the gym that took me more than 30 minutes to get there. This new gym has more free weights and cardio equipment than the old one that I went to so I'll definitely go more often now.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    7 miles, so about 10-15 minutes each way. I train in the morning, before work. Some days, I just go directly to work after the gym.
  • Fit_Fox88
    Fit_Fox88 Posts: 410 Member
    5 minutes or less each way. It's great. :)
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    45 minutes to the gym and then 30 minutes to work. There are a lot of gyms closer (like the one across the street from my house), but none of them have everything I need (including my coaches)
  • Meganthedogmom
    Meganthedogmom Posts: 1,639 Member
    30 minutes/24 miles.
  • PerkisPower
    PerkisPower Posts: 74 Member
    Used to be 15 minutes away but only found myself going twice a week.

    Built my own in the basement and now workout 6 days a week. Just much more time and cost efficient for me.
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    I bought an Equinox membership since there are 3 branches only a few minute's walk from my office. (Sundays are more of an issue lately.)
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  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    About 7 mins, used to be 50mins, but moved. Proximity must have an important diect relationship between how often you go, getting in there is half the battle. Being so close I can nip home and go back later.
  • SuggaD
    SuggaD Posts: 1,369 Member
    13-15 minutes with no traffic. 20 minutes with. totally worth the drive. Love my gym!
  • lizzocat
    lizzocat Posts: 356 Member
    Mine is a ten minute walk- I am enjoying it right now, but we'll see in the winter!
  • kaassiia
    kaassiia Posts: 51 Member
    I just learned there is a grand opening at an LA Fitness near me and it has a pool! Looks like I'll be switching over ;) sorry Crunch Fitness
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    It's about a 5 minute walk. I go after work and my commute from work is an hour though.
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