The price of fitness
kennie2
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So the other day i sat down and worked out how much im actually spending on fitness related things a month and it is terrible!
A month it comes down to around £90!!!
£16 gym membership a month
£60 swimming (3 sessions a week) a month
around £10 for university tennis a month!
Which is slightly ridiculous when you think about it. and the gym isnt even nice!
how much is everyone else spending?
A month it comes down to around £90!!!
£16 gym membership a month
£60 swimming (3 sessions a week) a month
around £10 for university tennis a month!
Which is slightly ridiculous when you think about it. and the gym isnt even nice!
how much is everyone else spending?
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I volunteer to get my dance classes for free and use the Wii and the local park for daily fitness.
Unfortunately, swimming lessons don't fit my work schedule, I would love to do that!0 -
Wow, £90 a month! You must have gold plated gym equipment, lol
That's kinda high though.
I'm in the U.S. and my uni's field house is priced at $225 per year. That's $18.75 per month. And it includes the gym, tennis, racquetball, basketball, and volleyball courts, swimming pool & hot tubs, softball field, track field, and extra fees for fitness trainers and massage therapists.
Would a regular membership at a local gym be a better alternative?
I checked out some local gyms and some are priced around $40 per month in my area. You might find something more affordable than £90 in your area, but the price must be that high since it does include a swimming pool and it may include other perks as well.0 -
I spent 3.5 grover clevelands between my bikes and weights at home, and my muay thai gym is going to get a benjamin each month.0
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$65 a month for my gym membership and it's worth it. Worth every penny.0
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I feel very lucky - there is a local group of gyms called 10 Fitness with several locations in the metro area (Central Arkansas). It is only $10 per month. There was an initial joining fee of about $50 and an annual $25 fee, but they had a sign-up special that waived the $50 fee. It was just $0.10 to join last November.
Other than that, my husband and I have spent $3/ person going to swim at the local community center, but we've only done that once. We're hoping to get a monthly pass for $35 once his back is feeling better. He has a herniated disc which keeps him from doing too much right now.
I also recently invested about $25 in a set of TRX-style gravity straps (Gofit Bob Harper Gravity Straps) which I can use at the gym or at home. They have door stops built into the straps, so you just put those behind the door and use your own body weight as resistance. My gym partner (who is an accomplished seamstress) outfitted them with an extra length of nylon material that holds a carabiner, so we can use them at the gym (or the park, or anywhere that we can hook them up).0 -
I pay 0, although I did have the "start-up" cost of buying a bench, bar, plates, rack and dumbbells and all my various DVDs collected over the years. My husband gets a discount for his gym, so it's, $30, I believe. he also buys supplements, so he clearly pays a lot more than me.
Oh, wait, I did pay $20 for an eight week session of using the workout equipment at my daughters' gymnastics gym. I use it once a week while they're in class.0 -
$85 a month for a family membership to the 'Y'. $5 for a can of tennis balls each time I play, except when the other guys provide the balls. Already own a bike. $120 running shoes about every 6 months.0
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I feel very lucky - there is a local group of gyms called 10 Fitness with several locations in the metro area (Central Arkansas). It is only $10 per month. There was an initial joining fee of about $50 and an annual $25 fee, but they had a sign-up special that waived the $50 fee. It was just $0.10 to join last November.
Other than that, my husband and I have spent $3/ person going to swim at the local community center, but we've only done that once. We're hoping to get a monthly pass for $35 once his back is feeling better. He has a herniated disc which keeps him from doing too much right now.
I also recently invested about $25 in a set of TRX-style gravity straps (Gofit Bob Harper Gravity Straps) which I can use at the gym or at home. They have door stops built into the straps, so you just put those behind the door and use your own body weight as resistance. My gym partner (who is an accomplished seamstress) outfitted them with an extra length of nylon material that holds a carabiner, so we can use them at the gym (or the park, or anywhere that we can hook them up).
I have disk problems as well: the pool is the one place I can be happy!0 -
Wow, £90 a month! You must have gold plated gym equipment, lol
That's kinda high though.
I'm in the U.S. and my uni's field house is priced at $225 per year. That's $18.75 per month. And it includes the gym, tennis, racquetball, basketball, and volleyball courts, swimming pool & hot tubs, softball field, track field, and extra fees for fitness trainers and massage therapists.
Would a regular membership at a local gym be a better alternative?
I checked out some local gyms and some are priced around $40 per month in my area. You might find something more affordable than £90 in your area, but the price must be that high since it does include a swimming pool and it may include other perks as well.
its cos i kinda did a silly thing and not get gym and swimming at the same gym which would have saved me like £40! which is what i think im gonna do next year. that gym is like half an hour walk away which is a bit of a trek! especially walking back0 -
$100.00 per month in gym membership. Worth it, I find that it keeps me focus and motivated.
$10.00 Jillian Micheal's 30 Day Shred. Purchased yesterday on Amazon.com. I've seen and read so many positive results from it, so I decided to give it a try.
Monthly grocery bills have gone up because I am choosing healthier alternatives and cooking at home every day, but "lunch money" and "eating out money" spent have decreased tremendously!0 -
we have a family membership at our gym that runs $70 a month.....
that's all I spend..0 -
I've spent about $150 on free weights to lift at home, and I run outside. So my only cost is new shoes every 6 months and more weights when I max out what I have.0
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Wow, £90 a month! You must have gold plated gym equipment, lol
That's kinda high though.
