How far would you drive to a health club?
 

How far would you drive to a health club? I moved to the west part of my town/city and the ymca is 20 minutes away, I realize in a larger city 20 minutes wouldn't be much but in smaller areas it seems far.

Anyways I have a little boy and used to take him with me a few evenings a week because they had daycare. None of the clubs in this area have daycare at their facilities and so I've been working out at home. Especially in the winter I am bored and miss working out a few evenings just for something to do too.

So I'm debating driving back and forth a few nights a week for at least a few months this winter. When the days are longer we'll go on walks and stuff outside in the evenings.

How far would you drive for a club? Do you consider the expense of gas as its' high?

My club is about 20 minutes away from my work. It chose the club because it's cheaper (without losing much, exercize equiptment wise) and so I guess that would make up for the gas.

I live in the city and I have a gym on the ground floor of my apartment building. I absolutely LOVE the convenience of having it right there, because sometimes I'll even go down for just 10 minutes or so.

This summer when I was living with my mom, it was a 25 minute drive to the gym. I still went every day, but it was much more of a pain, and it was always a big to-do rather than something I could just do anytime.

I drive about 10 minutes right now but in the fall I was driving 45 minutes to go to my gym (but this was because I knew it was temporary). I would definitely drive 20 minutes if it was a gym I liked.

I drive about 15 - 20 minutes to get there. But then my work is only 5 minutes away after. Plus my son's babysitter is on the way. So for me its convenient.

When I went to the YMCA I used to drive about 10 minutes. I live in a big city and we have 5 different YMCA's and I lived within 10 minutes of 3 of them.

Now [since we've moved and bought a house] I live 5 minutes from my new gym. Without bad weather [booo Michigan] it would probably be less. I love it! Even if the gym is closing in the next hour I still have time run out of the house and get there with time to still get a good workout in!

We don't have a car here, so I have to walk to the gym. It's 1.69 miles away (yes, I measured it) and it takes me about a half hour to get there and another half hour to get home. So, driving 20 minutes seems like a good deal to me!

Kara

I wouldn't drive to the gym at all. Not least because I don't have a car, but even when I did, I didn't want to join a gym that I'd have to go out of my way to visit - so I picked one that's just round the corner from work, and that I can pop into when I pass it on a journey I'd be doing anyway. I'm not sure what I'd do if there wasn't one convenient enough to do that - but there are several gyms near my office so it's not an issue I had to consider.

Since I am taking dance classes I actually go to 3 different locations of my gym to catch different classes. 2 of the locations are fairly close to me, but the 3rd, which I go to twice a week, is a 20-30 minute drive depending on traffic. To me it is worth it because I love the class so much.

Although I've just thought - I don't go out of my way to go to the gym, but I do to train with my running club. If I drove there it would maybe take 10 to 15 minutes, but I tend to either run it or use public transport which takes nearer an hour. But that was only once I got into the exercise habit, I certainly wouldn't have done that when I first started.

My club is 20 minutes away. Heck, where I live, everything is a minimum of 20minutes away! lol Gotta love country living!

It's about a 20 minute drive to the gym from my house. I am trying to decide if I am going to join again or not. It would be a much easier decision if it was closer. I hate having to drive home after working out!