Three ways to have an eco-friendly workout

by Martha Edwards (Subscribe to Martha Edwards's posts)
Dec 4th 2007 11:14AM

Categories: Fitness, Alternative & Green Health

Healthy living isn't only about being fit -- it's about being good to the environment as well. Because after all, we can only be as healthy as our our earth is, don't you agree? I recently picked up the October '07 issue of Fitness Magazine while on the treadmill at my gym, and they listed three ways you can green up your workout:

Use green transportation. Why drive to the gym if you're going to hop on the exercise bike when you're there? Why not ride your bike to the gym and do something good for the workout and the environment?
Buy a reusable water bottle. Those little individual water bottles wreak havoc on the environment -- yes, they can be recycled but recycling uses resources too and I bet many of them aren't recycled.
Recycle your old sneakers. There are plenty of programs that will make good use of your old sneakers. Find one in your area!

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Vishaal 12-04-2007 @ 11:30AM

- I go to the gym near work after work, so I have to drive there. And the gym that I go on weekends is about 8 miles away. It just ends up taking too much time to ride a bike there.
- I use the glass Voss water bottles. They are glass so I can just wash it everyday, and, hey, it just looks so cool. Although I only use the bottle at work. I don't take a bottle to the gym; I use the drinking fountain.

Martha Edwards 12-04-2007 @ 11:34AM

Fair enough. It's subzero temperatures right now where I live so I ain't riding my bike to the gym either!

nikkicookers 12-04-2007 @ 12:47PM

I know of people (they're crazy) who share a treadmill. Meaning, they both run on it at the same time, to save the environment.

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