A while ago, consumer magazine Which? found that Brits waste ÂŁ37 million a year on gym memberships.
That’s a hell of a figure, but I suppose it’s not that surprising. How many of us have spent hundreds of pounds on home exercise equipment over the years? And where is it now?
Most likely it’s cluttering up the cupboard under the stairs or gathering dust in the shed with the bike and the tennis racquets.
Every month, we see the direct debit for the gym on our statements, and every month we push the waste of money to the back of our mind. Acknowledging the pointless outlay would be an admission of our own failings and an acceptance that we have no intention of stepping on a treadmill in the foreseeable future.
It’s a common human failing – believing that spending money on fitness equipment or a gym is one and the same as shedding two stone and being able to parade a six-pack round the pool in Majorca.
Okay, we can forgive ourselves having a bit of a blind spot where personal vanity is a factor.
But there is an automotive industry equivalent that I guarantee cost you much more than the Deluxe Stairmaster Turbo 2000 in the loft. (more…)
