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Looking for inexpensive or free things to do in Denver/Boulder? Want to sample local stores, restaurants, & attractions without breaking the bank? Mile High Cheapskates
Laura Daily, Claire Walter & staff editor Bryan Chavez show you how to get the best for less. Want to get in touch? Email us at: info@milehighonthecheap.com
Mile High on the Cheap is a member of Living on the Cheap, a network of websites published by frugalistas, journalists and consumer advocates. Find practical advice on saving money on groceries, travel and shopping, plus tips from our experts on how to live the good life for less at Living on the Cheap.

Free Zumba Class at Dance2Gather

Zumba is a fun, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness-party that anyone, and we mean anyone, can do. Now you can try a Zumba class for FREE at Dance2Gather in Aurora. Just drop by the studio (check their schedule for class times) and your first lesson is on the house. 15232 E. Hampden Cir., Unit A., [...]

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Low-Cost Yoga for Boomers & Seniors

Samadhi Yoga Studio offers “Yoga for Healthy Aging,” a low-cost weekly program for boomers and seniors. It is scheduled for tomorrow and every Sunday from 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. The workshops focus on the health benefits of yoga in age and coach participants in how to increase flexibility, improve strength and balance, maintain healthy joints, build [...]

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Costco Pharmacy – No Membership Req’d

It’s not normally “our deal” to post any medically-related savings or promos, but we found a “secret” we just couldn’t keep to ourselves. Anyone can use Costco‘s Pharmacy with no membership required. We called the corporate office and it’s true. You can flash your prescription to the checker at the entrance (or just tell them [...]

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Lake Steam Baths & Inexpensive Massage

We are always grateful when a MHOTC reader puts us onto a great deal or discount. Recently Cheryl gave us a heads up about a local Bath House. Lake Steam Baths has been a family-run business since 1927. Admission is $16 which includes day-long use of the Eucalyptus Steam Room, dry sauna, the whirlpool and [...]

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Yoga on the Cheap in Boulder

The Little Yoga Studio is an intimate, no-frills storefront studio that offers nine styles of yoga from beginning to advanced with drop-in classes priced no higher than $10 for one- and 1¼-hour classes. The Monday through Saturday class schedule starts early (6 to 7 a.m.) and ends at 8 or 9 p.m. Sunday is a shorter day. There [...]

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Free Fitness For Seniors

If you haven’t heard of SilverSneakers you are missing out on a great way to get healthy at no cost. SilverSneakers is designed for Medicare-eligible individuals and provides participants FREE membership to a wide-variety of health clubs and fitness centers. Many sites offer fitness equipment, treadmills, free weights, and special classes designed for older adults. [...]

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Free 7-Day Pass to 24 Hour Fitness

Seems like everyone makes a new year’s resolution to exercise more, get in shape, lose that extra weight from consuming one too many holiday treats (Laura still has two pounds of fudge left). Now the folks at 24 Hour Fitness are making it a wee bit easier to attain those goals. Right now you can [...]

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Low-Cost Senior Dance Classes for Fitness

The Wheat Ridge Active Adult Center (formerly Senior/Community Center) offers $3.50 drop-in dance classes with a focus on fitness — a good way to counteract the holiday eating frenzy. Line dancing is offered on Mondays, 2 to 3 p.m. for intermediates and Wednesdays, also 2 to 3 p.m. for beginners. Ballroom Blast are on Fridays, [...]

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Affordable Indoor Cycling Classes

Stay in shape for the cycling season on your own bike affixed to a CycleOps Trainer at Bicycle Village’s affordable Indoor Cycling Classes in their Aurora, Colorado Springs, Westminster and Boulder stores. Classes are $6 each or $30 for a six-session punch card. Click here for a schedule. Most classes are coed, but the Aurora [...]

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Free Yoga in Boulder — Always

Two Pearl Street Mall stores on either side of Broadway that carry activewear and more offer FREE yoga classes as ongoing service to the community. On the northwest corner (1147 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-449-2199) is prAna. Its basement studio is the venue for FREE daily yoga classes from As You Are Yoga Dance to Zen Flow. The [...]

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$10 Yoga Classes Any Time at Little Yoga Studio in Boulder

Whether you’ve never tried downward dog or are an expert in ashtanga, you’ll find a class to suit at the new Little Yoga Studio which opens Wednesday, September 28. All classes are priced at $10 and you can pay in advance or simply drop in to any class at any time which are scheduled back-to-back [...]

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No-Cost & Low-Cost Immunizations for Tots to Teens

Children are back in school, which means that the bugs causing childhood diseases are back in business.There are no-cost and low-cost ways to get  children from infants to 18 years immunized for everything including measles, mumps, polio and Hepatitis A & B. But if you miss the monthly events, you can still visit walk-in clinics. Typically immunizations [...]

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Low-Cost Dental Services from Greenwood Village Dentist

Dr. Adam Weaver is offering a significant discount on dental services, in order to help people who have lost their dental coverage or may have other financial issues. For $39, patients receive oral examinations, x-rays and dental cleanings. All proceeds go to Food Bank of the Rockies. Dr. Weaver notes that many people have lost [...]

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Free Sunrise Fitness Walk & Tai Chi Every Tuesday

Good morning, Denver! Every Tuesday through August join a FREE Sunrise Fitness Walk and Tai Chi class from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on the west side of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. The tai chi classes are overseen by the Tai Chi Project are suitable for all ages and fitness levels. The [...]

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Costco (Superior) Offers Free Healthy Heart Screening

Costco members can get a FREE healthy heart screening at the Superior location on Saturday, June 11, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. No fasting is required for measuring total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol. Fasting is required for the lipid panel (TC, HDL, LEL, triglyceride and TC/HDL ratio). Results are available immediately, and consultation with a pharmacist is included. [...]

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