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Ive just been down to the gym today, my god is it boring!
Were off to Ibiza in July and one of my mates wants to loose his beer belly for it.
So he pays £47.50 a month!! And all everyone there was doing like us was run on a treadmill staring at the back of a lampost through a grotty window. Ride a bike thing whilst watching some wally playing with snakes on a muted TV. Rowing machine too. All whilst in a sweatbox!
Christ i mean seriously, what is up with the people in this world. Are they all stupid. A bike is £70 or so as is a rowing machine, and running is free. And you can do it outside in the fresh air, at your own leisure.
I am categorically never setting foot in a gym ever again, what a waste of money!
it is at £47,i pay £19 a month
really enjoy it
I agree complete waste of cash
You can easily get fit at home, with equipment, or on bike running etc
I have a few mates that go to gyms, but they love looking at themselves in mirrors lol
Hoochie
24-01-11, 05:21 PM
I use the Wii fit.....:)
L33 LEG
24-01-11, 05:21 PM
I have always wondered this. My mates go to the gym but i would much prefer to just get on my bike and ride for a few hours and actually enjoy it and get some fresh air at the same time.
Impossible to get fit at home,too many distractions imo.
You go to the gym,you work out.
At home its all too easy to feck it off
it is at £47,i pay £19 a month
really enjoy it
Jesus man how is it in the slightest bit fun? I mean riding a bike through woods is more fun surely?
the fields gym in hinckley are incredible... they have a group that turns up, pays their subs, and then runs down the hinckley bypass & back........
one day, i drove past & it was glorious weather, and they'd moved the exercise bikes out into the carpark & people were in a semicircle riding them watching the instructor!!!!!!!
Jesus man how is it in the slightest bit fun? I mean riding a bike through woods is more fun surely?
all depends what you go for,if your just going cos your mates do,then yeah thats boring.every person has a different reason for going
Hoochie
24-01-11, 05:25 PM
Impossible to get fit at home,too many distractions imo.
You go to the gym,you work out.
At home its all too easy to feck it off
Maybe, but that depends on how dedicated you are, i have no distractions, there is only me in through the day, I could never see myself going to a gym, also i couldn't justify paying stupid amounts of money to just bin it off after a few sessions.
Much better to do it at home or out in the fresh air
Plus the amount of ponces down gyms round here is unbelievable lol couldn't care less how much I can bench long as I feel fit and healthy lol
Got a multi gym thing at home, go running round near by village footie pitch and got me mountain bike for the Quantocks, job done
Maybe, but that depends on how dedicated you are,i couldn't justify paying stupid amounts of money to just bin it off after a few sessions.
Nuff said lol
I have a monthly fee of £23 no contract or £19 with a 12month contract.I was spending more than that on fags,stopped smoking-Gym paid for.:)
mk1nova_rich
24-01-11, 05:39 PM
I've always been against going to the gym but I'm just doing a trial period now, and to be honest I'm going get full membership.
I don't have room at home to get any gym equipment, not even a weights bench...although I prefer the fitness side of things.
I own a mountain bike which is great on a Sunday afternoon, but at this time of year its crap in dark and rain etc.
Oh, and I can't go out for a run as its too hard on my ankle - I fractured and dislocated it at this time last year and I'm still having physio and I'm not allowed to run as it puts too much stress on it at the minute. Which is where the bikes and rowing machines at the gym are great.
Plus being able to monitor speed, time, heart rate and so on is perfect for pushing you.
When I was 16/17 I was probably at Marines level fitness, and now at 20 I'm quite frankly ashamed of myself lol I'd love to get back to that again
Impossible to get fit at home,too many distractions imo.
No distractions at all in the Gym. lol
http://101exercises.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/women-gym.jpg
mk1nova_rich
24-01-11, 05:45 PM
Very true Keif... but you don't want all the fitties to see you slacking like a fat nacker lol
Yes and when they walk by you stick the pin in the weight stack plus 2/3 heavier and run faster etc lol
Rule no.1 when loosing weight forget cardio apart from a 5 minute warm up, its an endless run of misery that would achieve minimum gains with maximum boredom. I Have almost completed writing down what i did to loose 1.5 stone in 8 weeks (gone further than that now and building abit back but in the right form). If you showed your mate my pics he would throw the treadmill idea away lol lol
Quickest and easiest way is choosing the right food (eat as much as you like) and train with freeweights in a certain routine. 8 weeks of routine can be the same as 8+ months when done in normal mode.
