Walking -- it's free. Love it. You can do it anywhere. Well, a lot of places anyway.
Yoga class twice a week -- $25/month (I know -- that's insane!) something I do since I retired a year ago. Love it! I also do it at home when other daily exercise options aren't optimal. This morning I'd planned to do a 5K, but it's been raining all morning, so I blew that off and did a yoga "class" by myself in the bedroom, using a yoga class I record on Public Television. Again, it's free. Love it!
Aquarobics ... $30/month, which I do in the wintertime when it's just too bloody nasty to go outside (my personal choice). It's not only great weight resistance (and spares my old, arthritic knees a bit), but it's incredibly sociable, since it's full of some very funny, joyful people.
Good old-fashioned work -- for me, this is mostly gardening, mowing, work around our 25 acres. This is how our ancestors "exercised." It works for me, too.
One thing I've found over the last nearly 3 years associated with my WLS journey is that it really does help me stay active if I do a variety of exercises rather than doing the same thing all the time. I fully expect to always be switching things up -- either with specific exercises or classes or my schedule. Heck, I expect there'll come a time when "chair exercises" become a big part of my exercise regimen. I'm in this for the long run.
Your mileage may vary (YMMV).
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