How far do you travel to your gym?

thehamo

Out of curiosity? Im very much a convenience person and like to have the gym as close as possible. Ive been thinking of joining RAW but its a 20 minute drive or so traffic not included (probably same on a bike considering traffic going across the city). Would that be standard for most people?

Dka e80

thehamo wrote: »

Out of curiosity? Im very much a convenience person and like to have the gym as close as possible. Ive been thinking of joining RAW but its a 20 minute drive or so (probably same on a bike considering traffic going across the city). Would that be standard for most people?

5 min walk for me

Nervous Wreck

Raw is a 15-20 minute cycle for me, depending how hurried or lazy I'm feeling. There's several gyms much closer to home but they're shite.

tmc86

I'm about a 5 min cycle or a 15/20 min walk


I used to be a member of another gym which was on the way home from work, now I have to go home and then further on. There is another gym nearer and on the way to work but my new gym is way nicer so Id rather travel the extra bit

BrianD3

I'm at home and my gym is approx 5 metres from where I'm sitting. Also I have better equipment for strength training and more free weights than some commercial gyms.

If convenience is important and you have the space I'd very much recommend going down this route.

arse..biscuits

BrianD3 wrote: »

I'm at home and my gym is approx 5 metres from where I'm sitting. Also I have better equipment for strength training and more free weights than some commercial gyms.

If convenience is important and you have the space I'd very much recommend going down this route.

Mine is about 10 metres away. I built the shed too far down the garden.

thehamo

BrianD3 wrote: »

I'm at home and my gym is approx 5 metres from where I'm sitting. Also I have better equipment for strength training and more free weights than some commercial gyms.

If convenience is important and you have the space I'd very much recommend going down this route.

Actually just bought a new house with a nice big back garden in it. however all money is being pumped into the house so wont have money to invest in a shed, nor Gym equipment to put into it!

WHIP IT!

thehamo wrote: »

Actually just bought a new house with a nice big back garden in it. however all money is being pumped into the house so wont have money to invest in a shed, nor Gym equipment to put into it!

If you're anything like meself, you'll only just be able to afford the bread & milk!

My gym's about a 4 minute drive and convenience is very important for me. Having said that its also a good all-round gym so no complaints either way.

ebixa82

Instead of a kitchen and bathroom I have a big gym. I literally eat and **** weights I'm that bad ass.

thehamo

WHIP IT! wrote: »

If you're anything like meself, you'll only just be able to afford the bread & milk!

My gym's about a 4 minute drive and convenience is very important for me. Having said that its also a good all-round gym so no complaints either way.

Bread and milk??? Christ thats a terrible diet :P

arse..biscuits

thehamo wrote: »

Bread and milk??? Christ thats a terrible diet :P

Drop the bread and it's pretty good.

Inspector Coptoor

2 miles away.
It's handy

tattykitty

Mine's a fifteen-minute walk from my office, and an hour walk from my house...I generally walk everywhere so if I go to the gym on a Sunday (like I did today), I walk to the gym (6km), exercise for an hour, and then walk home (another 6km). And then collapse on the sofa in a feeble heap with a jar of crunchy peanut butter and a spoon.

df1985

2 minute walk from work, but nowhere near home. if i want to on the weekend I use a local one 5 minute walk away.

Gael23

About a 10 minute walk away. There are cheaper and better ones around but not within walking distance.

googled eyes

Down the shed.
Best thing I ever did.

Hanley

800m. It's great.

Mellor

On the floor below my apartment is the pool,
And around the corner, <1 min walk, is the gym and also the mma/bjj gym.
I have it very handy right now

ArtyC

One mile walk- all uphill!

rainbow kirby

On the way home from work - about 1km from the office and 2km from my apartment.

arse..biscuits

googled eyes wrote: »

Down the shed.
Best thing I ever did.

Did you get your chin up bar yet?

What else do you have?

saintsaltynuts

Three Miles sometimes walk it.

rubadub

thehamo wrote: »

however all money is being pumped into the house so wont have money to invest in a shed, nor Gym equipment to put into it!

Good weights are a sound investment as they will hold value. If you bought second hand and got a good deal you could make a profit. I bought 90% of my stuff new and reckon I could sell it on close to what I paid, since the price of steel has risen so much.

20 minute drive

If you can figure out a value to put on your free time (and petrol etc) then you could work out how much it costs you per year. e.g. if you went 3 times a week that is 52x3x20minx2(return trip)=6240min or 104 hours. If you found some min wage job €8.65/hr sitting on your arse (i.e. no real stress like the time wasted in your car), then that's €900 per year.

Though if you cycled or lived closer & walked it could be counted as a warmup.

arse..biscuits

I spent €5,000 building my shed, but it's 25msq. I could have gone a lot smaller if all I wanted was weights room and a small bit of storage.
I use mine for a few other purposes aswell.
I also built an A roof and slated it to match the house, I could have saved a lot with a cheaper roof. One thing I didn't want to skimp on was the floor, 6 inches of concrete on top of 6 inches of compacted hardcore.
But I have a gym in my garden whenever I want it and I love it.

googled eyes

Arse-biscuits: yeah I picked up the bar from the lad in arklow last week. Happy out.

