No wifi in gym, is there a way of getting around it?

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LastingChanges
LastingChanges Posts: 390 Member
edited October 2015 in Fitness and Exercise
Theres no wifi in my gym is there any way I can still stream or watch shows on my ipad. Looking for legal solution but assuming there isnt any. Dont really want to pay for each show but have hulu subscription and amazon prime (which i think streams shows too not sure have to check).
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  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
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    Try using your cellphone as a hotspot.
  • LastingChanges
    LastingChanges Posts: 390 Member
    edited October 2015
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    Sorry im not very tech smart. Cell hotspot would require me to use up my phone data ? If that is correct then 2 shows would eat up all my data. I have 2 gb in my plan. Unless I am misunderstanding something ? So bored on treadmill lol.
  • LastingChanges
    LastingChanges Posts: 390 Member
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    Or is a hotspot an add on to a plan?
  • ohmyllama
    ohmyllama Posts: 161 Member
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    I believe a hotspot uses up your data. It does on my phone, anyways. Can you just listen to music? Or switch gyms? My gym has TVs on all the cardio machines.

    Or... up your plan? I can stream quite a bit on my 10gb plan with Netflix.
  • LastingChanges
    LastingChanges Posts: 390 Member
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    Its my buildings gym. Which phone service are you with, 10gb seems pricey.
  • FrankWhite27330
    FrankWhite27330 Posts: 316 Member
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    pre record shows... watch at gym
  • LastingChanges
    LastingChanges Posts: 390 Member
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    FrankWhite27330 wrote: »
    pre record shows... watch at gym

    How do you prerecord in order to watch on ipad ?
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
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    There are ways to download shows (legally) to your computer. From there, you can transfer them to your tablet. Since they are in the memory, they won't need wi-fi.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
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    I think that you can download shows with amazon prime now? But yeah my gym is the same, and my phone can't even connect to the network there, so music it is.
  • FrankWhite27330
    FrankWhite27330 Posts: 316 Member
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    Capture Card in PC.
  • LastingChanges
    LastingChanges Posts: 390 Member
    edited October 2015
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    mathjulz wrote: »
    There are ways to download shows (legally) to your computer. From there, you can transfer them to your tablet. Since they are in the memory, they won't need wi-fi.

    What are those ways? I don't want to pay for each show/series individually.
  • LastingChanges
    LastingChanges Posts: 390 Member
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    Francl27 wrote: »
    I think that you can download shows with amazon prime now? But yeah my gym is the same, and my phone can't even connect to the network there, so music it is.
    I think you are right about that going to look into it.
    FrankWhite27330 wrote: »
    Capture Card in PC.
    From a brief google search this looks complicated lol. Does it work for macs?
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
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    auddii wrote: »
    Try using your cellphone as a hotspot.

    Yep. This is what I have to do as I can't connect to my gym's wifi.
  • LastingChanges
    LastingChanges Posts: 390 Member
    edited October 2015
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    malibu927 wrote: »
    auddii wrote: »
    Try using your cellphone as a hotspot.

    Yep. This is what I have to do as I can't connect to my gym's wifi.

    any idea how many bytes a 30 min show takes?
  • frontjab
    frontjab Posts: 12 Member
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    With an iPad and Amazon Prime, you can download a lot of shows and movies. See the first topic in the Amazon help section about getting the Amazon Video app on your iPad, then the topic further down on downloading content.

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_mob_bc_nav?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201422750
  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,179 Member
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    I know this is going to sound stupid, but why would you need wifi in the gym? Honest question from someone who has been a member of various gyms for the last 23 years.
  • Muscleflex79
    Muscleflex79 Posts: 1,917 Member
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    aggelikik wrote: »
    I know this is going to sound stupid, but why would you need wifi in the gym? Honest question from someone who has been a member of various gyms for the last 23 years.

    I was wondering this as well - are you going to the gym to watch movies or work out?? If you are working out with any seriousness/intensity, you wouldn't be able to (or want to) watch a movie at the same time?
  • FatMoojor
    FatMoojor Posts: 483 Member
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    increase your speed and incline on the treadmill, until you are actually working out enough that you don't have time to watch a TV show.
  • ktekc
    ktekc Posts: 879 Member
    edited October 2015
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    I can manage to listen to music on the treadmill but id never be able to watch something. . way to much concentration needed. tried to watch supernatural once. . got oogling and almost fell off. :)
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
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    LastingChanges wrote: »
    malibu927 wrote: »
    auddii wrote: »
    Try using your cellphone as a hotspot.

    Yep. This is what I have to do as I can't connect to my gym's wifi.

    any idea how many bytes a 30 min show takes?

    Have we really gotten to the point where we can't be without some form of media for 30 minutes while exercising? Use the time to clear your mind, go to your happy place, plan the days activities, plan the weekend, listen to the music (voices ;-) in your head. Develope an exercise mantra, meditate listen to your body while working out...

    We were not this dependent on out side forces "back in the day".

    PUT THE IPOD DOWN FOR A HALF HOUR.

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