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Frugal living tip #1
Jan. 5th, 2010 09:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jamethielI've said it before, but I'll say it again: to save money, your income must be more than your expenditure.
Most people's isn't. Most people have an income and expenditure that are around about equal.
One of the things that I'll be doing is recommending areas that you save money in. One of those areas is exercise.
Exercise done properly has health benefits that actually saves you money in the long-run (that's provided you don't have a pre-existing condition. Get medical advice before starting to exercise if you think you might have /duty done).
The trouble is, you can actually pay a WHOLE HEAP of money for exercise. And sometimes it's wasted, too. For the record, I will say that I enjoy my gym very much and for me it's a worthwhile expense because I do use it and I do go. The pilates classes I go to alone would cost me my entire monthly membership in a fortnight if I attended private lessons. Going to a gym has other benefits, too. A professional to guide you in the correct way to do exercises. People to give you motivation.
But if you don't use it, what's the point in paying for membership? There is none. Also, I motivate myself. Someone coming along and saying "You can do it!" seriously irritates me.
However, it's perfectly possible to exercise by yourself. The cheapest and probably easiest of all exercises is walking. Shop around for gyms, if you want to use one--it's a trade of between price and convenience. Your local council would possibly have a subsidised fitness/exercise centre. Your local Y would possibly have a pool that you can use at a reasonably low fee.
Buy a skipping rope. Get some exercise DVDs and a yoga mat. Go and have a look at this post here, whcich has some EXCELLENT suggestions on how to exercise cheaply.
Personally, I'm doing the "Couch to 5k" program aimed at getting someone who's completely unfit up to running 5km. Eventually I'm going to have to move away from my gym and I'm hoping to have alternative forms of exercise in place so that I can be fit and not spend a bundle.
What are your cheap exercise tips?
Most people's isn't. Most people have an income and expenditure that are around about equal.
One of the things that I'll be doing is recommending areas that you save money in. One of those areas is exercise.
Exercise done properly has health benefits that actually saves you money in the long-run (that's provided you don't have a pre-existing condition. Get medical advice before starting to exercise if you think you might have /duty done).
The trouble is, you can actually pay a WHOLE HEAP of money for exercise. And sometimes it's wasted, too. For the record, I will say that I enjoy my gym very much and for me it's a worthwhile expense because I do use it and I do go. The pilates classes I go to alone would cost me my entire monthly membership in a fortnight if I attended private lessons. Going to a gym has other benefits, too. A professional to guide you in the correct way to do exercises. People to give you motivation.
But if you don't use it, what's the point in paying for membership? There is none. Also, I motivate myself. Someone coming along and saying "You can do it!" seriously irritates me.
However, it's perfectly possible to exercise by yourself. The cheapest and probably easiest of all exercises is walking. Shop around for gyms, if you want to use one--it's a trade of between price and convenience. Your local council would possibly have a subsidised fitness/exercise centre. Your local Y would possibly have a pool that you can use at a reasonably low fee.
Buy a skipping rope. Get some exercise DVDs and a yoga mat. Go and have a look at this post here, whcich has some EXCELLENT suggestions on how to exercise cheaply.
Personally, I'm doing the "Couch to 5k" program aimed at getting someone who's completely unfit up to running 5km. Eventually I'm going to have to move away from my gym and I'm hoping to have alternative forms of exercise in place so that I can be fit and not spend a bundle.
What are your cheap exercise tips?
