New Year Resolutions

Winning.

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At my gym I made a body analysis which identified some muscle dysbalances. This was really helpful to create a workout plan.
There are also a lot of muscles I cannot train specifically when at home, because I do not have the right equipment at home. The trainers in the gym are also really helpful in teaching me how to get my body in a good shape.

On top of that I don't find it easy to establish the habit of doing workout at home. I prefer a change of location and also a dedicated time. My gym, which is located on my way back home from work really helps with keeping my schedule. I am doing this for 1.5 years now, two times a week and it works really great for me.

You see, everybody ia different and for some people like me a gym is a really nice thing. If a home workout is the right thing for you and you can also save money in the meantime, that's a great thing.

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Hey! 🫵 That's the "spread your legs and welcome a guy into them" sport!

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Yup

It's also the "choke that guy with your crotch till he passes out" sport

(Triangle chokes)

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Waiting till the new year to change is an excuse

Change now, not later

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Now is the new year though...

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I tried it in college then just started getting railed in my dorm instead

although a couple of women joined us and I got matched with one? it was her first time too. she had a heat stroke attack or something and passed our during practice and we had to walk in the rain to find the med center

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I got into outdoor sports to stay away from gyms. The only exception is I use indoor climbing gyms for training. You should try lake, river, or ocean swimming. I find swimming shore to shore really fun. It's like travelling through the wilderness but with swimming

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Oh, the irony of this comment. Think about it...

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I'm not a fan of outdoor swimming and it would take 2hr+ for me to get somewhere I can swim outdoors, the pool is 2 subway stations away from my house, not an option unfortunately.

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Not seeing the irony. Please explain.

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I take two weeks off every year to let things cool down after new years.

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Yeah. I switched to free weights last week in prep for not being able to access any of the machines at the fitness centre.

At least the running lanes at the track usually stay empty. I needed to work on my cardio more, anyway.

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The simple answer is that you don't need a gym to get fit. Same as you don't need a car to get around when you can just walk / cycle / uber. It just makes things more convenient for some people.

Personally I prefer to run on a treadmill in an air conditioned room rather that out in the sun, some people prefer otherwise and that's fine too.

Lifting heavy things is great, but proper equipment makes it easier to have a balanced workout and is easy to use. It can also be helpful to have a specific place that you go away from home to work out to help get you in the right mental headspace. Necessary? Definitely not, but for me I know I would never have come so far in my fitness journey without the gym.

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You are the opposite of my, my doctor told me to lift some weights lol, I only swim rn

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Gyms are great. I don't want to run or cycle somewhere when it's pouring rain, or when it's -30C outside. I'd have a hard time keeping track and incrementing weights with random heavy objects found outside.

A pair of dumbbells with adjustable weights and a decent indoor cycle machine thingy would technically do it for me, but at the cost of several months of gym membership for the former and years of gym fees for the latter, in addition to taking up space in my home and needing to be moved if I move (because currently I live in a rental apartment to be closer to my job)

And I do really just love lifting weights, it's the only form of exercise that doesn't make me feel excruciating mental anguish somehow. Cycling with a podcast on is also bearable, but then I can't do that safely in the city. Yeah we have pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, but unfortunately you do still have to eventually cross roads and then you have to hear things properly, because vision alone has limited width and assholes can run red lights.

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At least in Germany most gyms have 2 year contracts, if you want to be able to cancel your membership monthly you usually pay about twice as much

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Isn’t it the opposite because gym owners lose money when people actually use the gym?

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OC literally talking about stopping doing the thing they do to get in shape, because of other people being dicks. You attempting to defend those people's actions, as though OC—the one who is aware of etiquette so all can enjoy—is somehow the one who's against people getting in shape.

You have defended the baddies by using the good guy's point, entirely too focused on gaslighting with it to realise. This, ironically supporting behaviours that stop people from exercising.

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Truest thing I've ever seen lmao