GYM VS. INSANITY/P90X/30 DAY SHRED, ETC

Jkelly1221
Jkelly1221 Posts: 91 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi everyone,

I have lost 50 pounds since Novemberish-until about 2 weeks ago, most of my exercise has come from gym activity (except for the 2 days a week I play softball with 2 different leagues). I am pretty bored with it, and have plateaued, so I started doing insanity and love it so far.

I am considering cancelling my gym membership because I currently don't have time while I'm doing insanity, but I'm so used to going and I was dropping the weight off, that I'm paranoid that it will come back. But I'm bored. And it'd be nice to save that bit of extra cash. Since I"m on the downward slope of my loss, I was debating just doing insanity, then maybe leaping into p90x, then something else, and so on and so forth. But I'm just not sure...I'm not sure which workouts would be best to replace going to the gym (give me good cardio and tone up).

Any thoughts on this?

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  • Annafly3
    Annafly3 Posts: 63
    hey
    some gyms let you put your membership "on hold" for a couple months, maybe see if your gym does this? Then figure out what you want to do.
  • dr3wman
    dr3wman Posts: 205
    It all depends what you were doing in the gym. If you were just going for cardio, then p90x and insanity are good alternatives. If you were doing any sort of lifting, its tough to replace a gym membership without buying your own equipment
  • vendygirl
    vendygirl Posts: 718 Member
    I second seeing if you can "put your memebership on hold". That way if you want to return you can without paying a fee (check that when you ask about holding your membership).

    I like to have variety but my gym is cheap compared to most. Plus if you wanted to start lifting to add variety later on you still have access to the gym.
  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    Insanity is a primarily cardio program. You will not see the same results from it you would from a lifting program. By that same token, you will not see the same results using a pair of 20-30 lb dumbbells as you would with a barbell and a squat rack. These programs are not complete replacement for gyms. Unless you own thousands of dollars worth of equipment you will not get the same quality of workout that you potentially could with a gym.
  • opuntia
    opuntia Posts: 860 Member
    I have cancelled my gym membership since starting the 30 day shred, because doing the shred is getting more results than I ever got from using the gym. Not that I couldn't have got those results from the gym, if I'd been consistent and persistent and created a really good program, but quite simply I wasn't and I didn't. I find it easier to work from a video at home. And considering it was quite an expensive gym, it made sense to me to quit. I might be joining a cheaper gym though. Either that, or I will buy a set of weights to work out at home once I've finished the 30-day shred. I already have kettlebells and a bosu ball and some little 1kg weights at home, so I could buy some heavier dumbbell weights and I'd be all set.

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