Member of Gym or workout at home/outside?

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  • tndejong
    tndejong Posts: 463
    i have a gym quality elliptical in my house that im using daily. i prefer to work out at home cause i can turn on the tv, strip down to a sports bra, and im not looking like an idiot working my butt off. i can put on loud music, turn on a fan. just more comfortable.
  • CassieReannan
    CassieReannan Posts: 1,479 Member
    I have never been to a gym.. I am thinking of joining but the gym where I live is sooo expensive
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    both
    I always make sure my GYM is about 2-3 miles from where I live. It makes life more easier. I go to the gym to use the equipments and take advantage of that.

    When doing cardio, I just put on my shoes and run outside. Well except now because of this NYC chilling weather! :)

    not me man. my gym needs to be within a ten minute walk for me to be able to go regularly.

    I'm the same way. When I moved to my apartment, I was a member at Gold's. It is about 4 miles away, I couldn't bring myself to use it. I quit Gold's, as My complex has a small fitness room, that I never use, either. (Half the equipment doesn't work.). I have a Planet fitness about half a mile from my apartment. I used that until I could afford a membership to the 24 hour fitness that is less than a quarter mile.

    I never understood the purpose of driving to a gym to walk on a machine, unless the weather is bad. Most of my gym time is weights, and I use my walk to the gym as a warm up.

    Me too. I walk to and from the gym, and when the weather is nice I do a few exercises at the outdoor exercise park on the way there and back. There is a fitness room at my apartments that I do not use, I also walk past the community fitness centre and go further uphill to get to a better gym.
  • wham55
    wham55 Posts: 44
    I want to be a member at a gym but i dont have the money for it atm. But I think the gym is definitly better because there is no way of distracting yourself. When your home you can take breaks,eat, and shorten it. When your at the gym theres nothing to do but workout
  • dandandee
    dandandee Posts: 301 Member
    I go to the gym, I've tried in the past to workout at home, and for the most part it worked, but I in no way worked out as intensely as I do at the gym.

    At the gym I like that really EVERY single person in there is a source of motivation to keep going, plus I like to set my rhythm to someone near me who is going at a steady but fast timing so it helps me get it in the zone. There's also so much more variety of what to do. (And it doesn't hurt that membership fee is included in my university tuition so I have no reason NOT to go.. :laugh: )
  • ToughMudderAddict
    ToughMudderAddict Posts: 290 Member
    I work out at home. I found a nice treadmill on Craigslist for about $100 that works like a charm and I have some free weights and those bands. I do a lot of the body weight exercises for strengthening and hit the treadmill.

    I just don't have the time or money to get to the gym. The benefits of working out at home is the ability for me to multitask - get dinner in the oven and run while it's cooking - watch my favorite tv show's while I strength train or run.. Works for me but I know it's not for everyone. It helps having everyone on here keep me in check :)
  • Riemersma4
    Riemersma4 Posts: 400 Member
    both. I get bored and like to shake it up. Also, our bodies tend to aclimate to work out routines and we lose the effectiveness.

    my gym is less than a mile from my house, so distance isn't a barrier. Watch that. As you see from teh posts, too far = no use.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    My gym is affordable. I just pay 35 dollars a month and no enrollment fee and since I walk everywhere we save money by just having one car.
  • brookehe
    brookehe Posts: 413 Member
    I'm currently unemployed so have been unable to consider a gym or classes. That said, I found a stationary bike on Craigslist for $35 and between that and walking (both dog-walking and fitness walking) and dumbbells every other day I'm being pretty consistent in getting SOME kind of exercise each day for no out-of-pocket expense. I've just (tonight) ordered a zumba DVD and will add that to my routine when it arrives.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I'm currently unemployed so have been unable to consider a gym or classes. That said, I found a stationary bike on Craigslist for $35 and between that and walking (both dog-walking and fitness walking) and dumbbells every other day I'm being pretty consistent in getting SOME kind of exercise each day for no out-of-pocket expense. I've just (tonight) ordered a zumba DVD and will add that to my routine when it arrives.

    Excellent!!
  • spfldpam
    spfldpam Posts: 738 Member
    I do both. I walk 2 miles in 30 minutes to a Leslie Sansone dvd M-F at 5:30am and also walk 1 mile or more in 20 minutes on my lunch hour in my office halls M-F. I try to get to the gym M-Thurs. also for 1 -2 hours. I do cardio only on M and W and do weight machines first then cardio on T and Thursday. I go on the weekends too if not busy. I just started the gym thing last Fri and have went Fri, Sun, Mon, Tues and Thursday and I love it. Trying to get rid of these last 5-15 pounds for my personal goal and tone up some!
    Good luck!
  • ErinShannon
    ErinShannon Posts: 158 Member
    I have social anxiety and in turn don't like being in crowds or in situations where I perceive myself as being watched. Therefore, I work out at home - I have a treadmill, recumbent bike, Wii Fit, work out dvd's...looking to add some weights and possibly an elliptical to the mix. I stay committed this way because I can do it without the constant worry that I am being watched or laughed at.
  • alvin0012
    alvin0012 Posts: 29 Member
    My gym is affordable. I just pay 35 dollars a month and no enrollment fee and since I walk everywhere we save money by just having one car.

