Anyone else have a gym at work?

I work at a university, so I have a sweet fitness center discount to the gym on campus. I do see my co-workers and some students I work with, but generally I go so early that I don't see too many people. I love that it's convenient to the office and I can just work out, shower, and walk across the street to work.

I work at a college, and the gym is about a 4 minute walk from my building, so I try to go a couple of times a week during my lunch hour to workout, and occasionally I go on the weekends or on an evening to work out longer. It's free for all faculty and staff, so I definitely try and take advantage of it!

My job has two actually. We have two locations with several hundred people at each place. The main gym is at the one I work at now. I use it. I prefer Planet Fitness but my work gym provides towels. I will occasionally work out at PF then drive to my work location and shower. By getting at work early to work out I get to park beside my desk just about instead of 2 streets over. Not literally that far but it sure feels that way.

I used to work for the YMCA & got to use the gym for free...but I did not like to workout there. Not because I ran into co-workers (I think I ran into a co-worker only once or twice) but because it was pretty limited in what they had to offer in the weight room.

I would much rather work pay for my having a gym membership & let me pick the gym.

It's a great perk.
Use it.

I usually go during lunch time.
Less people & keeps me focused as I only have an hour.

The University I work for allows us to use the Wellness Center for an exceedingly exorbitant fee. Makes me sad

Why do they have to charge more than other gyms? Anyway, I work on an enormous, hilly campus and the gym is on the opposite end. They do hold free fitness classes for staff at "lunchtime," but that is at the stadium, separated from the main campus by a park, the basketball coliseum and two roads. Plus, I teach at their lunchtime.

yes I have one at work and make use of it all the time!
There are some people who work out there I know and lots I Don't, but they are all there for the same reason you are, so why would it matter if someone sees you working out? They are doing the same thing.

I really don't understand that.


I usually go on my lunch or after work


its a perk!! take advantage if it! as with all perks... If you don't use it.. you could lose it!

Thankfully, yes. My work place is pretty sprawling, so we have two gyms on the premises (quite a few buildings spread over a campus-like area, though it's not a university). Especially lucky is one of the gyms is in the basement of the building where I work. I dash down there during lunch pretty much every day and use the elliptical for about 35 minutes.

There are almost always other people there, but only occasionally do I run into someone I know. And I'm totally fine with that. I'm in the gym to workout and so are they.

If you want to use the gym at work, go ahead. That's what it's there for.

Technically speaking yes... I work for a city and we can use the city rec centers for a nominal fee (I pay $8 a month and the family plan is $12 a month)... and then we get discounts on the contractors that teach fitness classes and such... but in the actual building, no... but that would be nice... though my bosses are pretty supportive of me heading over to a rec center for lunch and getting my workout on.

My city community center used to be free if you lived in the city limits. I worked out a while ago when it was free and then I stopped going. When I finally decided to get my butt in gear again, they started charging. To keep the place open at 6AM they started charging $50 a year, which is still excellent. I have to be at work at 8AM that's the only problem. It takes me 15 mins to get there and 15 mins to get back home. I used to do the treadmill for an hour. I'm in IT and sometimes I would get an emergency call at 7:30 so that's why I don't go to the center in the morning anymore. Since I started doing workout DVDs I can sleep later and workout later. I used to have a treadmill at home but it broke down. So instead of buying another treadmill, I decided to do workout DVDs. The DVDs take up less space and cost less. I'm a morning person so I prefer to workout in the morning instead of the evening. I could go to the center in the evening but I haven't done that in a while. I figured doing cardio using the workout DVDs and an aerobic step is better than what I did on the treadmill. I really feel it after doing the workout DVDs and the aerobic step.

Yes,
Used it today, we have free weights, machines, treadmills, elliptical s and most important showers.

It's all free for us, I must admit I have just started using it..