if you don't regularly go to the gym

[SamurAchzar]

Used to go for a while (about two years). Had a pretty flexible schedule at work and it was next door, so I'd go there during noon, when no one was there other than some old guys. Combined with a good diet and 3-4 personal training sessions just to know I'm on the right program I lost about 20lbs over 6 months.

Then I bought an elliptical machine for home and started using that, together with push ups, sit ups and some deadbells. After some time like that I let go of the gym completely. It does the job for me, as long as I don't run wild with eating.

Lately I replaced that elliptical with a new Precor professional elliptical (being 6'2" and 230lbs and pretty fit I broke the chassis of the last one) and that was a brilliant move, it's so good I'm actually looking forward to using it every day. It's like you glide in a mf'ing cloud, man.

This thread does make me reconsider gym, though, just 2-3 times a week to augment my home workouts.

I can't ever see myself abstaining from workouts for a long period, I just feel like I'm rotting to the core. Other than mountainbiking which I always loved from a very early age, I never been an overly sporty type, but since I started caring I can't ever see myself without it.

 

[Whisper]

Depends on gym...I have seen many people get fucked with.

I don't doubt that it happens (especially at some of the powerlifting-intensive places out there), but in my 12 years working out across two different states, I have yet to see anyone actually get "fucked with" at the gym. Hell, I don't think I've even ever actually seen an argument in a gym. The worst I've personally witnessed was one guy getting upset that another person wasn't racking his dumbbells and had them spread out all across the bench area.

Also, I'm continually amused by people for some reason feeling the need to attack others' chosen fitness routines. You don't like going to the gym? Fine, but simply because you don't like it doesn't mean it's for "chumps."

 

[Powermoloch]

I have a home gym, so I don't have to go.

Nyan nyan nan nyan nyan!

fixed :awe:

 

[Nebor]

I don't doubt that it happens (especially at some of the powerlifting-intensive places out there), but in my 12 years working out across two different states, I have yet to see anyone actually get "fucked with" at the gym. Hell, I don't think I've even ever actually seen an argument in a gym. The worst I've personally witnessed was one guy getting upset that another person wasn't racking his dumbbells and had them spread out all across the bench area.

Also, I'm continually amused by people for some reason feeling the need to attack others' chosen fitness routines. You don't like going to the gym? Fine, but simply because you don't like it doesn't mean it's for "chumps."

I used to lose my shit when people would be sitting on equipment talking on their cell phone at the gym. Now there's a great gym literally across the street from my office, and since it's an Army gym I can just tell jacktards to GTFO.

People just "hanging out" at the gym make me want to deliver a stunning uppercut to their gooch.

 

[HeXen]

...and then tomorrow..BAM!....... i mean you could die at any time, why not just enjoy life however you see fit to enjoy it? If some choose to not workout and don't care how they look or their health, its for no one else to say otherwise. some enjoy working out, some don't.

 

[AbAbber2k]

You don't need a gym to be fit. A gym is just one more tool to use to get there.

 

[Balt]

I used to lose my shit when people would be sitting on equipment talking on their cell phone at the gym. Now there's a great gym literally across the street from my office, and since it's an Army gym I can just tell jacktards to GTFO.

People just "hanging out" at the gym make me want to deliver a stunning uppercut to their gooch.

Ugh, yeah. I'm a big fan of people who think benches are there for holding their cell phone/water bottle/etc.

 

[dud]

The wife and I have been going for 5 years straight and it has been the best money we've ever spent. We go 3 times a week to an inexpensive (i.e. Planet Fitness) gym where the population runs from 15 to 80 and most are in poor shape ... but trying to get better.

I highly recommend joining/using a gym. Consider how important your health is and how you cannot afford to lose it.

 

[Kadarin]

I was going to go last night but didn't at last minute due to changing plans. So...I'm going to go in a little while here

 

[SamurAchzar]

...and then tomorrow..BAM!....... i mean you could die at any time, why not just enjoy life however you see fit to enjoy it? If some choose to not workout and don't care how they look or their health, its for no one else to say otherwise. some enjoy working out, some don't.

While this is true, I personally find the number of people bothered about looks or health yet too lazy/unmotivated/lacking self confidence far higher than the number of those who genuinely don't care. I mean, how many overweight or otherwise neglected people you know wouldn't want to make the change?

For most, there really are no excuses. And again from personal experience those that can't own up to their health pretty much fail at other things for the same reasons (lacking motivation or confidence to do anything useful).

