Fitness spending tops 1 billion pounds in the UK

October 3rd, 2006

It looks like I’m not the only one who tries to keep fit and healthy, as apparently the British are spending £1.4 billion pounds (close to $2bn) each year on gym memberships and eating healthily.

I find it encouraging that so many people are taking their health and fitness seriously, however there seems to be a polarity developing in the UK society, at least, if not elsewhere.

On the one hand, we have this level of spending on health clubs and good diet and on the other hand we have increased obesity followed by increases in related conditions such as heart disease and diabetes.

Of course many people cannot afford expensive gym fees and costly healthy foods, however if we could only find a way to raise the general levels of health and fitness, then I’m sure that a wave of other benefits would follow.

Our range of articles and blogs about how Yoga can dramatically improve some people’s conditions, some quite serious, and how it makes you feel less stressed, show that this is a way of improving health without incurring high costs.

The trouble is it takes time, determination and commitment, and thats at the root of the problem.

It makes me smile when I park in the car park at my gym. There are parking spaces available now, however in January and February all those new year resolutions materialise in an overflowing car park.

Perhaps that 1.4 billion pounds is mostly spent in those few months directly after Christmas when resolutions are at their strongest.

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