How to keep yourself in shape and not go broke

Regular exercise require large investments. The costs can be divided into three categories: training, equipment, food. And in each of them can be saved if desired.

How to save on training

Engage outdoors

To keep in shape are well suited cardio: running, training on exercise bike, elliptical or stepper. During warmer months, you can save on a subscription to a fitness club and exercise outdoors: running around in the park or ride a bike. Give a good workout jumping rope. For half an hour exercise burns 300-400 calories.

You can also try the street workout - training on outdoor sports grounds. If you do not know where to start, read our analysis of.

Train home

For playing at home need the desire, discipline and willpower. To make things easier, create the right conditions:

• Decide on what days and at what time you train;
• include training in your schedule and put a reminder 15 minutes before the start;
• Prepare in advance in shape to quickly change clothes before going in.

In addition, the need to make

program and to allocate space in the apartment, the furniture, clothes and houseplants do not interfere with the exercises. Training can be with their own weight, and with sports equipment: dumbbells, tape-expanders, Rope. This inexpensive equipment that exactly will be cheaper than a subscription to a fitness club. Here is an example of a 10-minute fat burning workout that you can do at home:

Go to the free exercise of brands

Some prefer the gym, group workouts or team sports, because it's more fun than exercise alone. However, to become part of the party and find like-minded people, not necessarily to buy a subscription to a fitness club. To do this, there are free training.

For example, in major Russian cities lessons are Adidas, Reebok and Nike. Announcements are published on the training pages of brands in social networks and on the company website. As a rule, employment need to register, but it goes free.

Free open training spend and clubs. they are usually held in the warm season in the street. Activity leads one of the coaches, and allowed to leave things in the locker room. Look for these classes in the social networks of fitness centers in your city, or ask directly at the reception. To be aware of open training, subscribe to the social network of clubs and follow the announcements.

Minus Free training is that there is no opportunity to shower, change clothes in the locker room and leave things in the locker. In addition, classes may take place on the pavement, not special coating that traumatic for the joints. So be ready to go home sweaty and take wet wipes to wipe your hands after push off the ground.

find like-minded people

Sometimes sports fans get together and organize themselves training. Most often it is running, at least - street workout, yoga or stretching. Enthusiasts can be found on hashtag (eg, # begvulyanovske) or requests ( "free yoga in Samara") in Instagram and "VKontakte".

As a rule, local communities appear in the sleeping areas: people do where they live, and are happy to find like-minded people. This is convenient, because it does not need to spend time on the road, did not need a shower, changing room and locker.

Cons too. Classes are more suitable for experienced participants with the supplied equipment, and beginners can feel uncomfortable. More is not always able to come up schedule: training starts at 18 o'clock, and you are still at work.

You can find like-minded people and for team sports: type the command and rent a gym in school, school or sports center. Rent, divided by the all participants, will cost less than subscription to a fitness club. This is especially advantageous if the play tennis, badminton and squash. hour tennis court rental costs at least 1-2 thousand rubles. Rent the gym will be cheaper.

Ask your employer to pay part of the cost of subscription

It happens that the employer enters into a contract with a fitness club and pays part of the cost of the subscription. Then the employee can buy it at a discounted price. Some organizations rent the track for the employees in the pool or gym for volleyball or soccer.

If your company is not practical, take the initiative: enlist the support of colleagues and ask your employer to sponsor sports. Arguments "for" a lot: physically active employees feel better and get sick less often, and team sports rally team.

How to save money on fitness club

Choose a room easier

If you are not willing to do at home or in the open air, can only fitness club. I would like to go to the gym with swimming pool, Sauna, hammam, and free unlimited visits to group training. But, first, it is expensive. Secondly, think about whether you have the time to engage in the hall, swim in the pool and relax in the sauna.

In addition, fitness centers arrange seasonal sales and discounts. For example, the subscription of the shares can be purchased after the New Year, in the summer months, in the "Cyber ​​Monday", "Black Friday" - the reasons are many. Yet there are discounts for those who lead other.

Should I buy an annual subscription - you decide. If there are no problems with discipline and you will be sure to walk, get a bargain. If more confidence there is, for a start is better to take a subscription for a month.

Go on trial workout

Almost all fitness centers offer a guest workout. This is a free lesson for beginners to see the room, dressing room, shower room and decide on the subscription purchase. Guest can enjoy visits to business trips, or if the subscription has ended, and the salary has not yet been given.

Engage with the coach, only the first time

Individual training is not a waste of money. Trainer putting technique, Explains the basics of nutrition and helps to define the goals. If you are just starting to go to the gym, do not skimp and take some personal training. But when immersed in the topic, begin to train themselves.

Month personal training 2-3 times a week is enough to bring the client up to date: get rid of the main trainers, supply equipment and explain how to work with the body. When a person has adapted in the hall, he can deal with alone.

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In addition, it is possible to agree with the coach and walk to the personal training with a boyfriend or girlfriend: the effectiveness of the classes does not fall, but you pay half.

Read the terms of the contract

Fitness clubs allow to "freeze" the subscription in case of illness, vacations and business trips. But everyone has different conditions of the centers. See how many days of frost gives a club and on what terms. Where it is possible to prevent a malaise on the phone, but somewhere in the administration requires a personal appearance with the certificate.

Do not forget to subscribe to freeze when going on vacation, business trip or because of poor health. So you will save and postpone the purchase of a new subscription.

How to save on equipment and sports equipment

Train in casual clothes

For workouts do not need leggings for three thousand rubles, and sneakers for the five thousand. Your regular sports clothing: trousers and T-shirt. Special equipment is needed only highly advanced athletes.

No need to drag away himself corsets, compression stockings and sleeves. Suitable comfortable t-shirt, shorts or pants - the main thing that was comfortable. More important to carry a towel - perhaps this is the main clothes in the hall.

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In the rules there are exceptions. For example, jogging is better to buy special shoes to reduce the stress on the joints and reduce the risk of injury. For lessons on the power simulators can take gloves to avoid blisters. But do not buy physical shape to start training: lesson, you can throw and thousands of new sneakers have already spent.

Do not get fooled by marketing gimmicks

Sometimes the advertising of new shoes or clothing collection so spectacular that I want to be involved: buy these things and feel champion. But it's marketing, its task - to convince you to make a purchase. Shirt less well-known brand can cost twice cheaper, but almost the same quality.

In order not to spend too much, unsubscribe from the mailing of sports brands and their pages on social networks. Sports clothes take on AliExpress or wait for discounts in their favorite stores.

How to save on food

Do not buy unnecessary sportpit

Sports nutrition - is an additive that supplement the basic diet. They need professional athletes for specific purposes: protein - to get protein and raise muscle creatine - to increase muscle strength, beta-alanine - to make more approaches with great weight. If you are in the gym for themselves and are not ready to compete, sportpit not required.

With a balanced diet can reach the required amount of trace elements of the conventional products. If the budget allows, you can add protein and creatine. The rest do not exactly need to amateur athletes, it is a waste of money.

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