Working Out on a Budget

Ring, Ring

Me: Hello?
Voice: Hi, it’s 1997 calling

Me: 1997? Wow, that was such a great year for me. How is 1997?
Voice: Good, except they want their workout clothes back.

Me: What? No, those are perfectly good pants and shirts. I am just working out in them; I don’t understand what the big deal is.
Voice: Yeah, and those pants you wore through your pregnancy? You know, the ones with the bleach stains on the butt?

Me: No. Please. Those pants have been good to me.
Voice: Please throw them away.

Me: But I don’t want to spend money … I could still get another ten years out of them.
Voice: (Interrupting) NO! They are finished. Throw them away—you are embarrassing yourself.

Me: But …
Voice: And about those socks from junior high …

Me: One thing at a time, dude.

My family suffers from many health problems that I hope to not replicate, but if I am sitting on the couch (or in front of the computer); I may suffer from the same ailments.

As always, the budget comes into play and if I was going to work out, I knew that I needed to do it inexpensively. I am not one of those people that is disciplined enough to motivate myself to work out on my own and I know that I am better motivated in a gym-type setting. Let’s face it though, gym memberships aren’t cheap.