Not that I'm the finest display of masterfully exerted control over my body and life but I can still admit what's wrong and at the very least do cardio 3 times a week.

YMMV

 

[Lounatik]

No you won't if you use a HRM.


Start slow... first month just walking fast 30 min in zone 3

Next month, after great results and feeling great you be able to inteval jog/walk, in fact you'll have to, just to stay in zone as blood vessels open, heart & muscles become more efficient.

two-three months later you'll be able to jog whole 30 min!

Not to mention - sleep better, won't get sick, have more energy, better sex life and the huge dividends of living longer.

Oh my friend you are so correct in your last statement. Im 46 and I started p90x 2 years ago, and it literally changed my life. I was sick 8-10 months out of the year. Sinus infections with 103 degree fevers, prostate infection, colitis caused by antibiotics for prostate infection,blood poisoning several times, and mono. I was so sickly, I really thought I had a blood disorder. So, two years ago I had a complete physical with a total blood panel. Found nothing wrong with me. I decided to change my entire lifestyle through excercise and a clean diet.
Fast forward two years and 6 rounds of p90x with p90x plus and Insanity all thrown together in a hybrid workout and I am in the absolute best shape of my life. I have not had even a head cold in two years, my energy level is such that I sleep less than 4 hours a day and my wife wants me to stop working out so I will leave her alone


Peace


Lounatik

 

[Whisper]

Oh my friend you are so correct in your last statement. Im 46 and I started p90x 2 years ago, and it literally changed my life. I was sick 8-10 months out of the year. Sinus infections with 103 degree fevers, prostate infection, colitis caused by antibiotics for prostate infection,blood poisoning several times, and mono. I was so sickly, I really thought I had a blood disorder. So, two years ago I had a complete physical with a total blood panel. Found nothing wrong with me. I decided to change my entire lifestyle through excercise and a clean diet.
Fast forward two years and 6 rounds of p90x with p90x plus and Insanity all thrown together in a hybrid workout and I am in the absolute best shape of my life. I have not had even a head cold in two years, my energy level is such that I sleep less than 4 hours a day and my wife wants me to stop working out so I will leave her alone


Peace


Lounatik

This is an excellent point. It's amazing how less often you get sick and/or feel like crud when you actually do take care of yourself (e.g., eat and sleep right, get in some physical activity, reduce stress, etc.). That'd be one of the main reasons I continue working out regularly, other than my own personal vanity.

 

[Powermoloch]

I have to vouch in for the health change as well, I got less headaches, fatigue and especially the allergies that came with it.

The GYM and especially a healthier lifestyle changed my life.

 

[CRXican]

going outside and working out on my own is free and I don't have to wait for people to move or share nasty, sweat equipment

but yes, get your ass moving

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

This is an excellent point. It's amazing how less often you get sick and/or feel like crud when you actually do take care of yourself (e.g., eat and sleep right, get in some physical activity, reduce stress, etc.). That'd be one of the main reasons I continue working out regularly, other than my own personal vanity.

Since we're on the subject of anecdotes, my friend was pretty much the opposite. Pretty much as soon as he started going to the gym he started getting colds, headaches, sinus infections, tonsilitis, etc. He used to bitch at me all the time about it. Now he's stopped going regularly, and he hasn't been sick since. YMMV.

 

[Kadarin]

Since we're on the subject of anecdotes, my friend was pretty much the opposite. Pretty much as soon as he started going to the gym he started getting colds, headaches, sinus infections, tonsilitis, etc. He used to bitch at me all the time about it. Now he's stopped going regularly, and he hasn't been sick since. YMMV.

He's probably picking up infections from others who go there. The first thing I do after working out is wash my hands.

 

[Kadarin]

If it hasn't been mentioned yet, the gym (and regular strenuous exercise in general) is great for lowering blood pressure. When I wasn't going, with meds it was hovering around 130/95. Now, if I'm relaxing and haven't yet gone that day, it stays around 115/75. Just after a workout (15 min or so), it drops... Today it hit 76/57; I have an appointment later this month with the cardiologist to discuss this and change or lower the dosages I take. (Note: If I take no meds, it skyrockets to 210+/135+)

 

[Fritzo]

Ugh, yeah. I'm a big fan of people who think benches are there for holding their cell phone/water bottle/etc.

What if I go there just to hang out naked in the locker room?

 

[MegaVovaN]

What if I go there just to hang out naked in the locker room?

