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Gym Travel Time

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  • Azercord
    Azercord Posts: 573 Member
    I always picked a gym between work and home so I could just turn in on my way. Once I'm home that's it. A few years ago I took my tax refund and bought a good home gym. No need to go anywhere other than my garage and no gym fees. Paid for itself in just over 2 years.
  • Bry_Fitness70
    Bry_Fitness70 Posts: 2,480 Member
    10 minute drive to my main gym (I live in the suburbs in the US midwest, there are no businesses within walking distance), 30 second elevator ride to my work gym. A 15 minute drive would likely be my max.
  • jeepinshawn
    jeepinshawn Posts: 642 Member
    gooz71 wrote: »
    How long does it take you to get to your gym/fitness center from your home? What is the max travel time you would do if you joined a fitness center?

    About 2 mins. Most I would travel 15mins.
  • becky10rp
    becky10rp Posts: 573 Member
    I have a gym in my home - so about 2 minutes down a flight of stairs - it ROCKS!
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    When I don't run outside, I run in the fitness center in my apartment building. So it's a short elevator ride.

    From past experience I know that if I have to drive more than 5-10 minutes, I'm going to struggle to work out consistently. I hate driving.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    I have all the weight equipment I require at home so there is no travel time.

    I also belong to a rec center. It is about 15-20 minutes away (driving time.) I wouldn't go farther than that. Also, I wouldn't even go that far except that it's on my employer's campus so it's convenient for before or after work.
  • gooz71
    gooz71 Posts: 97 Member
    Merkavar wrote: »
    gooz71 wrote: »
    How long does it take you to get to your gym/fitness center from your home? What is the max travel time you would do if you joined a fitness center?

    do you work for a marketing company? :tongue:

    about a 15min drive from my home, but i normally go after work, so 5 min drive to the gym then 10min home give or take.

    same sort of travel time for kick boxing/yoga gym.

    Everything in my town is less than 20 mins from my house. any more than that and I would be less inclined to go.

    LOL, no. Just thinking of joining a local gym and wondering if it's more than 10 minute drive will I actually go. Just curious what others do. :)
  • ElizabethOakes2
    ElizabethOakes2 Posts: 1,038 Member
    edited February 2016
    Depends on traffic. If I go at 1 in the afternoon, five minutes. If I go at 8 am, during rush hour? It can take as long as half an hour to get there. Gotta love Bay Area traffic.

    Oh, it's also on a direct route to places I shop at every week, so I trick myself.
    Brain: "Let's go to the grocery store... oh, look! We're right next to the pool! Good thing we put our swim bag in the car."
    Body: "Dude, you suck. Let's go to Burrito Loco instead."
    Brain: "It's an extra block to Burrito Loco and the pool is right here next to the grocery store."

    So far, my brain wins most of the time.
  • nordlead2005
    nordlead2005 Posts: 1,303 Member
    I have a home gym and a YMCA membership. The older one is 3 miles away and 8 minutes by car, the new one is 6 miles away and 12 minutes by car. I only go to the new one because it has a fancy pool for young kids (mine are 2, 3, and 5)
  • peleroja
    peleroja Posts: 3,979 Member
    I walk 20 - 30 min (depending on traffic) to get to mine, but it's in the same building as my office so it's convenient as I go directly to work after (or go to the gym at lunch, or right after work.)

    A ten-minute drive definitely wouldn't phase me, but I live in a fairly large, spread-out city so I can end up driving up to an hour to get places sometimes and ten minutes seems like it's just around the corner in comparison.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    I was thinking about asking this! My drive is 5-10 min depending on traffic. I prob wouldn't want to do more than 15, so it's a good thing this little studio is in my town. The next closest is about 1/2 Hr away.
  • Shanel0916
    Shanel0916 Posts: 586 Member
    10 min drive usually workout around 4am so I will never walk or bike to the gym at those hours.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    My gym is only three miles and one traffic light away, and this is one of the reasons I picked it over the nicer one further away. (The main reason was that it is less crowded.)
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    15 min drive to the gym and a 30-40 min drive to the yoga studio
  • smcrimmon84
    smcrimmon84 Posts: 135 Member
    I have a 15 min drive to the gym - I have to hop on the highway so walking isnt an option. I dont really have a closer option.
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    From work to the gym, about 12-30 minutes depending on rush hour.

    From gym to home, 7-10 minutes.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I live in a small town with no gym or fitness center so there would be a 40-60 minute drive to get to one.
    Honestly, I don't know if I would use one even if it was right down the street. I appreciate doing my exercise without any commute time, wearing whatever, not dealing with other people and not spending money.
  • murph155
    murph155 Posts: 116 Member
    Like others, mine is on my way home from work. So about 20 mins. from work, then another 10 mins home. I go on the weekends, too, so that's important. They opened a gym in the business park where my office is and I thought about joining that one, but it would be too far to go (30 minutes) on the weekends.
  • ObsidianMist
    ObsidianMist Posts: 519 Member
    about a ten minute bus ride not including walking to/from bus stops. takes me about 50 minutes to walk the whole way.
  • lsutiger2112
    lsutiger2112 Posts: 17 Member
    about 25 mins for me. There is an Anytime Fitness closer, but I like the Gym I belong to, it has all the amenities like steam room, Sauna, Heated Pool and big hot tub.
  • tracefan
    tracefan Posts: 382 Member
    15-20 each way. Used to be 30. I had a 2 minute drive once but hated the gym. All depends what you want
  • snowflake930
    snowflake930 Posts: 2,188 Member
    20 minutes to my home gym (Anytime Fitness)
    If I go to the club by where I work it is 45 minutes.
    There a 4 Anytime Fitness Centers between my house and work to choose from.
  • maidengirl_
    maidengirl_ Posts: 283 Member
    edited February 2016
    About 60 seconds...to walk from the inside of the house to the garage. Why pay a gym membership fee when I have a treadmill, a balance ball, resistance bands, free weights, workout dvds, a stepper, and a yoga mat all in the comfort of home?
  • KymBerlyBarrera
    KymBerlyBarrera Posts: 25 Member
    No traffic, 18 minutes. Moderate traffic 21 minutes. Congested traffic 35-45 minutes! But its the closest real gym to me. The only other thing in our area is the Y and its $84 a month, VS my PF membership , which is $20
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    8/10 of a mile, so about a 12-minute walk.

    I must admit that I am wimping out this winter and driving most of the time. It takes about 5 minutes, depending on the lights.
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    30 second of walk....my box is just across the street from my work
  • richardositosanchez
    richardositosanchez Posts: 260 Member
    My gym is about 5 minutes away from where I live, so no biggie.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    The last time I joined a fitness club I contracted a fungal infestation. No way no how no more for me. My treadmill is in my house, my free weights, floor, big ball and stretchy tubes are as well.
  • thatshistorical
    thatshistorical Posts: 93 Member
    I use the gym at my apartment building, so about 3 min walk. I also work out in my home, since I prefer dance/Pilates for aerobic exercise. Once a week I attend a class with my partner--it's a 12 min drive.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,930 Member
    It takes me about 30 seconds to walk downstairs. :)


    My husband and I had a gym membership at a lovely gym/swimming pool. Best one in town. When we got that membership, we lived about a 10 min drive, each way, from the gym. Then we moved, and it's about a half-hour drive, each way, now. We kept going now and then until the membership ran out, and then decided it would be less expensive and a whole lot more convenient to set up a gym in our basement.

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