As from the end of this month I will no longer be a member of a gym.Yes, I appreciate the irony of a recent post extolling the virtues of going to the gym.
However it is a financial decision. I'm currently paying about £60 a month to use the gym when all I really do there is use the treadmill, exercise bike and weights. In theory I can do all that for free myself as I have a bike and weights so I can't really justify the fee especially as I may be returning to the student lifestyle later this year. I realised that I had been spending too much money over the past couple of months so it was time to make some cutbacks.
I will miss my gym visits in the morning though. Yes it was difficult getting up early in the morning to go but it was worth it. Even though it was expensive, the money did provide a motivation for going. You don't want to be paying for something you don't use so at least it was helping me to keep fit.
I will also miss the free papers that they provided, I may have to buy the Scotsman now rather than read it while I'm using the exercise bike. I'd like to pretend that I read all of the papers to get a good sense of what is happening in the world but I generally just read the sports sections. Sacrifices must be made though and I'm sure my life won't be any poorer from not being able to read the same story in 4 different papers.
Hopefully I can retain the motivation to keep fit by going out for runs and using my bike. The weather is starting to get better which should help, I'd imagine it would be quite depressing going out running in the dark while it is cold, wet and windy. I could go for early morning runs along Musselburgh beach and pretend I'm Rocky. Any volunteers for the Apollo Creed role?
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I'd volunteer if 1.) I lived closer to Musselburgh, 2.) I don't die in the 3rd sequel to any films we make.
How about Dave?
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