For me, it's road cycling. I can just leave my house and be back anytime from .5 to 3 hours. No driving anywhere, no gym memberships, and it's extremely time-efficient. I still ride my 1988 bike, so I can keep the expenses under $100 per year. The only necessities are tubes, tires, chain lube, and occasional bike maintenance. I'm lucky enough to live in an area where I can ride for a lot of the winter. The main drawback is it's weekends only during the winter. Another drawback is it's non weight-bearing, so I supplement it by walking the dog. But like any exercise program, if it suits you you stay with it, and I do, since it gives me so much back - the joy of the open road, great exercise, and everchanging scenery.
How do you stay fit inexpensively?
December 31st, 2007 at 02:25 am
December 31st, 2007 at 02:33 am 1199068395
December 31st, 2007 at 07:44 pm 1199130245
Truth is, exercising can be a very inexpensive affair. For example calisthenics is one of the cheapest body conditioning methods out there. It can just about take care of most of your body, and minimal cost for equipment, such as dumb bells for biceps, can take care of the rest.
I guess it's a matter of preference and discipline....
Here's a book I like that you may find interesting. The author is also in his 50's and relies almost exclusively on calisthenics. However, it is focused on bodybuilding, not bicycling.
January 1st, 2008 at 04:40 pm 1199205612
January 5th, 2008 at 01:28 pm 1199539716
That's my dream, to get a new bike some day. But it seems so far off since every day seems to bring another expense. But I think what I will do is to keep monitoring craigslist to find a decent used one a step up from entry level, like something that would sell new for $1200 for hopefully something like $4-500. So can I afford it? No, so I may wait until my old one dies, since I refuse to live without a bike, but the way it is going it will NEVER die! Then I may have to invoke the "life is short rule" and buy one anyway.