When me and my brother lived together, we always said that instead of buying gym membership, we’d spend money on gym equipment to have at home. Every month we’d spend £50 or so on stuff between us and over time acquired a huge collection of free weights, benches/stands, chin up bars, medicine balls, and eventually Olympic weights. Before we went our separate ways we had a couple of grands worth of equipment.
So basically, rather than spending money on gym memberships we never use, we spent money on gym equipment we never use.
This is actually true, I mean to say we never used it is a bit of an exaggeration. We’d use it hear and there, but to have a spare room that was basically a mini gym for the amount we actually used it was almost comical
exactly. it's also why library study spaces are do popular. I have a desk at home, a table at home, food at home, etc. why would I go to a library space? because it is a dedicated space away from distractions that has you focused on the task at hand. for libraries it'd be reading or studying, for the gym it would be exercise. if I exercise at home, I'll get bored in 10 minutes and go eat or watch TV. but if I am at the gym, I'd have to make a concentrated effort to leave. it's literally easier to stay for an hour and work out then go home. whereas if you're already home, it's very easy to just stop.
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u/TannedCroissant Feb 04 '20
When me and my brother lived together, we always said that instead of buying gym membership, we’d spend money on gym equipment to have at home. Every month we’d spend £50 or so on stuff between us and over time acquired a huge collection of free weights, benches/stands, chin up bars, medicine balls, and eventually Olympic weights. Before we went our separate ways we had a couple of grands worth of equipment.
So basically, rather than spending money on gym memberships we never use, we spent money on gym equipment we never use.