Going to the gym is like a korean MMORPG

I still have a gym membership, haven't been in a month though. I think I'm going tonight.

Hot girls in sweat pants helps with motivation too.

Haha, yeah I signed up for a fancy gym right after that Ryan Davies shit (My name is Ryan so it's even more likely I'm going to die!!!!!). Unfortunately I then realised I had no suitable gym equipment or money left for buying it until I just got paid, so I should be going for my induction and first session tomorrow.

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(My name is Ryan so it's even more likely I'm going to die!!!!!).

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I signed up to a new gym recently which was cheaper than my old gym. I try to go 3 times a week at least but I find myself not enjoying it there as much as I did at my last place. Full of guys who only care about body building and girls who aren't that hot to look at. Nobody really talks to each other and it's bloody crowded and the music is shit.

Last gym was full of nice people who talked to you and even the body builder types were nice! Might just take the hit on the wallet and pay a bit more for better service and facilities. Also, the girls were way hotter at the expensive place!

Ideally I'd like to lose around 6kg? It's a bloody slow process at the moment.

You shouldn't think of it as losing 6 kg when working out, because that way it'll never work for motivation. Think about it in terms of losing fat percentage. Muscles weigh more than fat, but they also consume more energy than stored fat does, so it doesn't really matter. Also if you want to lose fat, here's a golden rule: eat less calories than what your body consumes each day.

Yeah, I mean I want to lose the extra fat I picked up at uni basically and I have started eating less and not snacking on stuff like crisps and chocolate during the day/night.

You shouldn't goto the gym everyday unless you love it or you're overweight. You're going to stress/burn yourself out. It's good to work hard in the gym but better to maintain good adrenal function. A few times a week is fine.

I do morning and evening sit-ups and crunches.

And when it is not too busy, chin-ups every hour at work.

Just got the gym membership of my colleague to go swim and do some weights when I have the time. It is just in the underground of my building, so no excuses to not go.

Next to that, I walk to everywhere. Trying not to take metro or bus.

And when my mind is full with bullshit, I tend to do some yoga stretching and balance exercises.

And lots of water drinking, fruit eating and vegatables.

The result is lots more energy and focus.

I went to the gym during two "seasons", which were like 6-8 months each. The result was great, but it was insanely boring to be around dumb people who only cared about taking anabolics and other stuff to get huge.

Most of the times, the music was really shit, leaving me the only option of taking my iPod with me. This way I would somewhat avoid social interaction (which sometimes is good), but at least I would listen to my own music and get more energized.

Well, this is what happened on the second and last gym I went. People there weren't that stupid, the music was less bad but... on one of the days I took my iPod with me and stored it in the gym's locker, after my training I noticed that I got fucking stolen!

That's right. Some fucker got into the men's changing room (really easy to do if you are a man/ work there/ is a fucking stealer) and not only unlocked my locker to steal my iPod, but also had the brilliant idea of locking it back after committing the crime. I told the personal trainer and he was surprised. I returned to the changing room and decided to see if the locker's key I was using that day would, for some reason, open other lockers around. Plot twist: it opened at least 3 more.

This was just after I had finished the training and was happy because I was about to get a heavier training routine.

It was in the end of my gym subscription, and having being stolen and the manager not giving a fuck about that, I decided to quit.

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In other news:

I've always been curious about Krav Maga and wanted to try that. After Thrik recommending it on another thread, I decided to look it up and see if there was some place nearby where I could practice that. There is! I plan to go there and see how it tuns out. I've been way sedentary recently.

Lol, that locker thing is shitty. The gym I've signed up for fortunately requires that you bring your own padlock (or buy one from them), and they can only get into your locker by physically cutting the lock. Which is good because I might use their permanent locker service and keep my gym shit there.

I work out since I don't want to become a cripple at the age of 30. I mostly do bodyweights with a focus on core muscles and functional strength. Besides, I hate gyms and they are way too expensive for me (cheapest is like 8 cans of beer a month, while Crossfit and Kettlebell gyms which I find attractive are about 32 cans!!), I'd rather workout outdoors at my local ghetto gym which is free and has all the needed monkeybars and stuff. Hell, even a few hangups and pushups each day is better than nothing.

In addition to that, I do a lot of jogging with my bulletproof vest for additional weight (~7kg). Probably between 7-10km with a pace of 6-8min/km with a climb of ~180m. Jogging is boring as fuck. I did run a lot before school during a period, but I realized that waking up and hour early made me get too little sleep over the week, and made me sleep all weekend. Now I do it during evenings instead.

My rules to keep working out are pretty simple, no working out on weekends, and absolutely no workouts when hung over (even on weekdays). And if there is something more fun to do than working out, then do that instead.

Bulletproof vest?

free gym membership bitches!

Congrats for such an intense start; I'm not sure that beginning a new activity this intensely is the good thing, but if you keep it up, kudos!

