Make Time For Fitness

Time is by far the most priceless thing not within our control.

by Rolando Manso

Time is something everyone needs and no one can buy.  It sometimes speeds up or slows down, but no one ever seems to have enough of it.  In the end, most of us will wish for more of it though we will usually spend it mindlessly.   

So why am I so concerned with time?

One of the most common reasons used for not exercising is the lack of time.  Granted, some of us have pretty tight schedules.  

Perhaps you find yourself thinking, “I WISH I had time for exercise, but I just don’t right now.”

Unfortunately, there are few reasons worth the consequences of not making time for exercise. 

Think of it in more practical terms.  Your body is like a vehicle.  As a matter of fact, it is your only vehicle for the time you spend in this reality. 

So if you want to hang around this world, you have to maintain your vehicle.  It is different from a car in that you can’t buy a new one if you screw this one up. 

You might think that most would make drastic course changes if they were going too far down a rocky road. 

Tragically, there always seems to be a tipping point with health where everything starts to crumble all at once. 

This usually takes some steady abuse/neglect to get there.  Regardless of your beliefs, the objective truth seems to be that you need your body to be as fit as possible for as long as possible or you are making a willing decision to suffer through the consequences until death.   

Let’s just assume for the moment that we agree that exercise is important enough for us to devote some time to doing it.  From there it should be as easy as going to the gym, signing up, and getting started.  Yet we find a large chunk (no pun intended) of the population still not participating.  Why?

Dig a little deeper and we find that many people feel uncomfortable going to the gym.  They would do something if they could do it in the privacy of their own homes, but the thought of exercising in public completely turns them off.  Add to this fact that most home gyms cost about $1,000 and you have a clearer picture why so many of us don’t train.

Now I personally go to a gym that cost me $99 last year.  It will probably cost me $132 this year and it has most of what I need to get the job done.

I can’t see spending even $500 on a home setup that wouldn’t come close to what I have at my gym, but I am fortunate in that gym availability, location, schedule, etc., … all line up for me. 

Now I don’t have a problem with doing what I need to do in public (insert joke here), but I am going to try to help anyone out there that wants to start exercising in the privacy of their own home.  I am going to use part of my tax returns to purchase a home gym.  I will use it and have my family use it.  I will give a full report over the next few posts.   

Tune in this week to see what we get into, since I plan to spend less than $300 for the entire setup it should be a worthwhile experiment or a complete disaster.