Thanks for the post. I enjoyed it.
I feel similarly. I have had many gym memberships over the years. I probably ended up paying like $100 a visit, all said and done. I prefer to be outside, and work with environment and my own body weight. I feel that body weight exercises are better for distributed strength, flexibility, and longevity. More sustainable for me.
And if we are able to make our work-out anf our work the same things, like building something... It's like getting back 2x back.