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I think of it like this: I want to lay on the couch, not go to the gym, but I want to want to go to the gym, or I want to have gone to the gym. I want to have g

I think of it like this: I want to lay on the couch, not go to the gym, but I want to want to go to the gym, or I want to have gone to the gym. I want to have gone to the gym because I hate to be at the gym. Realizing that, I have a choice: is going to the gym a chore, like flossing my teeth to avoid tooth pain or taking out the garbage so I'm not living in garbage? that is, is going to the gym something I do even though I don't want to, and which I needn't pretend to like? or should I just admit that i hate the gym and find something else to do?

GarvielLoken 10y ago
But you don't need the gym, for losing weight or getting healthier. The only thing you need the gym for is getting big muscles, now you can reframe the question. Is my goal to be more healthy or getting ripped? If the goal is health then you can stop going to the gym. Start running, start swimming, try bicycle, outdoor gyms, join a hike group, join a martial art club. Start doing excersices at home with your body weight. If you are so weak or big that you can't do many bodyweight drills, then you don't need a gym anyway. Better served with a small 10$ dumbar package at home. The only thing that can be good with a gym is a Personal Trainer that can give you a good plan. It will be hard to replace that service to the same level. If your goal truly is to be more muscular, then and only then does it really become a question of motivation. Do i want this enough do go to the gym, even on the days that i don't feel for it?
- agumonkey 10y ago
  For some places, not having a car is already a free health increase. Walking regularly is free "healthcare".
agumonkey 10y ago
That's the nice thing about chaotic wild life. Your life depends on every day gymnastic and it's often quite a pleasure to feel alive and full. We distorded the game too much it seems. Unless the VR trend provides a healthy dose of entertaining physical activity.

GarvielLoken 10y ago

But you don't need the gym, for losing weight or getting healthier. The only thing you need the gym for is getting big muscles, now you can reframe the question. Is my goal to be more healthy or getting ripped? If the goal is health then you can stop going to the gym. Start running, start swimming, try bicycle, outdoor gyms, join a hike group, join a martial art club. Start doing excersices at home with your body weight. If you are so weak or big that you can't do many bodyweight drills, then you don't need a gym anyway. Better served with a small 10$ dumbar package at home. The only thing that can be good with a gym is a Personal Trainer that can give you a good plan. It will be hard to replace that service to the same level. If your goal truly is to be more muscular, then and only then does it really become a question of motivation. Do i want this enough do go to the gym, even on the days that i don't feel for it?

agumonkey 10y ago
For some places, not having a car is already a free health increase. Walking regularly is free "healthcare".

agumonkey 10y ago

That's the nice thing about chaotic wild life. Your life depends on every day gymnastic and it's often quite a pleasure to feel alive and full. We distorded the game too much it seems. Unless the VR trend provides a healthy dose of entertaining physical activity.