I'm in the U.S. and my uni's field house is priced at $225 per year. That's $18.75 per month. And it includes the gym, tennis, racquetball, basketball, and volleyball courts, swimming pool & hot tubs, softball field, track field, and extra fees for fitness trainers and massage therapists.
Would a regular membership at a local gym be a better alternative?
I checked out some local gyms and some are priced around $40 per month in my area. You might find something more affordable than £90 in your area, but the price must be that high since it does include a swimming pool and it may include other perks as well.
its cos i kinda did a silly thing and not get gym and swimming at the same gym which would have saved me like £40! which is what i think im gonna do next year. that gym is like half an hour walk away which is a bit of a trek! especially walking back
Oh, I see.
But price aside, I'm sure whatever you're paying now is worth it because it's conveniently closer to you and you do have a lot of workout choices. so don't feel bad about it.
But I agree, that next year getting them both at the same time might be a more frugal option. And you can also take this time as an opportunity to try out different gym equipment and see which one you like best so you can purchase your own in the future to save yourself from paying gym membership fees
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I spend $100 per year for the fitness center on campus where I work, but I only go there a few times per week. I use the (free) track and bleachers almost daily, as well as running my neighborhood and hitting fitness courses at a park close by.
Now, for tennis I probably spend a good $50 per month in court fees, balls, etc. More than worth it to me.
Aside from that, averaged over a year for equipment and clothing, I would say I spend a good $50 per month on average.
Worth every penny!0 -
I pay $25 a month for gym membership - not bad at all
I spend about $50 -$100 a month on clothes, or new supplies for lifting, however. My local sporting goods store loves me. lol0 -
I pay £60 a month, for that I get the full use of the gym, the pool and as many classes as I can/want to fit in.
I used to go to the local council run gym, it was much cheaper per month, but there were no classes that were interesting at the times I could get to the gym... and also they had far less equipment... I think they used to charge extra for the popular classes too...0 -
The cost of my fitness is workout DVDs for home, sneakers that are able to endure the workouts, workout clothes.....
That's it. Oh & more weights.
Fitness isn't expensive, it's how you choose to do it, that is expensive.0 -
My fitness costs me almost nothing. I bought a stationary bike for $140 that is terrific, and 2 kettlebells and a weighted hula hoop. Then I bookmarked a bunch of YouTube videos for kettlebell and other types of exercise routines. After that, $0.00 on-going costs.0
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Nada.. my company sponsers a Metro YMCA gym membership for our area0
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I spend $10/month for membership at the fitness center at my work. I've bought a few DVDs over the years but those are typically $20 or less. Last year I spent $25 on a 7 visit pass to a gym near home but I decided to skip that this year since it wasn't that nice and took too much time just to get there. I can easily either put in a workout DVD or do some body weight strength/cardio exercises.0
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One time charge of $500 that included ezbar with 120 lbs, full weight rack for 5-90 lbs. and a bowflex bench plus the occasional beach body program around $80-120 every few months. That's it pretty much.
Ongoing costs: 0. Unless I decide to paint the room. :happy:0 -
My gym membership is $35/month at the university I went to (that's alumni rate, for anyone off the street I believe it's about $45). My skating on the other hand is over $600 for the year + coaching fees (+ testing fees/partner fees). For the other stuff - clothes, etc. I'm lucky enough to work at a sporting goods store, and we have a fantastic discount. Yes, I look like a walking ad for it most days, but whatever! I like Under Armour for practice gear on the ice, and I have a thing for Nike & Reebok shorts at the gym. I did however get a pair of Lululemon capris for Christmas and I absolutely LOVE them!
There are ways to do it cheaper/free. Working out at home, etc. Also, something you might not have thought of, if you're in a university/college town, there may be the possibility of participating in exercise science studies. I know that my university's running one soon that my dad is considering volunteering for - you get a personal trainer for x-number of weeks and then regular fitness tests for about 6 months afterwards. It's studying the effects of training for the 60+ crowd.0 -
about $50/month for personal trainer coming to our office, AND the price of a sore heal from coming down too hard during workout on Monday!0
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What kind of university gym makes its own students pay?!
I work at a school and i get a free membership to the gym for begin staff, students get it free.. its what they have paid for through their tuition. Anything else is just wrong.
So thanks to my work, I don't have to pay for the gym..
The price of my fitness comes trough the fresh veg and groceries im buying more of now...0 -
I use to spend $50 a month Canadian, but now I pay nothing. I workout at home.0
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Shakeology is $125 a month
We use BB products to workout at home - so it varies but a couple hundred a year.
The most money we spend is on our clothing - I love Nike & Lululemon, so it can get pricey...but doesn't have to.0 -
I spend $40/month for two memberships and unlimited meetings with the fitness trainer.0
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The gym on base is free (yay). $50 every 2 months on whey protein, and as long as I still see good results, I'll be spending ~$35 a month on NO3.0
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The gym on base is free (yay). $50 every 2 months on whey protein, and as long as I still see good results, I'll be spending ~$35 a month on NO3.
every 2 months? you gotta up yo protein bruh0 -
Swimming is not needed, just walk.
Gym can be bought and put in your garage for a VERY low price... get the multi-free weights (like bow flex ones) for biggest bang for bux.
You don't need a personal trainer, just get a good routine from the interwebs, and actually follow it. You can always do low weight high reps if you are worried about bench and the like.
Nutrition information is easily gotten online.
I think the biggest problem I see with a lot of people is they don't want to do any homework, they would rather just pay others to tell them what to do.
For those that don't have a garage, you can still get a huge workout in your living room with a simple bench and the multi-weights alone.
Now the ones you are correct about is food and supplements. Those things rape you dry
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