I never liked the gym, the sweat, the stink, the boringness of the four walls. The only pro to me are nice girls, which i'm not seeing now that I'm doing a few hours for preparation with my teammates.

Also i noticed that a lot of people that go to the gym starts "comparing penises" and gossip about the others, even my parents, who are certainly not that kind of people, have always something to blab about the other annoying people there since they started going.

I've practiced sports all my life (basketball mainly), but there was a few years I got ~10kg over, so I started running and kept at it for about three years (run a half marathon also), then I had to stop because of pain to the knee Unfortunately doctors say i'm good, but i don't feel good :-| in the meantime i'm still playing basketball which doesn't cause much pain.

Nice thing to notice was that first I had to impose myself to go out 2 times per week, then it became a routine and also a need, so if I had to skip a run, I really felt it, and I also increased to 3-4 runs per week.

I am an advocate of the "Rocky training", so to also improve some other muscles, I was grabbing bars at car parks and doing pull-ups, and push-ups and abs before going out.

Best runs were (curiously) in winter, I loved to run with the cold and snow, looking the sun coming up. Or those with my dog, when he was young enough to run, but he would start to get tired less then half of the distance I did reach in the later months.

PS: strong motivation to run was that I could feel good by eating a few pastries, I'm a glutton for cakes and such. I've kinda lived on salads and ice creams this last month XD

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I've always been curious about Krav Maga and wanted to try that.

Me too, still on my plans, but it's something I can't afford right now.

Ok, since there doesn't seem to be room for humor here, I'm going to reply with a serious response. Actually, I'm going put myself out there. I used to work out 6 days a week. I was super fit, well build with a six pack and all. Then I stopped, I got a office job. I got married and the biggest killer of all, I quit smoking. I've gained 40 pounds and got fat. I need to do something. If you guys are really serious about motivating each other, so will I. I'll weigh myself, measure everything and go back to the gym while keeping you updated on the results. I would like to see the same of you.

In the mean time, I could probably help with some questions. Even though I let myself go, I did work out intensively for over 5 years. I've picked up quite a bit and one my best friends is a very good fitness instructor/personal trainer. For starters, what Sentura posted earlier is some solid advice.

My biggest advice to people is, don't try to take shortcuts. Create good habits.

But creating good habits begins very small and takes time to develop.

I start with 3 push-up and now I am doing 3*10 different push-ups + 30 crunches to wake up.

It does not have to be much. As long as you do it every day and you spread it out, this habit will become very important to you.

I got back to the gym as well, although I'm trying to be smart about it this time around, I don't wanna stroll in there like a maniac start pulling weights like there's no tomorrow.

I've also been trying to learn what's the best and safest way to get healthy and with a body like Mitch from baywatch. (hair included)

This online trainer is some of the best source of info I've found so far, I recomend you register on his website, he sends you a e-mail every day with new stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjARj4PzCd4

(Look up the other videos by yourself)

http://getbiggetstrong.com/start-here-first/

Basically I'm trying to go monday, tuesday, rest on wednesdays and go back thursday, friday and saturday, rest on sundays. And really, after a couple weeks this becomes routine and you don't feel you're doing this extraordinary thing anymore.

Also, I work the upper body in one day, and in the next day I work the lower body, with a lot of focus on cardio for these first few weeks since I got some localized fat I wanna get rid of too.

Also, the order in what you do your wheights is very important (you'll learn that on that guys YT page) start with your bigger muscles and move down to your smaller ones.

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Ok, since there doesn't seem to be room for humor here, I'm going to reply with a serious response. Actually, I'm going put myself out there. I used to work out 6 days a week. I was super fit, well build with a six pack and all. Then I stopped, I got a office job. I got married and the biggest killer of all, I quit smoking. I've gained 40 pounds and got fat. I need to do something. If you guys are really serious about motivating each other, so will I. I'll weigh myself, measure everything and go back to the gym while keeping you updated on the results. I would like to see the same of you.

In the mean time, I could probably help with some questions. Even though I let myself go, I did work out intensively for over 5 years. I've picked up quite a bit and one my best friends is a very good fitness instructor/personal trainer. For starters, what Sentura posted earlier is some solid advice.

I've heard many many similar stories. I know a family member that had the exact same thing happen to him. Dude used to look like Arnold, now he's like Francis the fat guy from youtube. (Well... maybe not that much, but you get the point) ahah

Anyway, the key here and what can be learned from this is you should never work out too much on the gym, like 7 days a week non-stop neither you should come to a complete stop. Both those options only lead to bad stuff, balance is key.

Go to the gym at least 3 times a week, bring some good energetic music with you and that hour will fly past you!

Also, don't just think I "might" go to the gym tomorrow night, think I'll fucking go even If I'm shitting diarrhea from my nose, that's how you fight through the weird feeling of stepping out of your normal routine in the first couple weeks.

So yeah... start today, no time like the present.