Summary
Is that gym membership really worth it? Are there ways of getting fit for free? And can you ‘invest’ in your own health?
Adam Shaw is joined by a panel of experts to answer your questions.
Phill Wright - Business Transform Manager - Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity
Steven Scales - Director of Membership and Sector Development – UK Active
To share your experiences or to ask a question email moneybox@bbc.co.uk
Producer: Drew Miller Hyndman
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| 0:00.0 | On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation. |
| 0:07.0 | It was an extraordinary news story. |
| 0:09.0 | The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny, |
| 0:14.0 | mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared. |
| 0:18.0 | One of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for |
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| 0:27.8 | the Lukan Obsession. Listen on BBC Sounds. What goes into making the Business Daily podcast from |
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| 0:58.5 | Welcome to Moneybox Live, the podcast about your money. |
| 1:02.2 | The very sharp rise in inflation is causing huge problems for millions of people |
| 1:06.9 | who are having to make very difficult decisions about what they spend their money on |
| 1:10.5 | and where to make cutbacks. A recent market report claims that 20% of gym members are thinking |
| 1:16.4 | of canceling their membership if forced to make savings. Another says that 18% of parents |
| 1:22.1 | can't afford to buy football boots and other equipment their children need to join grassroots |
| 1:27.3 | football teams. |
| 1:28.5 | But even if you give up your gym subscription, it doesn't mean stopping exercising or staying fit. |
| 1:35.0 | Cheaper public facilities, free access sports and home alternatives can all fill that gap. |
| 1:40.3 | Well, in this Moneybox podcast, we're looking at the finances of staying fit. |
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