Fitness
I bought a recumbent bike for like $180 a couple years now and replaced my lazyboy with it. It's amazing how many kms you can rack up lazily pedaling while watching a movie.
I would put it in the bank and just go be active ..pickup a heavy thing and walk. Jog..hike...just do stuff.
Money is useless for fitness.
Socks from Feetures to avoid blistering when running (they're really good, so much so I've been slowly replacing all my socks with Feetures) and compression underwear and tops. Then do your working out at home or outside, depending what's practical for your situation.
Day 1: Sets
- 20 pushups
- 20 lunges
- 25 calf raises
- 60 seconds plank
- 20 squats
- 25 calf raises
- 10 chinups
- 20 lunges
- 25 calf raises
- 10 side planks (5 each side, the ones where you curl your shoulder down to the ground and then back up, buggered if I can remember the proper name)
Consider these one unit, and when you're not dying after doing one, add another one, and then another. My record was 6 in one day.
Day 2: Cardio
- 15 minutes of intervals, on a treadmill or outside at your preference. The speed depends on you but jogging should use your calves more and running should use your thighs more - do not heel strike, land on the balls of your feet to avoid shocks to the knee joints. Nobody needs arthritis at 40.
Alternate and watch the gains roll in.
Protein powder and dietary supplements.
Personally, a rowing machine, some dumbbells and maybe a kettle ball will do me for a long time.
I sadly doubt $200 will go anywhere near that far. Maybe adjustable dumbbells could be had for $200 and would be very useful
Really depends what you’ve already got and what you want, fitness is such a vague term tbh.
I’d personally start with putting it towards gym membership for however many months.
Assuming I already had that tho, I’d buy Versa Gripps for lifting. I say I would, I actually bought a pair today…
Besides lifting I only do cycling, so prob spend on a service and new parts.
I'm not looking for recommendations so much as curious what other people would do. I'd love to hear an update on how you're liking the versa gripps after you use them for a while - been contemplating wrist straps for deadlifts myself
Exercise bike or rower perhaps? But I'm a fan of cardiovascular exercise.
You could perhaps get some nice running shoes and weights.
I'd get a unicycle. It's been a while, but I do know how to mount and ride them.
Fun idea!
A new crank for my road bike
Practical and useful
Almost enough to buy a water bottle
Wow, why is it so expensive? I might consider paying that much for a water bottle if it contained a magical spring.
I'd say get an older or refurbished Apple Watch or other fitness tracker. I got one 1.5 years ago, haven't missed a single day of reaching my daily exercise goals. My SO got one years before me but I never saw the incentive, and now we both have one, we keep each other on track. From doing nothing ever I now have at least a 5km hike or run every single day.
I have one and I agree that it's great for motivation and accountability
I have $200 to spend on fitness. I don’t spend them.
Relatable, but I want to spend it once.
If there’s a secondhand store near you, I highly recommend that. A lot of people will buy, say, an exercise bike, and then sell it because they don’t use it. End result: you get something that’s practically new, but much cheaper!
Great suggestion
Maybe a fitness club / gym membership? Or depending on where you're at maybe a consult with a personal trainer or something.