Our friend just moved out of her tiny apartment into a big house across town. Next to closing costs and a new mailbox, among her "necessary" first-home expenses was a treadmill. Us, enjoying Wii Fit in our (very) small, cool place had an impossible time imagining owning such a big, expensive piece of home tech. Now we're wondering, do you have any fitness tech in your home?
If you've got a history of rentals, it's possible (maybe even likely) that you've been spoiled—don't laugh! Many apartment communities have gym equipment for their tenants to use, saving them hundreds of dollars a year in gym memberships.
That was the case for our friend, who suddenly found her fit little self without her favorite piece of fitness gear—a treadmill. Rather than throw away cash each month on a gym membership (and the gas to get there) or—gasp!—run outside, she's opting to take on the multi-thousand-dollar investment of a run-in-place conveyor belt machine.
Us? We don't have the cash or the space for serious fitness equipment, no matter how bad we want it. We'll stick with our fits-under-the-TV-stand Wii Fit.
But we want to know if any of you readers own serious fitness tech. Where do you store it? Does it effect your utility bills? Would you get one if you had the room? Let us know in the comments.
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Nope. :(
I have an elliptical stationary in my bedroom for cardio plus a set of resistance bands for all the weight exercices because i don't have much space to store weights and bars and all that stuff, but resistance bads, well... you put them in a bag and that's it! and you can save even more space doing tabata training for cardio instead of using some really expensive machine (why didn't i know about that before? :( )
Nope. We're Wii Fit and Jillian Michaels Shred dvd people. I can imagine owning an elliptical machine if we had tons of space and plenty of money, but that's at the very bottom of our priority list.
My wife and I have Wii Fit and Jillian Michaels as well! I also have some dumbbells and a pull up bar for P90X. If I had the money and space I would get a nice rowing machine. This fall I will probably get a nice trainer for my bike so I can keep my legs and heart healthy through next winter.
I have a kettle bell, a pair of running shoes, and a bicycle. I never saw a need for a treadmill or a gym membership. It does get a bit chilly in the winter though.