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Working out, tough situation

S Freud

S Freud

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So I was in a weights class this past term in college, and I have been for the past year. But I have a problem now.

I pay for school myself and things have been tight lately, not allowing me to take fun classes that I have to pay for so I had to drop weights. I really miss lifting and staying active.

Is there anything I can do? Would joining a gym be cheaper? Buying weights?

Like I said I don't have a bunch of money to throw at this.

Thanks for any suggestions.
 
Gym membership would be about $20/month. Is there a community college in your area? Most community colleges have relatively cheap "tuition" and you could take a weight lifting class there.
 
Check and see how much membership to your school's rec complex is. Here everybody has to pay for it even if they don't use it (its included in tuition costs) so there's no extra cost (good and bad depending on your viewpoint). If your school doesn't have one then there should be plenty of alternatives. I would guess that a gym membership will likely cost more than paying for the class, although some might offer student discounts and things like that. Also maybe the month to month payment might be easier for you to foot than an all at once tuition payment.

There's plenty of things to keep in shape you can do for free though. Don't feel like just becaue you can't use free weights that its pointless to work out. You can always hit the weights later and get your desired results from them.
 
Originally posted by: Mike
Gym membership would be about $20/month. Is there a community college in your area? Most community colleges have relatively cheap "tuition" and you could take a weight lifting class there.
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I go to the local CC its currently set at $63 a credit and its a two credit class meaning it will cost me over a hundred bucks to take this class. The other bad thing is its only offered during one time of the day and one of my other classes that I NEED to take if offered during that time, which I am currently taking.
 
After college I ran into a simliar problem, though the cheepest gym was the "Y" at 50.00 a month.. So I went to to sears and got a weight set with thier credit card for 0% for X amount of months and paid the 50.00 or so a month to that instead.. now its paid off and I have my own weight bench good enough for modest work outs.
 
Originally posted by: S Freud
Originally posted by: Mike
Gym membership would be about $20/month. Is there a community college in your area? Most community colleges have relatively cheap "tuition" and you could take a weight lifting class there.
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I go to the local CC its currently set at $63 a credit and its a two credit class meaning it will cost me over a hundred bucks to take this class. The other bad thing is its only offered during one time of the day and one of my other classes that I NEED to take if offered during that time, which I am currently taking.
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Jebus

A few years ago I took a "class" at my local community college for $22/semester. I basically had full access to the gym there. There was no instruction, just had to go during normal operating hours (something like 5am to 7pm) and I could work out.

Another suggestion would be to look into local adult softball/baseball leagues. If you like to play. Most likely a team member would have some home gym equipment you could use.

Or just look at craigslist for some cheap weights. I always see exercise items going for practically nothing on CL.
 
Join the ghetto workout. I am broke as well. I just go down to the park and do mad amount of push ups, pull ups, chin ups, bar dips.
You won't gain muscle mass like you would with weight training, but you will get very good definition on your muscles.
 
You don't get free (or dirt cheap) gym access for simply being enrolled at your college? That sucks.

YMCA's are usually pretty cheap. You can probably get a summer pass for around $50.
 
There are new kinds of health clubs popping up that are unmanned except for someone at the desk. They offer no frills but at a discounted price. Can check around to see if you can find anything like that near you.

Or bounce from club to club using the 1 week - 1 month free trial memberships most offer.
 
Becuase there is no one to supervise in case of injury you have to be enrolled in a class in order to use the weight room. Its normal tuition of $63 per credit hour. Two hour class and I am looking at over $100 for lifting weights. Even if I did pay that, the class is only offered from 3-4pm and I have a required class I am taking from 2-3:30.
 
A few dumbbells and some creativity and you'll be pretty good for <$100.

Most larger towns/cities have free/nearly free gyms as part of their Parks and Recreation department if you look hard enough.

Doesn't your college let student use the gym for free? That was included at my university. Even if you weren't a student, it was only a small fee per day to use the university gym equipment.
 
Dullard, I go to the local CC. I have to pay to take a class to use the gym. I could use the Universitys gym for $5 each time. But if I work out 3 days a week thats $15 a week at 60$ a month.
 
OP: where in Oregon are you at? There are quite a few gyms in the Portland area (Y, community centers, etc.) that will NOT turn down any applicant because of inability to pay.

edit: Also, there's a few lower quality gyms with dirt cheap membership fees I can recommend if you don't mind using older equipment.
 
If you truly want to dedicate more time to working out, don't buy home weights. Majority of people who buy weights for home, never end up using them once the novelty wears off. It's just too easy to come home and be lazy. Sure, it may cost more to join a gym but it's an incentive to work out more. It is for me anyway. I know that I'm paying $30/month and it's money out the window if I don't go work out at least 3x/week.
 
our school's "activity center" (gym) is free to all students; they have racquetball courts, a big indoor basketball court, an olympic sized swimming pool, a row of 10~15 treadmills among other such cardio devices, and, of course, a lot of weights and various weight machines. of course, running and calisthenics are always free...try swimming, i don't think you'll find it to be an easy workout, and it'll definitely keep you active.
 
Originally posted by: 49erinnc
If you truly want to dedicate more time to working out, don't buy home weights. Majority of people who buy weights for home, never end up using them once the novelty wears off. It's just too easy to come home and be lazy. Sure, it may cost more to join a gym but it's an incentive to work out more. It is for me anyway. I know that I'm paying $30/month and it's money out the window if I don't go work out at least 3x/week.
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Good point. Also, you cant do much with a cheap home gym. You'd have to spend thousands to get a decent gym where you could do almost every excersise.
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: 49erinnc
If you truly want to dedicate more time to working out, don't buy home weights. Majority of people who buy weights for home, never end up using them once the novelty wears off. It's just too easy to come home and be lazy. Sure, it may cost more to join a gym but it's an incentive to work out more. It is for me anyway. I know that I'm paying $30/month and it's money out the window if I don't go work out at least 3x/week.
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Good point. Also, you cant do much with a cheap home gym. You'd have to spend thousands to get a decent gym where you could do almost every excersise.
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A cheap setup allows you to do the compound movements which are most important. As for motivation, I dunno, I guess it varies by person. If you have a friend who's interested that'll go a long way.
 
Your college doesn't have a free gym for students? Hell mine has several (1 main, 1 slightly smaller main and several smaller ones for each Drom Complex (several buildings = a complex). Must be something...
 
Join a gym.. i pay $10 a month at Planet Fitness... if you cant put away $10 a month for anything, then you really need to get ur financial priorities straight...
 
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