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Since I'm getting back into the exercise thing myself, I've contemplated these things.
I have a gym membership that I've had for 3 years. I've never stepped foot in that gym. I drove there once...they were closed.
Cancelled.
I have a treadmill in my basement that is on the fritz. It needs a new motor control board (about $100). I've thought about whether I "need" this fixed.
I keep eyeing up exercise balance balls too. Hmm, I think. I might need one of those.
I also saw a cool Pilates machine on late-night t.v. the other week, on a home shopping channel. I am a sensible, highly intelligent woman, but a little part of me thinks if I had that machine my hiney would look like it did when I was 21!
The truth is, everything you need to exercise is in you and in your home.
Walking and jogging require no special equipment other than proper shoes. I found a great pair on sale at Kohl's for less than $50.
Push ups, sit ups, leg lifts, donkey kicks, lunges...they all require only your body as "equipment."
Check out this neat clip from the ABC show "The Revolution" about making your own weights from stuff around the house and yard: Make Your Own Workout Equipment
If you're already paying for cable television, why not check out the exercise programs available free on the "on demand" or "pay-per-view" listings?
The bottom line is, just choose something and do it. This is going to be the answer whether you have a gym with $100,000 worth of equipment or you have good running shoes and a road, or a Salvation Army bike and a water bottle.
Face it, part of the reason we look for investment in exercise is because we think it will keep us going if we've spent money on it. The truth is, all that does is boost the sales in the weight loss industry; it rarely has its intended result for the individual - you and me.
You just have to do it.
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