Health News: Keeping Fit At Home In Recession Time

By Health News For Today.

Health News.- The Crisis In Our Economy Is Bringing Health and Fitness Clubs Revenue's Down, But People Still Want To Be Healthy. Keeping Fit At Home In Recession Time Is Not Difficult, You Just Need Some Creativity!

Looks like the economy is hitting every single industry out there even those that that though they were recession proof like the health and fitness, Internet marketing, and even local news sites. This situation is affecting members of health clubs, fitness programs, and gyms, because now people want to save money by first cutting a lot of their regular live routines like going to the gym, or being part of a club or program that is design to help them be healthy. Money matters even for those that have the money to spend hundred of dollars in monthly subscriptions to keep their bodies feeling and looking younger.

Recession is scaring people from their monthly gym expenses, that's the story of a family that use to spend over $800 per month in health club subscription and personal fitness training, which is absolutely a crazy amount of money for most of us, and this family know it, that's why they decide to cut down their fitness budget and apply cheap ways to keeping fit at home, yes right from home...

This is something that is being follow by many people all over the nation, many high end health clubs and fitness centers are loosing members every month since the recession started, and even low cost program are getting request for financial help from members, small centers like the YMCA are reporting increase of financial request since the people realize that the country was in a recession.

Know how to get fit at home can help low and medium income families increase there spendable budget by cutting their body treatment expenses and creating a personalize program for their own use at home.

Here what the health news said:

"“We’ve kept the same level of fitness and cut the fitness bill,” said Jennifer Bull.

The Bulls are not alone — more economy-plagued fitness buffs are seeking ways to downsize their budgets without up-sizing their bodies. Average health/fitness club memberships run about $35-$40 a month, but with high gas and food costs, job losses and economic uncertainty, many people are contemplating less-expensive alternatives.

At Concourse Athletic Club in Sandy Springs, membership terminations are increasing and more members are opting to downgrade their memberships from family (starting at $170 a month) to individual plans (starting at $95 a month). Membership fees fluctuate based on the full-time or weekday/daytime hours of use. Other members are exercising a leave of absence (at $30 a month) option which allows them to suspend their membership and return without paying another $250 initiation fee.

“We have always worked with terminations, but now we’re working with them more,” said general manager Suzanne Cypert, who estimates the club “saves” about 10 percent of members considering termination through conversion packages and leaves of absence. “We always remind people that this is the best thing for stress,” she said.

Even the YMCA of Greater Atlanta, which offers family health and wellness memberships for about $53 a month, reported a 20 percent increase in the number of members requesting financial assistance since July.

“More people have come in saying it’s tough,” said Kristen Obaranec, spokesperson with the YMCA, which subsidizes costs for members unable to pay the full fee. “I haven’t seen it like this in my 12 years,” she said."

Full story: AJC.com.


Keeping Fit At Home Is Cheap.

Who said exercise have to be expensive? There are many things you and your family can do to keep fit without spending any money at all. Here are a few tips you can use today:

• Walk to close places like the store.
• Jog around to place that are at least 2 block from home.
• Sweep the floor everyday.
• Ride a bike a few blocks from your house.

The American Council For Fitness And Nutrition recommends the next house chores to burn calories:

- Mowing the lawn (half an hour) = 150 calories burned.

- Gardening (30 to 45 minutes) = 150 calories burned.

- Raking leaves (half an hour) = 150 calories burned.

- Vacuuming (half an hour) = 100 calories burned.

- Washing windows (15 minutes) = 50 calories burned.

- Sweeping (15 minutes) = 50 calories burned.

Did you know that putting some time into house chores can help burn fat and calories, plus boost your energy level and body metabolism.

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