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Why do you hate going to the gym?

Hate weights. I know the importance of them, but I find them boring. Mind you, I like running, so boring is somewhat subjective. But even that said, I've gone months without running - sometimes the urge to go isn't there. Then the "vanity" light comes on (read: weight gain) and I'm back out there again...


The longest stretch I had using weights was when I was using kettlebells. Even though it was kicking my ass, the movements seemed more interesting/fun, or something. Then, of course, I smacked my ass on hardpack snow while snowboarding, which led to glute and IT band issues, which jacked up my routine and hosed weights and running for a bit...that was in February and I'm just now starting to get back in to running...
 
Because exercise has never ever been enjoyable for me, even when I was in hella good shape.

Now that the ol metabolism is slowing down, I may have to suck it up and get going in some fitness activities... but, ugh
 
I don't go to the gym for the same reason I don't buy water.

I can get them both for free at home.
 
OP: find another gym.

I get spittin' mad for all the reasons you listed (and more).

It may cost double what 24Hr costs. But, working out cretin/noob free pays dividends in motivation.
 
It's booooooooooooooooooooooooring! At least all the machines and weights. I go there for Yoga and Climbing.
 
Don't go to 24 hour fitness. /thread.:p
 
Machines in general are bad, even worse for physical rehab reasons. Free weights are better. :twofinger

I never go to gyms, but I'll tell you what really bothered me about public gyms after I stopped doing team-based workouts: cologne/perfume/hand-lotion. There's something wrong when I go to do some pull down sets and my hands smell like a fucking whorehouse, because the chick using it before was greased up in clown paint and old lady lotion.

Also, gyms suck when you don't have a good workout partner. Nothing like looking around for a spotter when benching 350lbs, and seeing a bunch of toothpicks struggling to lift a 45lbs bar, let alone serious weight.

I don't go to the gym for the same reason I don't buy water.

I can get them both for free at home.
This +lots
 
Tell that to my six-pack..! :twofinger

Six pack is more diet + meta-bowl-izm than exercise. I can out crunch and out-weighted crunch most people I know, but I am not sporting a 6-pack, I have an outline, that is it.

Years ago, when I was ripped at 195lbs, I had veins standing out everywhere, my lifts were stupidly retarded, I still didn't have abs, I just had that outline around them. I told a friend...what do they want? Skinny jerk? or Captain Kirk?
 
Don't go to 24 hour fitness. /thread.:p


Some are better than others. There is one down the street from work, go at the right time and it is a breeze, go at the wrong time, and it is a derp-fest.

The one on 16th and potrero is a ghetto fest, Good luck getting a bench, or not having a gaggle of bros doing light curls in all the squat racks, last time I went there, I was wondering where the fuck the black gunk that kept getting all over my hands was coming from. It was nasty as shit. I looked around, and realized "oh, hey, most people here probably haven't taken a bath in 3 days"
 
I'm a massage therapist. 30 hrs a week of that, plus a couple 35+ mile bicycle rides a week keeps me as fit as I feel I need to be.

But, I also see and work on a lot of people who do regularly work out at a gym with a trainer. What I notice almost without exception is a lot of overdeveloped, hypertonic musculature, with limited mobility/flexibility. And people pay big bucks for that!

Sure, they might be good at emulating a media-driven concept of an attractive body, but that's not what I call fitness.
 
Some are better than others. There is one down the street from work, go at the right time and it is a breeze, go at the wrong time, and it is a derp-fest.

The one on 16th and potrero is a ghetto fest, Good luck getting a bench, or not having a gaggle of bros doing light curls in all the squat racks, last time I went there, I was wondering where the fuck the black gunk that kept getting all over my hands was coming from. It was nasty as shit. I looked around, and realized "oh, hey, most people here probably haven't taken a bath in 3 days"

I can deal with pretty much everything with the exception of bad hygiene. I've gotten into altercations at the gym before for calling people out and telling them they smell like shit. There really is no excuse for poor hygiene, water and soap is easy to come by.

Oh, also hate when people come out of the shower dripping wet and bringing all the water to the locker room. Some people walk around with socks, nothing more annoying than wet socks.
 
Which gym do you go to? Maybe try upgrading to a nicer, bigger gym? Such as a 24 hr Super/Ultra Sport or City Sport? Bunch of new City Sports opening up all over the Bay. I go to Club Sport in Fremont, probably the most expensive gym there ever was. Larger nicer gyms tend to have plenty of free machines and free weights available.
 
public gyms stink. can't tolerate the smell. prefer to keep dripping sweatiness private. and have no desire see anyone else's. 'nuff said.
 
I've already accepted my deep hatred for gyms. Thanks for all the tips guys, but I won't be paying for one anytime soon no matter how magical it is.

I know I'm not alone though! LOL
 
Because it's full of BROS.

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