I can't afford gym membership so running outdoors for me although I haven't so much through the winter because it's dark by the time I get home and there's no street lights on this long stretch of road I have to run down :S bring on the light evenings!

Other than that I play team sports - I find being a member of a sports club is so much cheaper than gym membership and a lot more fun!

I definitely agree that with the better weather coming it seems like a waste to be inside at the gym when you could be out in the fresh air, getting your vitamin D.... surely much healthier!

I run in winter and cycle a lot in summer when it is warmer. I try to run hilly routes or just do hill sprints sometimes - amazing for strength and fitness. If you want a quick cardio blast then I would recommend a skipping rope - cheap and so effective. I also have a set of dumbells and do a lot of different strength exercises with them. There are so many good youtube videos that you don't really need to buy an exercise video to get ideas! Compound movements where you combine different muscle groups (ie squat and press) are fantastic.

On rainy days I sometimes just turn the stereo up and do 1 minute running up stairs then one minute of strength for however long I have got or however long I can keep going without collapsing in a sweaty heap! I guarantee that if you really go for it you will get just as good a workout as the gym. There are also lots of yoga/pilates youtube videos that I get ideas from for a really good stretch and cool down. I like POP workout videos.

Good luck!!

I bought 2 York Kettlebells in Jan and they are pretty good. I do 3 of the exercises on the chart that came with them and then run up and down the stairs for a minute.

I also have a Zumba DVD and that old Ministry of Sound DVD with the 'Call on me' dancers in it. You can get old exercise DVD dead cheap online and they are just as good as the 'in thing' ones if you just want to shake your *kitten*.

I do kickboxing (although not since last year as I'm recovering and rehabilitating a knee injury), I do the Nike training apps on my iPhone (free), cycle, walking (fast or hills), running and generally being active xx

I am a gym member but I rarely go (should really stop wasting my money!) because it's so inconvenient from where I live/my route to work. I do loads of walking and did do running when I lived in areas that were better for running (London really catches my breath with all the pollution!). I also do Jillian Michaels 30 day shred dvd. I do some weights at home too - I have free weights but I also do loads of just body weight stuff. If you are used to going to classes like 'body pump' it is actually really easy to choreograph your own routine to your own music since the patterns are usually all the same - like I usually do a squat track then a push up track, then a lunge track, ab track etc.

I am doing Leslie Sansones walking DVDs at home - really enjoying them

Walking, Wii Zumba and exercise bike

Hello!

I do both - I go to the gym roughly 3 times a week and burn about 400 calories each time on various cardio equipment, but it's pretty boring, so I also do an hour of Ashtanga yoga a week to help tone up

My best fat burner though (because it doesn't feel like exercise) is my 3.5 mile walk to work, and back again, so I'm clocking up 35 miles a week (2380 calories) by simply commuting.

I'm a huge fan of walking. All you need is a decent pair of shoes (or not, in my case), and a well stocked portable music device and you can go for hours (ignoring time constraints!).

You can also join your local Ramblers for a few pounds and join in walks round the local area. Friendly bunch and you get to learn new places to go walking!

I like the sound of that.

I love dancing of a weekend at nightclubs too, bouncing around to bands like Nine Inch Nails, Rob Zombie, The Prodigy and Skrillex definitely gets me out of breath and my heart bumping! A bit unsure how to log that kind of activity on here tho', I went for 'dance, aerobic...' in the end.

You mean there's no mosh option? Rubbish!