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I hate gym too (also mid 30s), and use the hate as a tool. I hate it so much, that nothing will stop me from going, because I'm always at the lowest possible de
by hakunin 4y ago
I hate gym too (also mid 30s), and use the hate as a tool. I hate it so much, that nothing will stop me from going, because I'm always at the lowest possible desire level anyway. I don't care if the weather is bad, if my mood is bad, or anything else. I just deliver myself to the place no matter what. For over 13 years now.
(People who like gym risk not going when they don't like it. I have no such risk. I'm not tethered to liking.)
But here's the real trick: if you can afford it, get a personal trainer.
Pick a cadence (e.g. Mon/Wed/Fri or Tue/Thu/Sat), deliver yourself to the location no matter what, and let trainer take over from there.
- mmh0000 4y agoOver the years, I tried gym memberships and always go bored and stopped going after a week or two. I got a personal trainer 7 months ago, and it's been one of the best decisions I've ever made. I find having someone besides myself to feel accountable to very motivating. It's also nice to have someone walk you through all the movements, proper form, and telling you what to eat. When I started with the personal trainer; I was skinny, lanky, nerd. In the last 7 months, I've added 25LBs of muscle. I'm still a lanky nerd, but I'm now a stronger lanky nerd!
- sprite 4y agoI feel like the most rewarding part of the gym is tangible gains. The weights don't lie.
- anthonypasq 4y agoits physically impossible to have gained 25lbs of muscle in 7 months unless you're doing steroids
- Cpoll 4y agoI don't have the science to back this up, but I think it's plausible, if we make some assumptions. It's basically 3.5lbs/month. - 2lbs/month is reasonable for beginner gains [citation needed, but sounds right to me]. - If you're really skinny, you'll get bigger gains. - If you're training optimally (adequate diet, good exercise volume) you'll get better gains than the average beginner. - Genetic lottery chances. - Measuring body fat changes isn't perfect (and there will be changes if you're bulking), so it might not be exactly 25lbs.
- anthonypasq 4y ago2lbs a month is basically the maximum if you are perfectly optimizing everything. 3.5lbs a month is impossible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQkRDGz1Nkw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQkRDGz1Nkw
- fierro 4y ago2lb/month of weight gain, including muscle, fat, and water, is very doable for a beginner lifter. 2lb/month of true lean tissue mass is indeed "impossible" without exogenous hormones.
- theturtletalks 4y agoAnd it gets harder adding muscle. Adding 2lb the first few months is doable. Eventually adding even 1lb gets harder to do and you plateau.
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- mmh0000 4y agowink wink nudge nudge If I'm going to waste time going to the gym, I'm going to get the maximum time to benefit ratio.
- quickthrower2 4y agoYeah it is not like there are any life fucking up side effects
- mmh0000 4y agoHave some sources https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32081788/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32081788/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3897047/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3897047/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j232kdcnSQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j232kdcnSQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBhfP3MBYLU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBhfP3MBYLU https://www.reddit.com/r/trt/ https://www.reddit.com/r/trt/
- quickthrower2 4y agoOh right your wink is about testosterone! I have had supplemental testosterone because of low levels. No big deal I reckon. I thought the nudge was about anabolic steroids, since that is illegal most places.
- khaki54 4y agoHmmm I was 6'0" 142 first day in the military... After 19 weeks of abuse, (infantry school + airborne) often active 20 hours per day I emerged 165. So 23 lbs of almost lean muscle in under 5 months. I would rate the previous commenter's claim as plausible.
- quickthrower2 4y agoHow do you know there is no fat, water or bone in the mix?
- khaki54 4y agoI suppose I don't. But it makes less sense to me that I would increase bone density in 19 weeks in a meaningful amount and even less sense that I would put on any fat when we had roughly 2-5 mins to eat every meal.
- davidkuennen 4y agoThis. So much. It's the key I use as well to hit the gym. Just go there physically. Even with the lowest amount of motivation when everything's shit. The line “if a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly” comes to mind. If you are already at the gym, you might as well do it badly and then most of the time you're doing it well in the end.
- quickthrower2 4y agoI am on a fatigue wellness plan but basically I go in each session with % perceived effort goals, estimate what I should do, write it down, do it, tick it off, go home. Works great Muscle gain will be slow but no strength regression has happened and importantly I can stick to this for the long term. The point is I go every time on schedule knowing I won’t over do it - as per the plan!
- rozenmd 4y agoThis is me, since 2010 too.
- kylecazar 4y agoOut of sheer curiosity -- when did "gym" replace "the gym"? Is this a UK thing?
- moosedev 4y agoOP's writing doesn't sound British, at least to this Brit. The last sentence, "What will be a good way to stay in shape", reads as non-native, even, due to the non-idiomatic use of "will" (compare "What would be" or "What is" here). Dropping articles (the, a, an) is a feature of the English of people whose first language is Russian or another Slavic language - just guessing. The post you are replying to drops an article on "trainer" near the end. Could also just be shorthand/hurried/casual writing, though - like this sentence. That poster otherwise uses "the gym". On topic: +1 to getting a personal trainer if you can afford the money and time.
- anacrolix 4y agoI assumed it was an American thing. Gym is a noun.