    I pay only $15 a month! Since I've been a member for more than 7 years they gave me a special discount... Ballyfitness :)
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    The only thing I dislike about the gym is the constant false advertising, fake contests to win free personal training, but actually it is a sales pitch trying to scam people into exorbitantly priced personal training, locking people into expensive and long term contracts without even giving one training session to see how you work with the personal trainer and how the personal trainer works. And they will actually sit there and argue that the long term is for your benefit, but really it's for their financial benefit. If you say you can't afford it, they will laugh in your face and not believe you.

    I go to GOODLIFE FITNESS and they are hands down the worst with this, out of any gym I have gone to in the past 16 years. See here is their scam. They say they are giving you a FREE Personal Training Session, but then when you meet with them they say that they do not offer Free Personal Trainings Sessions and complain that they are not getting paid for this time they are talking with you. They don't want to talk to you unless you are going to listen to their sales pitch again (the same one they give you when you join and they tell you that a free personal training session comes with your membership). The absolute cheapest they offer is $1000 dollars (nothing less than that), and I've even had some personal trainers there say they offer nothing less than $2000 dollars unless you sign up right then and there for the $1000. http://www.goodlifefitness.com/PersonalTraining/
  • imadyer
    imadyer Posts: 145 Member
    I have a membership to the Y and love it. I also do some videos at home and get outdoor exercise. I do tend to work out longer when I go to the Y instead of using a tape at home.
  • busywifehealthylife
    busywifehealthylife Posts: 32
    I do both. But I have to say I LOVE having my membership at the YMCA, mainly for the classes. I do a boot camp class, zumba, yoga, spinning, and tai chi, depending on how my weeks go. And having the child care option there means I can actually work out and my 3 year old can run around and have fun with other kids instead of bugging me while I try to work out at home. When I can't get to the gym, I lift weights at home and mimic some of the HIIT stuff I have learned in boot camp. I also run outside when I get the chance. And a friend let me borrow P90X but I haven't committed to it yet.
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
    I have a membership at our company gym and I do Taekwondo three times a week. On days I don't do either, I get my oldest girl to walk the neighborhood with me.
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    Gym- the Y.
    Like the fun & motivation of classes.
    Learned proper technique from instructor of weight lifting class.
  • AphelionPDX
    AphelionPDX Posts: 105
    I work out at my gym 3-5x/week, and work out at home when I don't go to the gym. At the gym I only take classes because anything else is really boring to me. In the summer I spend more active time outside.
  • cruzcrzyMarie
    cruzcrzyMarie Posts: 251 Member
    We are a retired couple so a gym is not really in our budget. We walk daily outside, but, have walked at the mall a few times if the weather is too cold. We both have fitbits with a goal of 10,000 daily minimum.



    Marie
  • tripitena
    tripitena Posts: 554 Member
    We invested in an incline treadmill and and eliptical both by NordicTrack and are very happy with them. I've tried but not found the gym atmosphere comfortable. I walk outside some.
  • Spokez70
    Spokez70 Posts: 548 Member
    I don't belong to a gym- I have tried several times in the past but it just didn't click with me. I really prefer just to lift in my home gym with some hiking and bike riding in between.
  • Amberchalon
    Amberchalon Posts: 207 Member
    It's easy for me to come up with good and valid reasons why I can't go to the gym---working late, traffic blah blah...not so easy for me to come up with an excuse why I can't pop P90X or Jillian Michaels in!
  • Guamybear
    Guamybear Posts: 1,061 Member
    I do all of the above...
  • coke_bottle
    coke_bottle Posts: 259 Member
    Since I started back working out in December 2012, I have been working out at home. Only because it's a situation of me having to work with what I have! In Feb. of this year i will be heading to my local YMCA to become a member with my kids and work out .
  • jmcreynolds91
    jmcreynolds91 Posts: 777 Member
    Where we live, the gym is outrageous as far as prices go. They want to much so i have tons of dvds and would rather workout at home.
  • LWatson52
    LWatson52 Posts: 2
    I use both
  • Hbazzell
    Hbazzell Posts: 899 Member
    My work has a gym we can use but who wants to go back to work to workout on days off? Not me! I only workout there sometimes.
    I do most of my workouts at home using ym elliptical and free weights. I also workout outside when it isnt raining hard. I jog and walk with my pup. I REALLY feel like I need a gym membership with classes though. I get distracted/bored so fast at home. I love being a gym member and meeting cool people and working out until I am shaking. I just don't get that at home at all.
  • GrEyedRose
    GrEyedRose Posts: 90 Member
    I did have a membership and loved it. Cost of gas and time to drive there since it is not really close to my home made me quit. I do a lot of wiiFit and Zumba DVDs and take a lot of walks. I do miss the gym though!!!
  • wendybird5
    wendybird5 Posts: 577 Member
    I love my gym. If I need pointers or advice, there are trainers available. If I need someone to push me when I can't push myself, there are great workout classes. There aren't any comfy couches or beds on which to rest. And if I want to watch TV, I have to do it on a cardio machine. Plus I get to meet awesome people! But on weekends when the weather is nice, I do enjoy exercising outside and I live walking distance from some great hiking trails.

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