Top 5 Fun Fitness Ideas

Imagine that you become all excited about a new idea, you gather all the tools you need, and you register your payment information.  Three months later, you are no longer excited and the tools gather dust.  Worse yet, you forget about the payments you’re making every month until a full year later.

If that sounds like you, then you probably have joined a gym at some point in your life.   Whenever people talk about getting healthy, the first thing they say is “I joined XYZ gym”.  The biggest problem with joining XYZ gym is most of us simply stop going within 3 months!

I’m a bit of a cheapskate, which is one of the reasons I am anti-gym.  The other reason is I hate wasting money.

Most gyms are a WASTE of money.

Besides, who wants to be a hamster pounding the treadmill in a closed gym environment crawling with sweat, germs, and loud noises?  If it doesn’t motivate me, it probably isn’t floating your boat, either.  It’s not fun, and it doesn’t result in fitness.

But, you are focused on getting more exercise.  What can you do other than join a gym?

Top 5 Fun Fitness Ideas

1. Check out your local community education website for the latest classes.  The classes are usually only 8-12 weeks, so it’s a good way to find a new passion!
2. Look on Eventbrite or Meetup for fitness-related events.  I found CM’s Fitness this way.  The picture above is from an awesome Zumbathon event she held. Cm’s Fitness regularly holds workshops that non-members can attend.
3. Subscribe to a Youtube fitness channel.  Most fitness professionals offer free videos to try out their offerings. Check some out HERE.
4. Set up your own home gym. This doesn’t need to be expensive. Start with a set of resistance bands, a jump rope, and light weights.
5. Get outside to walk, run, roll, bike, skate, swim, ski or glide.

How do you have fun while getting fit? Share your ideas in the comments.