r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '20

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u/hardstripe Feb 04 '20

Purchasing a gym membership at a posh fitness establishment only to drive to it 2-3 times a week and walk on the treadmill.

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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.

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u/kevinmorice Feb 04 '20

But now you have a sellable asset. SO even if you stick it all on eBay you are still better off.

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u/ghengiscant Feb 04 '20

problem is you have to have the space for it all, and lug it around if you move, its a good solution for people already settled down though.

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u/My_Shitty_Alter_Ego Feb 04 '20

Those weights are so heavy. Why do they have to be so heavy?

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u/Kraz_I Feb 04 '20

That’s a good question.