<p>Dad II, right now I am using a groupon for my fitness classes, so they are costing me a $1 per session. Don’t know how that is depressing.</p>
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<p>They’d have to pay ME to do some of your workouts! :)</p>
I’m with Idad, CJJaneRead! I think that is a very important question DadII and one we struggle with every year. Our only gym is 20 minutes away and going there and back takes up the whole evening and is very unsatisfying. Very expensive for something we do a couple months a year and we hate to be inside when we can be outside.
I guess if money was no question it would be easier.
Been walk/running or riding my bike every day but one for the last week. Had to take a day off with a bit of foot pain. It’s raining today, looks like an all day rain. Might try and run in the rain. Really getting the exercise bug lol!
<p>We have a membership at the local Y. It’s a very friendly group that works out, so it’s fun to be there. The other gyms in town have loud music and no one talks to each other ever. Back when I did dance aerobics half the attraction was the other women. They were a great group. (Unfortunately the woman who taught the class changed to a very inconvenient time.) I also find for me, paying in advance for a class, makes me go. I hate throwing my money away.</p>
<p>CJane- third on that! You are incredible!</p>
<p>DadII- Fitness is a top priority in our household and we don’t mind paying for the right equipment and a gym. Our kids do the same. I probably spend the most on fitness of anyone on this thread, since I tend to be that way in general. 
That’s why I will be working until I am 80! </p>
<p>In the winter I still run outside unless it is a cold rain or ice on the ground, then I go to the gym and use the dreadmill. That is usually only about 10 days a winter, depending…
I have the right clothes, gloves and hats and I am usually fine. I have a headlamp for the dark mornings and evenings.</p>
<p>Off to the Lake! Will get my walking and biking there for the weekend. Still have itchy hives from those darn stings! Have a good weekend everyone!</p>
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<p>I was so fat and out of shape that I would have been embarrassed to go to gym. Being able to struggle thru those early workouts at home worked for me. I didn’t mind going to Planet Fitness to workout, but I much prefer being able to just walk down to the basement and workout at my own pace. I think it’s more conducive to actually doing a workout on a day when you might be looking for a reason to punt.</p>
<p>Good luck with your race this afternoon, BC! I smell a new personal best 5K.</p>
<p>^^ What he said!</p>
<p>24 mins. Since it was my short day I decided to push the pace, although being Garminless I have absolutely no idea what it was. 
All I know is I got in my fair share of glistening.</p>
<p>My workouts don’t take that much time. At home workouts take me just under a 1/2 hour. Running workouts do involve going to another location so there’s a short drive time. The stretches, walking warmup, run, cool down walk, and post-run stretches usually take me a total of 45 to 50 mins.</p>
<p>BC, I too want to hear the race report! Good luck!</p>
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<p>I need both options–some days going to the gym works best because if I were to stay at home, I’d find a million things to do instead of working out. Other days, going to the gym --which is a 20 minute drive for me–is more time than I’m willing to commit. Then, I’ll walk from home or go downstairs and workout with Kbs or weights (don’t have anything else) in my den. I recently realized that I’d probably do more at home, if I had a good area in which to work. One of my goals for the fall is to create a good space for myself. I also like taking classes–spinning, power, yoga. I think each person has to figure out what works best for him/her. I like to do lots of different fitness activities because it keeps me from getting really bored.</p>
<p>I feel that time and money I spend on fit is a health benefit and I’m willing to make it a priority. I also find that I’m much less cranky when I’m able to spend time working out in some fashion.</p>
<p>Good luck today BC. You will PR today for sure! </p>
<p>Did my weight workout today. My own pr for today is 3 real pushups. It’s taken me quite a while to be able to do that. I’m going for another ART session tomorrow.</p>
<p>Congratulations on the pushups PR, Blank! I’m still working on counter pushups, lol.</p>
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<p>How is that working for you? Do you like it?</p>
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<p>I’m slowly accumulating quite the home gym, but I seldom actually use the stuff. Right now I have a kettlebell and a medicine ball sitting in the bedroom along with a foam roll, a foam ball (similar function of foam roll), and an assortment of other small things. I still go to the gym for 95% of my workouts.</p>
<p>I save $400 a year on gym membership. And I have access 24/7/365 if I really want to go in. The benefits of working in a fitness center 
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<p>We currenty have two 20#, two 30#, a 40#, and a 50# kettlebell in our nearest office. Monday we are supposed to have a pair of each: 2kg, 4kg, 6kg, and 8kg. They were shipped yesterday I believe…</p>
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<p>Yay! Three qualifies as “a lot” of pushups! That’s fantastic. When I started, I couldn’t do one. Not even close.</p>
<p>Poor BC has nasty running weather for his big race. Looks like the big thunderstorms in the area will probably miss Manchester, but radar shows that he’s getting a shower right about now. It’s warm (88 before the clouds rolled in), muggy, and oppressive. Not like Nashville oppressive, but pretty sticky for New Hampshire. </p>
<p>That’s why I don’t sign up for these things. I like to be able to pick and chose my workouts to suit the weather!</p>
<p>Dad II, running is relatively inexpensive as sports go. A decent pair of running shoes and you’re good to go. Everything else is icing on the cake. </p>
<p>If you have kids that do sports, that can definitely burn a hole in the wallet, sigh.</p>
<p>In our household we have experience with ballet, competitive gymnastics, and cross country and track. Ballet – not too bad, although if a young lady were to go through pairs of toe shoes quickly…, gymnastics – boy, that adds up, cross country and track – a pocketbook relief compared to gymnastics.</p>
<p>New Rules of Lifting for Life workout today. Modified the warmup so I could stay in the basement – thunderstorms outside and I don’t need to be doing carioca in the rain!</p>
<p>Hot workout, but it was OK. </p>
<p>Plank with leg and arm lifts.
DB squat presses.
Kettlebell swings</p>
<p>Rear foot elevated split squats
Band assisted chin ups</p>
<p>Trap Bar Dead lifts
Pushups with feet in Jungle Gym straps</p>
<p>Abbreviated workout today. Too much going on. </p>
<p>Life is stressful.</p>
<p>4.5 mile hike to alpine lake.
Lots of wildflowers and views.</p>
<p>yay on the push ups, blankmind.
Real pushups are hard!
Adding just one to the pr takes so much effort-- and then if you don’t do them for a while, it’s amazing how quickly you lose the ability to do them.</p>