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kidbxrs
kidbxrs Posts: 50 Member
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So just wondering how far do you all drive to get to your gym? Mine is 13 miles from my home but it is very close to my job. So I go at lunch time and work out. I am thinking about going to work out in the mornings and then go back home get ready and to work. Seems like a lot of miles to me though.

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  • Vanessa_lilia
    Vanessa_lilia Posts: 58
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    i used to go to one about 15 miles from my house but now i go to one 2 miles away soo much easier for me to get motivated to go now...and doesnt ur gym have showers wouldnt u be able to get ready there before work?
  • kidbxrs
    kidbxrs Posts: 50 Member
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    they do have one bathroom and one shower stall in there. So yes that is an option too. I just didn't want to take the bathroom up for 2 minutes while i showered and dried my hair and got ready for work. But i can't justify driving all that extra miles i don't guess.
  • thesarahsundae
    thesarahsundae Posts: 240 Member
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    3 miles. I'm lucky it's so close. I love my gym and I'm so glad I rejoined when they moved to their new location. I've been going 5 days a week since I rejoined last month (except for when I was sick with Bronchitis).
  • fatboypup
    fatboypup Posts: 1,873 Member
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    I have a decent apartment gym but the lifetime fitness I goto is less than 2 miles so I can walk
  • sharonfincher1
    sharonfincher1 Posts: 311 Member
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    mine is 1.2 miles, in nice weather I walk there to warm up my muscles my work outs...
  • SPBROOKS68
    SPBROOKS68 Posts: 561 Member
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    Mine is 2 miles and I have to pass it on the way home from work, so I stop then because once I get home I will not go back out.
  • Taylerr88
    Taylerr88 Posts: 320 Member
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    my school gym is like 15mins drive. my real gym is 30mins. and my oh my god i dont feel like going to the gym today gym. is in the basement.
  • cyclerjenn
    cyclerjenn Posts: 835 Member
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    I have two seperate locations of my gym that I go it. 1 mile from work and 5 miles from home. I usually ride my bike to the one by home so I can skip my warm up/cool down.
  • stablesong
    stablesong Posts: 224
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    Six miles from my house, about a mile and a half from my school, and on the way there/back. I just go after school and on Saturdays.
  • nixirain
    nixirain Posts: 448 Member
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    1/2 a mile. I walk.
  • mikey1976
    mikey1976 Posts: 1,005 Member
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    mine is about a 15 minute drive to the other side of the city
  • jaxbeck
    jaxbeck Posts: 537 Member
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    My gym is home, I have a treadmill & do pilates & weights
  • lisapr123
    lisapr123 Posts: 863 Member
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    It's a half mile from my house if I cut thru some areas that aren't really public roads (I live on the border between two states so there is a lot of no-mans land around here). But I rarely go. I'd rather work out outside so I choose to run, walk, or cycle unless it's miserable out (to me miserable is wind chills of under zero degrees, or heat index over 100). I do yoga and lift weights at home.

    Really, the only thing I use the gym for is the rowing machines and the eye candy. My health insurance subsidizes it so I pay very little, otherwise I'd just cancel.
  • Sunscreenandsweat
    Sunscreenandsweat Posts: 190 Member
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    Probably about 10 miles but sometimes I bike about 2 miles to the gym at my friends apartment building.
  • mes1119
    mes1119 Posts: 1,082 Member
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    I work at the Y so I just work out after my shift :) don't really technically even have to drive. It is about 5 minutes from my house too.
  • Heaven71
    Heaven71 Posts: 706 Member
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    It was about 7 miles before I bought everything I needed for home workout. o more driving. I would join classes if it was close enough and cheap enough to pay for my daughter as well.
  • Stephanie2167
    Stephanie2167 Posts: 83
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    I drive about 10 minutes.
  • thepetiterunner
    thepetiterunner Posts: 1,238 Member
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    My gym is about 6 miles from my house (a 5 minute drive) and my Pilates studio is about 10 minutes from my work, so I get to take classes there 2-3 times a week on my lunch break.

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