Quitting the Gym

I've decided to quit the gym. I'm 23 and in good health. It takes virtually no effort for me to stay in healthy shape, so why should I pay $90 a month just to use some fancy equipment? I have no idea!

I joined the fancy gym over a year ago but began seriously working out about 4 months ago. I was 180 pounds, and decided I would make the leap to 200. At 6'2'' 180 pounds is kind of scrawny in my mind. Taking some protein shakes and vitamin supplements I worked out a little over an hour a day, 6 days a week for four months. I also did cardio three times a week as a 5-7k run or swimming 3000-5000 meters. I was reading about proper exercises, bulking vs cutting, all that jazz. Anyway I think I move between 10 and 18 percent body fat depending on how active I am. It was a great daily ritual but needless to say it took up a lot of time, and the number of showers my god. Three out of five days a week I was taking three showers a day! I put on the 20 pounds of muscle, and now rest at 205lbs. I was spending $90 a month for the gym, and close to $200 on protein shakes and vitamins. Yikes right?

I've decided to see if I can not only maintain but continue to make gains without supplements AND the gym entirely. The annual savings would be over $3000. AM I CRAZY!? MAYBE! I think it's possible.

I started a couple days ago and I've decided to replace the expensive gym procedure with some simple exercises. For now I'll just be doing pushups daily. I was doing about 60 pushups a day when I started, now I'm at 100. This doesn't even compare to a hard one hour workout, but I plan to move this number up as high as I comfortably can. I'll add more exercises(situps, pullups) and maybe some cardio to keep the body fat percentage under control.

It's not a very complicated strategy, but I'm confident that it can work. If I ever start slipping I can just join the gym again, right?