How Far Do You/Would You Drive To Go To The Gym?

Depending on traffic, the gym takes anywhere from 20 minutes to 40 minutes (by interstate and street) for me to get to...There is one that is about a 5 minute walk from my apartment, but they charge something like $70 per month compared to $20 for the one I go to.

It's about 3 mins. to the gym and 8 minutes for the outdoor trails I use. I used to go to a gym that was 10 mins. away but it was crowded and expensive. I would not travel more than 10 mins. for a gym, and there are enough around me that I don't have to.

I wouldn't drive to go to the gym when I can stay home and do my Team Beach Body workouts like, Insanity, RevAbs, and P90X. I hate wasting time driving, looking for parking, changing clothes, and waiting around for machines or equipments.

Mine's about 25/30 minutes away, but it's included in my college tuition, so I'm using it :-) My yoga place is the same distance and the people are so great it's worth it. Today I'm at my parents place so it will take about 45 min to get to yoga. I'm still going.

Depending on traffic, the gym takes anywhere from 20 minutes to 40 minutes (by interstate and street) for me to get to...There is one that is about a 5 minute walk from my apartment, but they charge something like $70 per month compared to $20 for the one I go to.

OMG NO!!! I'd rather scrimp and save to pay an extra $50 a month to avoid 40-80 min. round-trip commute to/from the gym. I would NEVER go if I had to sit in traffic for that long. How much do you blow in gas and wasted time to travel there? :noway:

ETA: For the poster above, I also live in Southern California and I get that you do have to drive most everywhere (because public transportation is lacking and it's not pedestrian friendly) but I'm wondering why you have to drive SO FAR to find stores and gyms. They are all over the place...

I live out in the country so it takes 15 mins just to get into town that's full of nothing. My gym is 25 miles/30 mins away and I'm there 3-4 times a week. Distance, time and/or gas is yet another excuse I refuse to use. It's the closest one to us and is in a very downtown area so I usually have other errands anyways.

I drive 15 minutes on a day off.. if I go after work its just down the road. I used to live in the middle of nowhere, where I'd have to drive at least half an hour to get to anywhere significant. This is like a hop skip and a jump for me now lol.

the gym in my home town doesn't open until 530. problem was, i had to work in a town 65 miles away at 7. so, i got a month to month membership in the town where i was working. i'd leave my house at about 4, so i could hit it for an hour and shower before 7. i think 100 miles would be my limit before i'd break down and buy a squat rack and some olympic weights

Can I have some of your dedication??

My previous gym was on the way to/from work so it was good.
My new gym is 3.6 miles away and takes about 10 minutes or so depending how I hit the lights.
I live about a mile from another gym and 0.3 miles from a Crossfit gym so I could switch and walk/run if I so chose

i'm only 2 miles away from the one where i'm living now. it'd defiinitely only happen pending on some sort of circumstances though.

My drive to the gym is less than 5 minutes... and it's on my way home from work if I'm ever inclined to stop there before I go home. I like to go late at night so, typically I drive but if I'm going to a class during the day, it takes me ~ 15 minutes walking with my 3 year old.

Edit: As far as how far away I would go? Where I live now, no more than 15-20 minutes. I've lived in places that were literally in the middle of nowhere but I'm unsure I would get a gym membership at all if I still lived there.

I can run home from mine in about 20 minutes

If I don't need to drive home after working out, I didn't work out hard enough.

The gym I am planning on utilizing is free, (military spouse) it opens at 5am and that is the only time I can be there, It's twenty minutes away but my husband works right down the road and I have to drive him to work anyways we are just going to leave earlier. If I could afford a gym membership I still would have to drive 20 minutes unless I want to go to Curves (which I don't)

It takes me about 20mins each way, but I train in my trainer's garage gym. I've followed her from globo-gym to Crossfit gym to her own space. It's worth it as I am fully programmed and can train pretty much whenever I like, with a very qualified trainer and a very equipped gym. She has a double squat rack, 2 extra sets of squat stands, about 8 Olympic bars, tonnes of kbs, dumbells, a GHD, rowers, bike, prowler...

I'm out in the "country" as well and we drive 25 minutes to get to the gym. It's out of the way, but we try to combine errands and activities that we normally would do if we had to "go to town."

30 mins drive to get there, 30mins home but I stay for a good 1 -1.5hrs for a workout.
It's a 24hr gym too so that's heaps better and it's the cheapest gym in town (I live out of town)
Only $11.95/wk no matter how many times you go.