Rule no.1 when loosing weight forget cardio, its an endless run of misery that would achieve minimum gains with maximum boredom. I Have almost completed what i did to loose 1.5 stone in 8 weeks. If you showed your mate my pics he would throw the treadmill idea away lol lol
Quickest and easiest way is choosing the right food (eat as much as you like) and train with freeweights in a certain routine. 8 weeks of routine can be the same as 8+ months when done in normal mode.
What was your weights routine Dan,if you dont mind me asking??
I need to lose around that sorta weight myself
Just what I was about to say, losing weight is 99% about diet.
Very true Keif... but you don't want all the fitties to see you slacking like a fat nacker lol
Trying to hide a boner. lol
Not worth the monthy fee IMO.
ok without going into detail to much as thats what my written work explains when i finally hand it out.
Diet, clean high protien. nuts, fish, chicken, cottage cheese, meats blah blah. For carbs limit to fruit and veg. Eat as much veg as you want. Bin bread pasta and all that jazz. Protien, aim for twice your weight in grams minimum (so 100kg person would be minimum 200g protien
BCAA's (branched chain ammino acids) these are a must as they help reduce muscle loss (which is a given when loosing lots of weight) and help sythesis the protien, which is essential for the feeding muscles to repair etc etc etc. (same for building)
Routine. Anyone who just trains their stomachs and upper body are missing the point. To burn fat/build muscle the best way is to work the largest muscle groups also, if not more so. That means legs and back. The bigger muscles need more fuel to operate so they burn more fat etc etc. Also when it comes to building muscle these bigger area's also release alot more of the good chemicals you need from your system, and help raise testosterone levels to a degree.
A single good example would be the following, you would do a set of each then repeat, bit like a circuit. The weights are personal and should not be by any means easy, also form is 99% of progress
squats 6 reps (4 sec down, 1 sec up).........10 sec break
deadlift 6 reps (4 sec down, 1 sec up).........10 sec break
pullups 10 reps (4 sec down, 1 sec up).........10 sec break
dips 10 reps (4 sec down, 1 sec up).............90 second break
then repeat 6-10 times. If you cant complete the pull ups, jump upto top height then lower for the 4 sec and repeat)
With your 5 min warm up, stretch then finishing stretch that would be enough for one day. As it gets easier obv up the reps or sets as you please. Remember thats just one of four or five routines for the week. I had 3 like that with 2 upper body routines. They averaged an full hour in the gym, no more and no less.
That is as said very very brief, google is king to understand the true details
Excellent stuff Dan thanks
Pistol Pete
24-01-11, 06:34 PM
£47.50 membership...lol fook that!!! Is that David Lloyd??
I used to go to the gym on a regular basis. Because of my build i avoided the bikes/running. But TBH dont see the point. Weights was all i did.
Some good info there Dan.
Southie
24-01-11, 07:41 PM
I could do with some exercise mainly cardio, 17 years of smoking is taking it's toll tbh. My problem is I'm too bloody lazy.
I use the gym at work on my lunchtimes. £45 a year for full military gym... yeah ok you can buy a treadmill or whatever for £70 off ebay, but to get the variety in the gym at work I'd be looking atabout 2-3k minimum for all the stuff second hand... plus there's the pool too. lol
Did get quite into it but had to break in the middle for the cancer treatment (btw, if you want to lose weight, I recommend cancer - I lost 2 stone lol). I didn't lost much weight but I was doing mostly muscle building stuff with a little bit of CV to get my basic "fitness" up which worked pretty well. This year I'm going to look at doing more full body exercise with a view to losing my belly, so will be taking lots of tips from Dan's info.
I used to find the £30 a month membership a very good incentive to go to my local gym.
I cancelled it last year though in the vain hope that I could do workout dvds at home and that would be
just as good. tbh, It hasnt at all and im considering joining the gym again. If not, Id love to buy a 2nd hand treadmill
or cross trainer and
stick it in my downstairs living room (ive got enough room down there to have a full gym anyway.
Im desperate to lose about a stone 1\2 but more importantly tone up. but from what Dan said,
maybe a treadmill is not the way to go..
the bosses daughters achieved similar as myself. They saw the same guy i started out with and did very similar exercises, just at a girly level.
loosing the weight is the easy bit lol. I have now started the journey of putting abit back on but just not as fat and its a totally different ball game. I'm not as confident with this one but only time will tell, and its the stage where i wouldnt notice any difference myself yet someone who hasnt seen me for a while would see it straight away. Its the bit i dont like lol
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