Down the shed I have
Pull up bar
gym rings
a secondhand bench
squat rack (made myself from 3x3 poles and concrete)
weights 150kgs standard,
3 barbells 5,6,7 footers
Tricep bar
a barbell with car wheels (16kg each)
and a treadmill

I've only really started lifting properly in the passed 5-6 months. I used to do a bit in the house but once I sorted the roof on my shed, I was able to move the gear I had down and I started to collect or build my nearly new gym

Oisinjm

Both gyms I'm a member of are 5 minutes drive away. About a 20 minute walk either.

Oisín

Col_Loki

Currently a member of the ben dunne Carlisle gym, its about 15mins drive away which is fine. RAW is about 300m away from me so I might be making a change when membership runs out.

arse..biscuits

googled eyes wrote: »

Arse-biscuits: yeah I picked up the bar from the lad in arklow last week. Happy out.

Down the shed I have
Pull up bar
gym rings
a secondhand bench
squat rack (made myself from 3x3 poles and concrete)
weights 150kgs standard,
3 barbells 5,6,7 footers
Tricep bar
a barbell with car wheels (16kg each)
and a treadmill

I've only really started lifting properly in the passed 5-6 months. I used to do a bit in the house but once I sorted the roof on my shed, I was able to move the gear I had down and I started to collect or build my nearly new gym

Sounds savage.
Any pics?

googled eyes

Its fairly messy in this photo but im a messy person. The treadmill is off to the left of the picture.

I'm not sure why the image doesn't show up. On my phone at the minute. Maybe if this is getting too off topic we can have a home gym you show me yours tread haha

Danye

arse..biscuits wrote: »

I spent €5,000 building my shed, but it's 25msq. I could have gone a lot smaller if all I wanted was weights room and a small bit of storage.
I use mine for a few other purposes aswell.
I also built an A roof and slated it to match the house, I could have saved a lot with a cheaper roof. One thing I didn't want to skimp on was the floor, 6 inches of concrete on top of 6 inches of compacted hardcore.
But I have a gym in my garden whenever I want it and I love it.

€5,000 to build and kit it out or just build?

Sounds great by the way, any pics?

rubadub

If building a shed you might be able to incorporate some things in the design which can be used for training. In googled eyes pic you can see the wood going into concrete. If making a shed from scratch these could have been deep in the foundations, though it makes them unmovable. Also the wall could form a sturdy part of a 'cage'



Your 'cage' could be holding up a loft area and/or be structurally holding the roof.

googled eyes

rubadub wrote: »

If building a shed you might be able to incorporate some things in the design which can be used for training. In googled eyes pic you can see the wood going into concrete. If making a shed from scratch these could have been deep in the foundations, though it makes them unmovable. Also the wall could form a sturdy part of a 'cage'

Exactly. My shed was there before i bought my house. If you were building a shed specifically as a gym you could really plan ahead with what you want.

arse..biscuits

Danye wrote: »

€5,000 to build and kit it out or just build?

Sounds great by the way, any pics?

About 5k to build. I had most of the kit already, I bought a rack, pull up bar, gym rings and sume bumper plates.

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/132018/206488.jpg

arse..biscuits

googled eyes wrote: »

Its fairly messy in this photo but im a messy person. The treadmill is off to the left of the picture.

I'm not sure why the image doesn't show up. On my phone at the minute. Maybe if this is getting too off topic we can have a home gym you show me yours tread haha

I love the timbers in the buckets of conctrete, does it wobble at all?

Danye

arse..biscuits wrote: »

About 5k to build. I had most of the kit already, I bought a rack, pull up bar, gym rings and sume bumper plates.

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/132018/206488.jpg

That's fantastic! Well done.

All together, to build and fit out with rack, bars and plates etc how much did it cost? Ball park figure?

googled eyes

In the position it's in now there's a tiny wobble. I'm just looking for a piece of timber to fix to the wall and I'll secure the posts to it. Previously it was against the opposite wall which was easier to secure it to.

Your shed looks great ( very clean ).

WHITE BOARD ! That's something I want. Phone apps are great but there's something good about seeing it written on the wall in front of you

RidleyRider

Im about 20mins from my gym. Theres one closer but I dont like it all that much. Next would be UL which is better but the distance would be too far.

Mysteriouschic

I walk it's about 20mins away walking. It used to be just 5/10 until I moved house.
There is another hotel gym much nearer but it's dearer plus I like the gym I'm already in don't want to move gyms.

COH

550 meters

Dka e80

googled eyes wrote: »

Its fairly messy in this photo but im a messy person. The treadmill is off to the left of the picture.

I'm not sure why the image doesn't show up. On my phone at the minute. Maybe if this is getting too off topic we can have a home gym you show me yours tread haha

rocky would be proud

arse..biscuits

Danye wrote: »

That's fantastic! Well done.

All together, to build and fit out with rack, bars and plates etc how much did it cost? Ball park figure?

Hard to say. I probably spent cloase to a grand between rack, bar, plates, chin up bar, kettlebells, whiteboard, radio.

In fairness, a shed half the size would be plenty for a gym. I did nearly all the work myself though and sourced second hand door and windows.

thehamo

arse..biscuits wrote: »

About 5k to build. I had most of the kit already, I bought a rack, pull up bar, gym rings and sume bumper plates.

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/132018/206488.jpg

Im very quite jealous right now!