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Some people need disciple in life to organize
their routines and health. Therefore, going to gym is a good practice for them.
Gyms are playing an important role in people’s life which are struggling hard to
overcome the medical related health complications especially regarding over weight problems. Some people go to gyms for
cardiovascular exercises and toning up their bodies. Beside all the benefits of gyms, when
all the calculations are added, gyms cost a lot by the end of the year and
advantages of walking or jogging in neighborhood are disregarded.
First, gyms are expensive in cost such
as, annual agreements, monthly payments, day care services, and fuel spend on
cars or money on transportation Upon searching, some of the famous gyms in
Virginia are as follows, Anytime Fitness, Planet Fitness, Powerhouse gym,
LA/Fitness, 24 Hour fitness, and Chinn Aquatics & fitness Centers. A detail
look at every website of these gyms shows that an average annual cost for gyms
are $66, monthly cost varies in between $10 to $30. Also, if childcare is
required that is another average of $5 per visit (24 Hour Fitness). Some gyms
provide no child care at all and some provide it for free. According to U.S.Department of Energy’s website fuel calculator, if anyone who travels 5 miles to commute
to any gym with a car of MPG of 22, and $3.90 cost of fuel per gallon, it costs $324 annually
for one car. After looking at these calculations one can understand how much it
costs to afford any regular gym.
Second, trying to adapt walking and jogging
in the neighborhood, provides health benefits and neighbors’ interaction which
promotes community development. According to the University of Rochester
Medical Center, there are several advantages of walking and jogging for example,
it strengths bones, tones muscles, and helps cardiovascular system. Jogging intensely
for shorter period provides almost same fat burning results, as if anyone walks
for longer period of time with light weight lifting is hands or on knees. Jogging
add more but walking also add bone mass to the body. Walking is preferably
better as anyone falls while jogging, can hit harder on ground causing damage
to heels, skin, knees, and hips. Walking or jogging in the neighborhood also
increases the interactions with neighbors. Talking or accompanying any of the
neighbors also promotes the community development, rather then going to gym.
Until or unless anyone has serious
medical problems or are unsure of level of fitness, they need to check with their
doctors before walking, jogging or working out. On average, the cost spent on
gyms for workouts, if it is added as a total of annual fee, monthly fee, childcare, and fuel
money spend on car gas, it comes out to almost $2010 a year. Anyone with
conscious managing of finances would like to adjust with walking and jogging in
neighborhood which does not cost anything.
Work
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Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy. 13 November 2013. online. 13 November 2013.
<www.fueleconomy.gov>.
Health Encyclopedia. 12
November 2013. online. 13 November 2013. <http://www.urmc.rochester.edu>.
WORK OUT WHILE YOURS KIDS AHVE FUN. 2013. Online. 12 November 2013.
<www.24hourfitness.com>.
This is one of those topics that I have dealt with personally. We used to have a gym membership, and it was fine (we used it 3-4 times a week) before I had my daughter. Then we moved and joined a new gym, but I only went a handful of times. The expense was enormous: $124 a month! One of the benefits was there being a childcare facility--so I could get some stress out and take a minibreak at the same time. But I was just too tired to do it, and I didn't like leaving my daughter with strangers. So we compromised: we got a treadmill in the home.
ReplyDeleteI love how you layer this discussion with finances, because of course gym memberships are luxuries. Showing those costs was an effective way to connect to readers who don't think of gas (and wear and tear on their car, too). But was the calculation for a daily commute? What about gym gear, and smoothies, and personal trainers, and Pilates classes? Gym costs can be enormous, not even including the monthly fees.