You're welcome, just as long as you're not doing bicep curls in the squat rack.

 

[destrekor]

...and then tomorrow..BAM!....... i mean you could die at any time, why not just enjoy life however you see fit to enjoy it? If some choose to not workout and don't care how they look or their health, its for no one else to say otherwise. some enjoy working out, some don't.

weak pathetic and worthless humans do not deserve to live according to the natural laws, and we sure as hell don't need to prop them up.

If they want to fuck up their lives, take away all their medical rights when they begin to die, unless of course they are paying out of pocket with cash they have and not cash borrowed.
We should NOT have to waste resources keeping the weak and undeserving alive, imho. Give everyone the right to do what they want, but going against the grain by making bad choices removes you from the "we must treat you regardless of your situation" scenario.
Half of these people also have bad genes and thus, don't deserve to procreate either, which those unfit to procreate are also unfit and thus not to have their hand held by the tribe. If they survive on their own, great, they proved themselves fit for a mate.

Of course, the sympathetic modern human with questionable ethics side of me (which is different from the above described side of my logic ) also says no citizen should be left behind. I've almost given up the hope we can actually save ourselves from our fate, and thus gene quality will probably never be important from here on out.

 

[alkemyst]

I don't doubt that it happens (especially at some of the powerlifting-intensive places out there), but in my 12 years working out across two different states, I have yet to see anyone actually get "fucked with" at the gym. Hell, I don't think I've even ever actually seen an argument in a gym. The worst I've personally witnessed was one guy getting upset that another person wasn't racking his dumbbells and had them spread out all across the bench area.

Also, I'm continually amused by people for some reason feeling the need to attack others' chosen fitness routines. You don't like going to the gym? Fine, but simply because you don't like it doesn't mean it's for "chumps."

Most of the time I have witnessed people being made fun of is rare at a 'real' gym. Most there seem to be more open to helping a brother out. Some are fucktards anywhere they go.

Most of the time this is at the more popular gyms, the kind you have to avoid after work because it's more meat-market than fitness-center. I liked them though and had a membership at one because it was a great place to meet women. I wouldn't do the same at my everyday gym, but these kinds of places are so big and so few have regular schedules it's fine. At these places I have seen men and women forced into leaving in tears. I have stood up a few times about it, but most of the time they don't want to help themselves it seems.

 

[alkemyst]

weak pathetic and worthless humans do not deserve to live according to the natural laws, and we sure as hell don't need to prop them up.

Most dudes with quotes like this are about 5'7" and 140lbs...their bragging right is the high score in CoD or WoW.

 

[TheNinja]

Since we're on the subject of anecdotes, my friend was pretty much the opposite. Pretty much as soon as he started going to the gym he started getting colds, headaches, sinus infections, tonsilitis, etc. He used to bitch at me all the time about it. Now he's stopped going regularly, and he hasn't been sick since. YMMV.

As someone else mentioned, he could be picking up germs from the machines and stuff. Also, if he is new to working out, and starts our really hard, it can actually be quite hard on your central nervous system and overall health. If you don't eat right and sleep enough, your body gets overworked and its defenses are weaker. I have had that too, where I got back into working out, just started up hard core but didn't sleep enough and kept getting run down and sick.

 

[Turin39789]

My freaking gym has no AC... soooooo hot in the summer but I know it's better for me.

Personally I love the gym. Been going for a little over 4 years and while I have made huge improvements in the weight I can push around I'm not ripped and never will be, I don't do the diet to get that way. I prefer staying fit and strong so I can get outside and do the things I really enjoy. Just bagging peaks or running is good, but I did that for years before hitting the gym but as soon as I combined that with resistance training... dang... felt way better.

I go to a tiny gym where most of the people compete in deads, bench, or squats. We have a few who sometimes go the body building route (2 years on, 2 years off) but for the most part they all competitively lift. It sounds like a bad place for someone like me (most likely will never compete) but it's just the opposite. We have a small group of people who all encourage each other, especially nearing a meet when all the lifters start putting on their crazy shirts.

Anyway, I highly recommend the gym, if it's economically feasible for you. All in all I feel so much better since I joined. I've been able to do things I've never done before and even fixed some old strains I had from running cross country in high school.

Likewise, no A/C(well they have it just not turned on) and cardio/sleg drags are done outside in the neighborhood.

 

[SP33Demon]

My new workout is making money. Stacks of cash can get heavy.