How far do you drive to your gym?

RunWinterGarden

The gym is 2 miles from my home, but it's about 30-45 minutes from work, I just stop there on my way home from work so that I don't give myself to get comfortable at home!

MelodyandBarbells

RunWinterGarden wrote: »

The gym is 2 miles from my home, but it's about 30-45 minutes from work, I just stop there on my way home from work so that I don't give myself to get comfortable at home!

This literally determines what time I leave work. I mean yeah, prior to setting the schedule, I had to figure out how best to get my hours in at work, but now that they've been set, I don't randomly leave work an hour or two early because I prefer to go straight to the gym, and get to the gym right before class starts.

brookielaw

It's 23 miles from my house to the closest branch of my swimming gym (30 minutes in no/light traffic). My trainer is 40 miles (about an hour's drive) from my home. Both are totally worth it. There is a small box gym in the small town I live in but I really only use the gym to swim anyway.

beerfoamy

25 minute drive from the gym I like, but it is right by work so perfect for before or after and I miss the traffic each way
have a closer one I could go to on days off, but still usually make the 10min longer drive to go to my usual

lorrpb

35 min drive, closest one. I go to use the pool and do strength training at home.

cwolfman13

5 miles each way...

I used to "commute" to a gym that we really liked across town...it took us 20-30 minutes each way. Initially, we liked the place so much that we didn't mind, but it got old pretty quick...adding 40-60 minutes of just driving around to workout for an hour gets old.

Asher_Ethan

5 miles.

lilithsrose

I go from work to the gym. Its about 6 miles.

If I were to go to the gym from home, it would be almost 12 miles.

Living in the country sucks sometimes.

brishaw18

Thanks for all the comments! I was curious to know what other members do to see if I was the only crazy one thinking about driving 25 minutes to a different gym The gyms in my town are very small and there for very packed during most hours that I am able to go. I have anxiety at the gym, and the way these gyms are set up I always feel like I'm being watched (which I know is not always the case) if anyone can relate? It leaves me unmotivated to go. The gym I'm looking at going to is very large and open and I also have someone willing to go to this gym with me which also helps with having anxiety about going.
Thanks again for everyone's input !

ritzvin

I will drive pretty far to get to a group ride/hike/trail run though (but not the gym).

ritzvin

brishaw18 wrote: »

Thanks for all the comments! I was curious to know what other members do to see if I was the only crazy one thinking about driving 25 minutes to a different gym The gyms in my town are very small and there for very packed during most hours that I am able to go. I have anxiety at the gym, and the way these gyms are set up I always feel like I'm being watched (which I know is not always the case) if anyone can relate? It leaves me unmotivated to go. The gym I'm looking at going to is very large and open and I also have someone willing to go to this gym with me which also helps with having anxiety about going.
Thanks again for everyone's input !

Having someone to work out with definitely makes the drive much more worth it.

Ready2Rock206

I go to OrangeTheory in my town which is about 5 minutes from my house. The other gym I attend is LA Fitness - they have multiple locations I can go to but none are in my town. The 2 I visit regularly one is about 15 minutes away the other is about 25 minutes.

Evamutt

I'm lucky I live .3 miles, takes me 3 minutes, the other one is about 2 miles

besaro

drive? I walk or ride my bike. its about 4 miles round trip.

fishgutzy

buffalogal42 wrote: »

Well, my gym is about 3 miles from my house but I drive straight from work during the week ... which is 14 miles. Worth it!

3.3 miles to my Y then 12 miles to the office. Gotta love a short commute. But not as short as when I lived in Lowell MA. I was 2.5 miles from the Y then a half mile back toward home to get to the office.

Mdpats

1.5 miles, next door to where I work

amyteacake

There's quite a few gyms near me. The one I usually go to only takes me about 15 minutes to walk to. The others are about a 5-10 minutes bus ride away.

lilawolf

I'm in luck... My work has a fabulous and stupidly underutilized gym. 4 barbells and 3 racks/cages and I don't remember ever having to share.... I also live less than a mile from work and my martial arts studio is half way in between.

My last gym was 3 miles away, but on the way to work.

You have to realistically think about how much you would ACTUALLY drive that. Is the annoyance of an extra 45 minutes of driving worth the "better" that that gym could be?

Adc7225

I live in a large city and go to the gym around 5:00 AM so between the 2 locations I visit the most the drive is about 7 - 15 minutes.

I would drive out of my way for a gym that I liked to workout at for these reasons;
Adding in the drive it would be more 'me' time.
At some points, working out is the best use of our time.
. . . at some point you may decide that you don't have that much time anymore but already having starting and needing that outlet you are more likely to visit those gyms that you didn't care for in the past (we grow to see things differently).

So, I vote go for it

jpoehls9025

My gym is a nice 15 minute warmup jog from my house. I find this VERY convenient for forced warmup / cool downs.

quiksylver296

lilawolf wrote: »

I'm in luck... My work has a fabulous and stupidly underutilized gym. 4 barbells and 3 racks/cages and I don't remember ever having to share.... I also live less than a mile from work and my martial arts studio is half way in between.

My last gym was 3 miles away, but on the way to work.

You have to realistically think about how much you would ACTUALLY drive that. Is the annoyance of an extra 45 minutes of driving worth the "better" that that gym could be?

Jealous!

ocrXfitter

My new gym is a mile east from my house. My old gym was a mile west. I'm at the gym at 4:45 am, so I like it closer to home.

ConquerAndBloom

The gym I would technically use is a less than 5 minute drive, although my work schedule is so hectic that I can't justify paying for a gym membership until I'm consistently working out at home. If I can't find a way to fit it in at home, what makes me think I'm going to have the time to drive there and back on top of the workout?

southernfit29

I'm about 5 miles away! Makes it easy

JeanieWww

1-2 miles

zdyb23456

I go to the YMCA and we have several in the area. I usually go to the one closest to me, which is 5 miles away. My youngest takes swim lessons there. My oldest is part of a swim team that practices at a YMCA near her school which is 12 miles away.

I'm half marathon training so once a week I drive to the state park to run the trails which is about 16 miles away. I also will drive to a nice park near my kids school to run just for a change in scenery.

With three kids that I have to drive to and from school (no buses), activities, lessons, working out... I feel like I'm always driving!

SarahMorganP

It's in my living room. Before I bought my weights and squat rack I drove 15min to my gym and hated every single second I spent there. So happy I decided to get a home gym!

rugratz2015

LazyButHealthy wrote: »

rugratz2015 wrote: »

I live about 30 miles from my gym. There are closer gyms but I would go past this every night on the way home from work so it was an incentive to go in, plus it has a pool, the others don't, or are too expensive. I was made redundant last year but still drive up most weekdays to get my workout done. I hillwalk at the weekends, which usually involves an hours drive as I live in one of the flattest parts of Ireland. If i'm serious about something I will find the time and motivation.

HA where is that? westmeath or longford or somewhere?



I walk 30-35 mins each way to gym as I've only recently bothered to try to get a driving licence.

When going with boy, it's about 5 mins drive.

There are gyms much closer which I contemplated knowing I will be mostly walking, but as above they don't have pool, they are of varying quality, so for the slightly additional cost and time, it's well worth to go to this one where I have much greater choice and better quality.

Good guess! I live in rural Meath, so not far from Westmeath.

The minimum time I spend at the gym is an hour and a half so the commute is worth it, to me.

kwtilbury

I live about 1.5 miles from my gym. When I visit my parents, I have to drive 30+ minutes to get to a gym. Not sure if I would do that on a regular basis.

ninerbuff

4 miles. Lol, but I work there too!

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