Gym Travel Time
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I always picked a gym between work and home so I could just turn in on my way. Once I'm home that's it. A few years ago I took my tax refund and bought a good home gym. No need to go anywhere other than my garage and no gym fees. Paid for itself in just over 2 years.0
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10 minute drive to my main gym (I live in the suburbs in the US midwest, there are no businesses within walking distance), 30 second elevator ride to my work gym. A 15 minute drive would likely be my max.0
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I have a gym in my home - so about 2 minutes down a flight of stairs - it ROCKS!0
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When I don't run outside, I run in the fitness center in my apartment building. So it's a short elevator ride.
From past experience I know that if I have to drive more than 5-10 minutes, I'm going to struggle to work out consistently. I hate driving.0 -
I have all the weight equipment I require at home so there is no travel time.
I also belong to a rec center. It is about 15-20 minutes away (driving time.) I wouldn't go farther than that. Also, I wouldn't even go that far except that it's on my employer's campus so it's convenient for before or after work.0 -
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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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.
LOL, no. Just thinking of joining a local gym and wondering if it's more than 10 minute drive will I actually go. Just curious what others do.
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Depends on traffic. If I go at 1 in the afternoon, five minutes. If I go at 8 am, during rush hour? It can take as long as half an hour to get there. Gotta love Bay Area traffic.
Oh, it's also on a direct route to places I shop at every week, so I trick myself.
Brain: "Let's go to the grocery store... oh, look! We're right next to the pool! Good thing we put our swim bag in the car."
Body: "Dude, you suck. Let's go to Burrito Loco instead."
Brain: "It's an extra block to Burrito Loco and the pool is right here next to the grocery store."
So far, my brain wins most of the time.0 -
I have a home gym and a YMCA membership. The older one is 3 miles away and 8 minutes by car, the new one is 6 miles away and 12 minutes by car. I only go to the new one because it has a fancy pool for young kids (mine are 2, 3, and 5)0
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I walk 20 - 30 min (depending on traffic) to get to mine, but it's in the same building as my office so it's convenient as I go directly to work after (or go to the gym at lunch, or right after work.)
A ten-minute drive definitely wouldn't phase me, but I live in a fairly large, spread-out city so I can end up driving up to an hour to get places sometimes and ten minutes seems like it's just around the corner in comparison.0 -
I was thinking about asking this! My drive is 5-10 min depending on traffic. I prob wouldn't want to do more than 15, so it's a good thing this little studio is in my town. The next closest is about 1/2 Hr away.0
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10 min drive usually workout around 4am so I will never walk or bike to the gym at those hours.0
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My gym is only three miles and one traffic light away, and this is one of the reasons I picked it over the nicer one further away. (The main reason was that it is less crowded.)0
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15 min drive to the gym and a 30-40 min drive to the yoga studio0
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I have a 15 min drive to the gym - I have to hop on the highway so walking isnt an option. I dont really have a closer option.0
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From work to the gym, about 12-30 minutes depending on rush hour.
From gym to home, 7-10 minutes.0 -
I live in a small town with no gym or fitness center so there would be a 40-60 minute drive to get to one.
Honestly, I don't know if I would use one even if it was right down the street. I appreciate doing my exercise without any commute time, wearing whatever, not dealing with other people and not spending money.
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Like others, mine is on my way home from work. So about 20 mins. from work, then another 10 mins home. I go on the weekends, too, so that's important. They opened a gym in the business park where my office is and I thought about joining that one, but it would be too far to go (30 minutes) on the weekends.0
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about a ten minute bus ride not including walking to/from bus stops. takes me about 50 minutes to walk the whole way.0
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about 25 mins for me. There is an Anytime Fitness closer, but I like the Gym I belong to, it has all the amenities like steam room, Sauna, Heated Pool and big hot tub.0
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15-20 each way. Used to be 30. I had a 2 minute drive once but hated the gym. All depends what you want0
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20 minutes to my home gym (Anytime Fitness)
If I go to the club by where I work it is 45 minutes.
There a 4 Anytime Fitness Centers between my house and work to choose from.0 -
About 60 seconds...to walk from the inside of the house to the garage. Why pay a gym membership fee when I have a treadmill, a balance ball, resistance bands, free weights, workout dvds, a stepper, and a yoga mat all in the comfort of home?0
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No traffic, 18 minutes. Moderate traffic 21 minutes. Congested traffic 35-45 minutes! But its the closest real gym to me. The only other thing in our area is the Y and its $84 a month, VS my PF membership , which is $200
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8/10 of a mile, so about a 12-minute walk.
I must admit that I am wimping out this winter and driving most of the time. It takes about 5 minutes, depending on the lights.0 -
30 second of walk....my box is just across the street from my work0
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My gym is about 5 minutes away from where I live, so no biggie.0
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The last time I joined a fitness club I contracted a fungal infestation. No way no how no more for me. My treadmill is in my house, my free weights, floor, big ball and stretchy tubes are as well.0
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I use the gym at my apartment building, so about 3 min walk. I also work out in my home, since I prefer dance/Pilates for aerobic exercise. Once a week I attend a class with my partner--it's a 12 min drive.0
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It takes me about 30 seconds to walk downstairs.
My husband and I had a gym membership at a lovely gym/swimming pool. Best one in town. When we got that membership, we lived about a 10 min drive, each way, from the gym. Then we moved, and it's about a half-hour drive, each way, now. We kept going now and then until the membership ran out, and then decided it would be less expensive and a whole lot more convenient to set up a gym in our basement.
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