Gym Travel Time

gooz71
gooz71 Posts: 97 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
How long does it take you to get to your gym/fitness center from your home? What is the max travel time you would do if you joined a fitness center?
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  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    Less than a 5 min walk along the jogging path outside my back gate.
    I do a 20 min drive for my yoga, that is far enough for me.

    Cheers, h.
  • parfia
    parfia Posts: 184 Member
    A 10 minute drive to the gym for me :smile:
  • lemonlionheart
    lemonlionheart Posts: 580 Member
    If I can't walk to my gym in less than 10 minutes, I don't go. Learned that the hard way!
  • minniestar55
    minniestar55 Posts: 350 Member
    10 min drive to main gym, 20-35 min drive to 2other branches I go to classes at; 10 min drive to bootcamp, 15 min drive to pilates reformer class.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    @lemonlionheart I so get that. I love that I can go to the gym at lunch time then walk over again at 3 to try to swim.
    I would be a lot less inspired if it was further.
    It did get a bit tough a couple of years ago when the path was literally knee deep in snow and I had to dig my way out of the back gate. That is a rarity though.

    Cheers, h.
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    lemonlionheart wrote: »
    If I can't walk to my gym in less than 10 minutes, I don't go. Learned that the hard way!

    ^^^^ this.

    ten minute walk or few minutes drive (I often go on the way to work). The pool I swim at is about 15 minutes drive from home, but it's on my route home from work. There's another more local pool I go to at weekends. I prefer not driving anywhere at weekends.
  • oh_happy_day
    oh_happy_day Posts: 1,137 Member
    edited February 2016
    About 2 minutes walk to running paths, 10-15 minute drive to main gym depending on traffic, 20 minute walk to yoga studio. I've deliberately picked a gym that is half way between my work and my home - no excuses!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    10 minute walk
    10 minute drive cos parking
    I only drive when I'm seeing my trainer because he likes to kill me
  • reddeament
    reddeament Posts: 51 Member
    about an 8min walk. I would go further for a gym with Les Mills group fitness classes - that's one thing I miss about leaving NZ :(
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    gooz71 wrote: »
    How long does it take you to get to your gym/fitness center from your home? What is the max travel time you would do if you joined a fitness center?

    do you work for a marketing company? :tongue:

    about a 15min drive from my home, but i normally go after work, so 5 min drive to the gym then 10min home give or take.

    same sort of travel time for kick boxing/yoga gym.

    Everything in my town is less than 20 mins from my house. any more than that and I would be less inclined to go.

  • Anlope14
    Anlope14 Posts: 6 Member
    10 minute drive 15 if parking is an issue. Or 20 minute walk. I used to drive but it defeats the purpose for me and I desperately neef to burn calories so if I am not going straight from work I now power walk to my gym. 20 mins average but on a goid day Ii can do 14 mins.
  • francesjones543
    francesjones543 Posts: 6 Member
    I don't drive so it's a 15 minute walk watch way but I count that as part of my warm up
  • Mavrick_RN
    Mavrick_RN Posts: 439 Member
    5 min drive to the Recreation Center. This is embarrassing. I should consider walking or riding my bike. I'm blaming the weather right now. Sheeze.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    edited February 2016
    25 minutes, give or take.

    but i live in the middle of no where LOL
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,230 Member
    10 min to the gym/pool, 25 min to the Taekwondo dojang. I started there when I lived 5 minutes away and didn't want to change dojangs once I moved house.
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    15 minute drive, about 8 miles.
  • yesimpson
    yesimpson Posts: 1,372 Member
    3-5 min drive, 15-20 min walk.

    I usually drive because it's on the way to/from work, but walk on days off.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    12 minute walk
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    yesimpson wrote: »
    3-5 min drive, 15-20 min walk.

    I usually drive because it's on the way to/from work, but walk on days off.

    Same here. I usually drive though, but because I don't shower there and don't want to walk back 20 minutes all sweaty.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    3-4 minutes. 30 if I walked, but it's a narrow, hilly 2-lane road without sidewalks.
  • FitGirl0123
    FitGirl0123 Posts: 1,273 Member
    5 minutes. I'm not sure how far I would be willing to travel. I know I'm willing to go further for a better gym if that becomes necessary but not sure how far is my limit. Lol.
  • mitch16
    mitch16 Posts: 2,113 Member
    I would much rather run outside (starting from right outside my front door), but when I have to go the the gym, it's 10 minutes away; 10 minutes to my yoga studio as well (driving because we live outside of the city center). My gym has a couple more branches that are closer to 30 minutes away--each has its purpose though--one has a pool and an indoor track (so I can get off the treadmill) and the other is close to where my son does ski training so I can drop him off and then get a workout in.
  • abatonfan
    abatonfan Posts: 1,120 Member
    0 min if I work out from home.
    2-4 min walk if I go to the gym in my house's development.
    30 min drive if I go to my university's gym, but once I'm up on campus it is less than a 5-10 min walk. I'll actually have the time this semester to get in a 40-60min workout while I'm on campus for class, so I'll probably be making the university gym my new best friend.
  • TheBeachgod
    TheBeachgod Posts: 825 Member
    7 minutes on my bicycle.
  • molepigeon
    molepigeon Posts: 22 Member
    Five minute walk down four flights of stairs. Its in the basement of my office. No excuses sadly!!
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    My gym is one floor down from where I work. I walk past it 4 times a day going in and out of the building.

    There's no excuse I can come up with that actually justifies not going and I did try :p (not to mention my company pays the membershipfees for any employee wanting to work out and a PT session once every two weeks.)
  • cosmonew
    cosmonew Posts: 513 Member
    Im in a small town now so it take about 5 minutes. I don't even like the place...but its all we have.
  • jessetfan
    jessetfan Posts: 373 Member
    About 15-20 minutes depending on which branch I'm going to. That's about my limit.
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    Mine currently is 2 minutes by car, 10 minute walk.
    I'm moving in a couple weeks, so it will be 10 minutes car, half hour walk.
    I would never go to a gym that was more than 10-15 minutes away by car.
  • scolaris
    scolaris Posts: 2,145 Member
    Like Sarah palin's russia, I can see my YMCA gym from my front porch... Takes me about 3 minutes to get there during non peak traffic; 5 if I have to wait at the crosswalk.

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