Most gyms aren’t worth it. Yeah, you might be a gym devotee, or you think you’re happy with your current setup, but let me tell you something – there are other ways of working out you should try.

And hey, if you’re in love with the gym as-is, then you’ve got nothing to worry about. But if you’re thinking of a change, peruse these 5 reasons and make a new choice.

#5: Gym Prices Tend to Be Rather Obscene.

If you’re a student and you get a cheaper student gym with your university card, consider yourself very lucky. I had one, once, and it cost me next to nothing for an awesome, bright, airy gym that I loved. Once I moved to a big city, though? Forget it – hundreds a month, and not even close to as nice.

#4: The Kind of People Who Seriously Frequent Gyms? Nuts.

There’s no other place in the world where you have to put up with the kind of people you do in a gym. There are tons of people there just to show off, and they come in and strut around in front of you just to boost their egos. Sure, if it’s a beautiful woman or girls, a well-toned man, you probably don’t mind, but otherwise, you’ve got better things to do.

#3: Do You Enjoy Covering Yourself in Other People’s Sweat?

Sure, the paper towels (or dirty towels brought from home) and the little spray bottles are there, but really loads of people just don’t bother to wipe down the machines they’ve been using before. You can block it out of your mind, but that only works until you sit down on a machine that is dripping with sweat and realize it is definitely not your own.

#2: Repetition Breeds Contempt.

No matter how may audio books you go through, magazines you bring, albums you listen to, or variations in exercise you try and do, you’ll eventually be repeating yourself in a gym, where – face it – you’re confined into a little room for hours, doing the same repetitive movements over and over until you can feel a difference. Life is too short.

#1: Outdoors Equals No Costs and No Limits, Either.

So you made it – you finally pulled yourself free from the glorified indentured servitude also known as ‘working out in a gym’. Once the initial high of extreme happiness wears off, you’ll be faced with an unfamiliar emotion – freedom. Run anywhere you want. Do whatever exercises you feel like, in your own house, out in a park, or in the damn street, if you want. But don’t go back to paying $100+ every few weeks for the privilege of sweating very close to a bunch of other people. It’s just not worth it.

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