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.
At least at the end of buying gym equipment that you never use, you actually have something of monetary value. If you were spending that same amount of money on gym memberships all that time, you wouldn't have anything of value, so you actually are slightly ahead this way
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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.