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cuddlypawz (23) 4 years ago

I keep getting in phases where I want to work out and start turning around my life. A few years ago I bought a gym membership at the Athletic Club for a year and I think I only went twice. About a year ago I got another gym membership at 24 Hour Fitness and went maybe 2 times a month on average ever since. I just switched back to the Athletic Club and I wonder if I'm really gonna get at it this time. My boyfriend got me started on playing racquetball for the first time yesterday and I think this will be my main motivator.

What are your motivations to go to the gym and what kind of workouts do you do? Which is the better gym?

 

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1. myLot reputation of 94/100. kellys3ps (3648)   4 years ago

I used to be a member of a gym and even had a trainer. Now I just have an elliptical at home which I try to use each day. It is harder for me to exercise if I have to go somewhere else to do it!


cuddlypawz (23)  4 years ago

What kind of elliptical do you use, how much was it, and where'd you get it? I may be able to fit in my home.

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2. myLot reputation of 58/100. tessah (3120)   4 years ago

im a frugal sort of miser when it comes to money, and i figger the amount of mone id spend on a gym membership that id prolly not have the time to go to, i could buy a peice of exercise equipment and work out at home whenever i pleased without fees every year. so, my best gym, is my exerise room at home =o) i try to workout everyday for at least a half hour, but some days it isnt possible. i mix it up tween cardio and weight training, yoga and tai chi.


cuddlypawz (23)  4 years ago

Lol, yea it seems like most would just rather work out at home, I just don't think I have enough room for everything. I need something that will take care of my entire workout with one piece.

o.o Yoga and tai chi seems fun. I want to learn about pilates as well. Did you learn it from researching online?


myLot reputation of 58/100. tessah (3120)  4 years ago

i learned some yoga positions from different things online, but mostly just bought dvds and learned the routines, far as the weight training and cardio.. meh, those are ( or was to me anyways ) simple logics. you want yer arms toned.. you work yer arms.. legs, work yer legs.. etc. ive also got the benefit of two flights of stairs in my house so i have a built in stair master LOL and i walk alot. have a weight bench and freeweights ,a rowingmachine and a stationary bike, along with yoga mats and the vids. looking into getting a treadmill so i can still walk when the weather is nasty. and all of this cost me less than 2 years at the gym =o)


cuddlypawz (23)  4 years ago

That's a lot of equipment. Yea when I get a new place hopefully I have room for my own gym, it seems like a lot of fun. Thanks for commenting.

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3. myLot reputation of 94/100. bronie123 (2083)   4 years ago

I have never got a gym membership i think i might if i had someone to go with me but i know im not going by myself so why bother and i bought a bowflex for 2000 something i hardly use it and i still owe about 1900 on it ugh


cuddlypawz (23)  4 years ago

Omg, wow that's so much money, I'm sorry. =(


myLot reputation of 94/100. bronie123 (2083)  4 years ago

yeah it is i feel sick everytiem i get that bill :P
i wish i had never bought it !!! no one will buy one use for that much ugh


cuddlypawz (23)  4 years ago

Yea I get impulsive like that too. Whenever I get a new interest I buy, buy, buy. And then I just get tired of it. Like I was so addicted to this one game, played it every single day. And then I bought the premium package, and for some reason the day after I bought it, I quit the game. Blah lol.


myLot reputation of 94/100. bronie123 (2083)  4 years ago

dang !!! Yeah i try to think about things a bit more now since that big investment

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