Advice?

scarletleavy
scarletleavy Posts: 841 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I could use a little advice about moving forward with my fitness plans.

A little background: I'm most of the way through P90x (almost in week 11) and I've fallen in love with lifting weights. After I'm done with P90x I really want to do more with lifting. As a side note, I've already bought and read the New Rules of Lifting for Women book.

So here's my problem: I live in a super rural area outside of a big city, I seriously live next door to cows, and I've been making do with just the weights and equipment I have at home (some free weight dumbbells, medicine ball, exercise ball, pull-up bars), but I feel like I'm coming to the end of what I can do at home with what I have and still improve further. I know I really need to increase my weights and I'm trying to decide whether I should invest the money in buying my own equipment or look for other alternatives.

Some options:

1. There's a local gym near my house that I could join for something like 55 EUR a month that has a decent selection of weights, weight machines and cardio machines, nothing spectacular or anything.
2. Buy my own equipment at home (barbell, weight plates, more dumbbells, resistance bands, etc). Everything that I've been looking at would probably run me between 250 and 500 EUR, minimum
3. I've been looking into Cross Fit and there's 2 Cross Fit places in the city. One is 70 EUR per month and the other is 90 EUR per month. I would also have to take at least a 30 min train ride there to work out, which I'm not opposed to, but that definitely adds a cost and time factor.

Any thoughts?

Replies

  • jamesdelong
    jamesdelong Posts: 177 Member
    Tough decisions but I would say try taking the crossfit classes first for a couple of months to see how much you are okay with making that trip out there. At least this way you haven't already committed to buying equipment and you are doing what you love.

    On the ride back and forth.. pick up a new book or learn a new language. Well anyway that's what I would do.

    Good luck on your decision!
  • scarletleavy
    scarletleavy Posts: 841 Member
    Thanks! I'm kinda leaning toward that option. I'm really intrigued by Cross Fit.
  • momof3and3
    momof3and3 Posts: 656 Member
    In the US, most gyms and/or fitness programs allow you a free, to low cost trial to see if you like the place. You cando that first to see what you like and how it will all work out with your schedule before you commit to any one option
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