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10 Frugally Green Workout Tips
6. Use organic cotton and/or bamboo, or reclaimed fabric towels. Lots of discount retailers sell eco-friendly towels, such as organic cotton, bamboo, or organic cotton-bamboo blend. For example Bed, Bath, and Beyond a nationwide retail store, sells them for reasonable prices. They routinely offer 20% coupon specials, which make the towels even more affordable. And, bamboo towels are extremely soft, luxuriant, and absorbent.
7. Buy recycled and/or natural fitness products. Fitness product manufacturers such as Gaiam and Natural Fitness Inc., are beginning to manufacture products using recycled materials, especially rubber.
8. Choose eco-friendly organic and/or recycled active wear. Today, there seems to be an over abundance of green materials being made into clothing. Time will tell what materials consumers like best due to price, performance, look, and feel. LuLuLemon and Gaiam offer organic cotton and soy fiber blend, seaweed blend, and recycled polyester active wear for men and women that is form flattering, comfortable, and long-lasting. (I like LuLuLemon, because their clothes look and fit me best, and their retail stores are built eco-friendly too.) Brooks Sports makes a biodegradable athletic running shoe. Another frugally green idea is to shop your local, upscale thrift shops. The best days to find great clothes are Mondays and Tuesdays after folks have dropped off their clothing over the weekend. Thrift shops are hit and miss so you may need to visit them more than once.
9. If you upgrade your home gym, make it eco-friendly. You can easily incorporate all these planet friendly measures when creating your home gym.
10. Buy used workout DVDs, as it’s a great way to recycle and save money too. You can find great quality, popular used home workout DVDs for less than half price at Amazon.com, EBay.com, and Half.com.
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Linda LaRue is a registered nurse, an athletic trainer and the creater of The SOUPer Slim Diet and Crunchless Abs. Learn more at www.LindaLaRue.com.
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add your comment »Look up free stuff on craigslist or freecycle in your area. I was able to get a balance ball and hand weights free just for asking from freecycle. I also rescued a "step" from someone throwing theirs away. This is how I created my home gym.
No treadmill for me. I walk outdoors in the morning so it's cooler and the air is better! :o)
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I live on the "garden level" of an old church. My workout consists of "doing the church" -- that's up three flights of stairs, then going from the south side to the north side (almost a city block!), back downstairs, then back across to the south side -- total is 1/4 mile, so if I do it 8 times, that's 2 miles. Only equipment is my iPod....
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Another thing not mentioned in here is try to get your workout done in the morning, that way your only taking 1 shower a day instead of several, leading to major water waste!
Or here's a cool video about how to hook up your bicycle to create electricity in your own home! http://tinyurl.com/lf7vr5
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vegan shop here at care2 http://my.care2.com/veganstuff
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Other people have said this, but please don't skimp on running shoes. Not only will cheap ones wear out faster, leading to more waste (not eco-friendly at all), but it is more than likely they will lead to discomfort and injury. I tried using shoes that were not high quality and fitted properly to my foot, and I got a nasty case of tendinitis in my ankle. Going green is not always about going cheap! Often good quality, long lasting products end up being more eco-friendly in the long run.
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Body products are not necessarily "green" just because they are bio-degradable. It is important also to consider if they contain chemicals (the creation of which, will have caused global warming)if they contain animal products -- some do!, and if they contain palm oil -- the number one reason for destroying the rain forests, after cattle and fodder production. To get really pure body products that do not harm the environment, look on the Naturewatch website.
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