Where Frugality Meets Fitness
Where Frugality Meets Fitness
Where Frugality Meets Fitness
Where Frugality Meets Fitness
You might be frugal, but are you frugalmatic? Being frugalmatic goes beyond saving money. It’s about wisely using your time to benefit both your health and your finances.
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Move more with the original anti-exercise program: Frugalmatic Fitness.
Become more physically active by thinking differently about your daily routine.
Cut back on screen time by switching out your smartphone. (Yes, it's possible!)
Much of the news surrounding new tariffs lately has focused on the immediate negative effects, namely the likelihood of prices rising on imported goods. And we in the United States import a lot of stuff, […]
5 Surprising Ways Tariffs Might Benefit You Read More »
Skyrocketing egg prices have received a lot of attention lately, but what’s really bothered me is the high cost of sparkling water. Our family enjoys it—sometimes drinking as much as 24 cans a week. Yikes!
Drinkmate OmniFizz Review: Save on Sparkling Water Read More »
Our home doesn’t have a video game console, and there are no plans to buy one even as our kids approach their teen years, the prime age for gaming. That being said, parents who want
Keeping Kids Off Video Games (Mostly. Without Battles) Read More »
Where can you spend nearly one hour of your time with a large group of people and have nobody in the room check their phone? Not a gym. Not a grocery store. Certainly not a
One Public Space Where Phones Are Still Taboo Read More »
When it comes to physical fitness, I’ve felt for a long time that those mundane movements that happen throughout one’s day are more important than many researchers and fitness gurus seem to realize. In my
How Tiny Bursts of Movement Can Change Your Health Read More »
One of the first things I learned from Dr. Anna Lembke’s book, “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence,” is that our nation’s addiction problems are largely the result of having too much
Dr. Anna Lembke Interview: Insights from ‘Dopamine Nation’ Read More »
This past July was Frugalmatic’s four-year anniversary, and I’ve been meaning to write a retrospect post about some of my biggest feats and flops from the past four years. (Plus, I couldn’t pass up the
Frugalmatic After Four Years: Wins, Fails, and Lessons Learned Read More »
For me, 2024 will be known as the year I discovered pickleball. It hooked me at my first lesson, and now I play whenever I can find the time. I also introduced the game to
Why Pickleball Is the Most Frugalmatic Sport Read More »
Is it more economical to split firewood by hand or use a machine to do the job? Many people would argue the latter, citing factors related to time and money. But I like how John
John Cuddeback Interview: The Philosophy of Manual Labor Read More »
The beauty of the push reel mower is it can give you a great workout while also helping you accomplish something you must do anyway: Mow the lawn. Best of all, your growing lawn provides
Push Reel Mower: Pros, Cons, and Who Should Use One Read More »
