My life is generally busier than I really want it to be and I miss the good ol' days (read before children) when I could cozy up with a book on a Saturday afternoon. Or when I could just decide to go for a run and head out the door with no preplanning (read negotiation with husband). I figured out a way to combine my love of books and my love of exercise with audio books, the plot keeps me going sometimes more than a strong beat would.
I just discovered a really easy way to find audio books — SimplyAudioBooks.com. Their tag line is "Rent. Buy. Download. Listen." This company offers a variety of ways for you to receive your audio books. You can rent them — similar to Netflix. You choose how many titles you want to have at one time and shipping is free both ways. The price range is $17 a month to have one title, to $45 a month to have four titles simultaneously.
The other, even more convenient option is to download books — similar to iTunes. Just download the book and listen at your convenience. For one title a month the cost is $18 and for three the cost is $38. They have many, many titles; a great search function; and recommendations, too.
How about you? Do you like to listen to audio books when you workout? Tell me in the comments section below.
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I've never tried it. I have my treadmill set up in front of the tv and usually just watch a movie or something. That seems to be the best way to keep me going on the treadmill.
1I don't like audio books to work out with because they're not motivating like music is.
I do, however, love to listen to audio books while cooking, washing dishes, folding laundry...to the point where it feels like a waste of time to do any of these tasks without a book in the background.
I don't download the books, I rent them from my library for $1.00 for a two week rental.
2I belong to Audible.com, and love the convienience of listening to books on my PDA phone while jogging or walking. When I need more motivation though, nothing beats a great playlist!
3I always listen to books while exercising, as well as when doing all those boring household chores. I don't have a lot of time to sit down with a book and read, but this way I can keep up with books I like, and take some of the pain out of chores!
Check your local public library; many of them now use Overdrive or NetLibrary services, and you can check out audio books to download to your MP3 players for free! (Sorry - not available to Ipod users; Ipod owners are too into keeping their stuff separate from the rest of the world's content.)
4Nothing beats actually sitting down and reading a book... books on tape remind me of when I was a kid and my mom would read me a story before bedtime. I try to find time when I can otherwise I feel like an audiotape just defeats the purpose.
5Thanks Fit! I work full-time and go to school so I never have time to read books that I enjoy. I run every morning so I will start adding some books to my play list
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