Are you planning to join a gym in 2023? Or perhaps you’re already a committed gym goer? To lessen your carbon footprint and benefit the environment, consider these easy green habits you can incorporate into your gym workout.
Put on Green Attire
It’s not practical to replace your complete training wardrobe with eco-friendly clothing. Consider organic, hemp, or non-synthetic materials as you need to replace old, worn-out shirts, bottoms, and shoes. Purchasing sustainable gym wear helps reduce waste added to landfills, saves energy and water, and reduces pollution. When purchasing something brand-new, browse for retailers that use sustainable business practices.
Encourage Your Gym to Utilize Eco-Friendly Materials
Some gyms have a whole page on their website devoted to environmental awareness that lists all the green efforts they have put in place. Find out about your gym’s green initiatives.
- Are they recycling?
- Do they make use of CFLs or LEDs?
- When not in use, do their televisions automatically switch off?
- Do they use organic cleaning supplies?
- Are soaps offered for use in the showers devoid of toxins?
- Do they wash the towels using chemical-free detergents?
- Have they placed filters or water-saving showerheads on their showers?
Don’t use plastic bags for your sweaty gym gear. Some gyms offer plastic bags to carry sweaty workout gear home. In 2023 make a resolution to try BYORB (bring your reusable bag) for that sweaty workout gear. You’ve heard many of your gym friends say it over and over. Plastic bags are bad, bad, bad.
Make use of reusable water bottles. Switch to a reusable water bottle to break your disposable water bottle habit. Breaking the habit of drinking disposable plastic bottles of water minimizes the use of fossil fuels and the harmful greenhouse gases produced during the production of plastic bottles. Utilizing a reusable water bottle also contributes to fewer plastic bottles ending up in landfills, where they sit for years while making a failed attempt at decomposition. Klean Kanteen is a good product that you can try.
Mix it up and make the most of nature. On a beautiful day, don’t waste the energy needed to ride a stationary bike or a treadmill. Breathe in the fresh air by going for a run, bike ride, or walk.
Use a green gym bag to carry your sustainable gym wear. Join a gym powered by humans. More gyms are utilizing equipment that was created specifically to harness the energy you produce while sweating and pedalling and convert it into usable electricity.
The Nutshell
You don’t need a shoe store to make life in the fitness lane work and feel better. Your walk or run will be better if you are wearing sustainable gym wear or smart clothing that is made to react to humidity, heat, cold, and even terrain. Thanks to today’s high-tech techniques lightweight, weatherproof, warm or cool apparel has been made to satisfy the pickiest tastes. If you spend most of your workout time in the summer, look for clothing materials that wick sweat off your body. Nowadays, consumers are not limited to just plain cotton, but clothing that “breathes”.