The price of fitness - How do I get better value?

At the moment I spend about £70 a month all on swimming ! I am Stoopid - I keep paying for each session ( non member) . I should have got a swim London card ages ago as its £26 a month and covers 40 pools !

I too am getting bored and seem to be plateauing/maintaining fitness, so after this weekend I am joining my local Masters swim club. Time to be pushed again !

Plus cycling = free
Core work at home = free
Should start doing press ups and tricep dips at home again all free !

Old tires, sledgehammers, sandbags. Rawr.

Oh and wrestle Hatbeard now and again.

you are dancing james and I claim my £5

TNRC every other week, about a fiver on trains
Thursday hour of power - free
Track £6 a week.

people excercise other ways but cycling???

I am now noticing that with my decreased weekly cycling (no more cycling to clients' homes), I'm having trouble shifting the holiday weight I've never before in my life gained!! I want to do more exercise but am pretty much constantly tired so have to start by figuring out why that is happening.

TNRC every other week, about a fiver on trains
Thursday hour of power - free
Track £6 a week.

people excercise other ways but cycling???
Cross training innit

you could try something like this at home, for free. It provides a plan you can work to given your current ability.

http://hundredpushups.com/

Kattie, let me know what Rooney's is like I'd be interested in that place

I need a free way to keep my left arm as fit as my right arm, any suggestions?

am pretty much constantly tired so have to start by figuring out why that is happening.

go see GP for blood test

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I need a free way to keep my left arm as fit as my right arm, any suggestions?

Join a rowing club! Best way to get fit.

I don't know London clubs, but I pay £12 a month and do the following :

Monday evenings - ergo, Circuits, weights.
Tuesday - Day off / light ergo / 5 mile run
Wednesday - ergo, circuits, weights
Thursday - ergo, circuits, weights
Friday - Run, about 5 miles or so
Saturday - 2 hours on the water
Sunday - 2 hours on the water

Plus you get the satisfaction of actually rowing. It's a great sport, and it can be a lot of fun.

to bad the east doesnt have one...

^^^ thats a pretty intense regime.

I need a free way to keep my left arm as fit as my right arm, any suggestions?

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^^^ thats a pretty intense regime.

I suspect the times on the river are damn early if memory serves.

Rowing is great fitness though

I think that there are some rowing clubs in Hackney, Greenwich, Royal Docks?

My Club (Furnivall - Hammersmith) is £26 pcm for rowing membership, £13 for gym membership. Concessions half price.

Gym is free weights, some machines and lots of ergometers. Rowing can be a big commitment, but a lovely social way of getting fit in the open air. Not just for poshos!

http://www.britishrowing.org/

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Commitment and long hours for me are fine. I'm normally up at 5:30 for 1.5 hr free weights in the morning and cycling related fitness after work. Tho what annoys me is my lack of focus because of the sudden change in the the weather. Oh well...

Dont forget your diet, ChainBreaker mail orders spartan babys for breakfast, lunch and dinner and look at him. (his forearm is bigger than my biceps, or lack thereof)

I find you have to enjoy the feeling of getting fitter, not pay more to get more out. Try free weights and push/press/sit ups at home and get on more bike rides, if you want to put mass on don't forget you need something to turn into muscle.

I think the reason I'm so boringly scrawny is because I don't eat very well, very infrequent and alot of shite.

Get that sorted and you'll probably be more motivated and get more out of your current regime.

Or the baby thing?

+1 to rowing - but it is a bit more of a lifestyle choice than a hobby. (Ergs are evil though - much rather cycle than erg). The tri club I go to in S London runs brilliant coached spin classes - about a fiver a go, plus about £25 membership for the year. Definitely focussed on cycling - not a bouncy gym-style one.

I find guilt a good motivator - so anything vaguely coached works for me.

Rowing clubs in the East:

Lea Rowing Club: http://learc.org.uk/
Curlew RC: http://www.curlewrowingclub.co.uk/
Poplar, Blackwall and District RC: http://pbdrc.co.uk/

Smaller / less competitive:

Globe RC: http://globerowingclub.co.uk/
Royal Docks RC: website down ATM

Although, if you are in Brixton, it is probably as easy to ride over to Putney. Thames RC and Vesta RC are worth looking up for rowing there.

All have active ladies sections. If you have not rowed before, sign up for a learn to row course. They generally run over 6 or 8 weeks on a Saturday morning. Once you have got to grips with the basics, you can move into squad rowing. Depending on the club, they will have a novice / development squad that you can be a part of for a season before joining the senior squad.

Rowing is excellent exercise and if you are first getting started, not too brutal. The v early mornings only kick in further down the line. +1 to it being good value for money as well. Most clubs have a fully stocked gym and will run circuits sessions. As these are just for the club and not a class in a gym, they can be sociable affairs with a pint after.

+1 to rowing - but it is a bit more of a lifestyle choice than a hobby. (Ergs are evil though - much rather cycle than erg).

+1 on this, Though you get out what you put in. I used to row a lot more causally last year (twice a week), but ramped it up over winter. I row in a pair and we've won both head races we've entered which is a nice reward. It is a real time sink in the evenings though. At weekends we do 8-10, so you're done by lunchtime so plenty of weekend left.

Really can't argue with the fitness though, I feel so much fitter when playing tennis, or on my bike that I used to when I just did road cycling.

http://www.gllonline.org/SwimLondonPools.aspx

hmmm it's good.... but no islington and no westminster. doens't really help me.

dooks - You get masters - pay per session !! What more could you ask for !? ;)