used extensively by the homeless as a place for their daily ablutions
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My ”ack” advisor told me I’d enjoy that Comparative Religion course…I'm almost sure I understand that joke which means I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I understand that joke.
Proud of you Ben!Personally, I've stopped half-assing my workouts.
I go to the gym every day and have for a long time. Unfortunately, that doesn't do any good if I don't sweat. I'm now sweating.
I hate to admit, though, that external factors are in play. My old gym was unstaffed, unmaintained, and filthy. Understand that by "filthy" I mean it was a 24 hour gym used extensively by the homeless as a place for their daily ablutions which tended to include leaving urine and feces in all sorts of places they shouldn't be. Unsurprisingly, it went out of business.
My new gym is staffed with encouraging people who make me feel motivated. It also has an outdoor exercise area with punching bags, sledges to swing, and tires to hit. I like stuff like that. It also has not just a good selection of weights and racks but also a number of machines that I like and I'm using. The place looks like it was thrown together out of the remains of at least three other gyms, including at least one CrossFit box, that went out of business. As an added bonus, every corner of the place is kept meticulously clean.
IOW, it's not a cookie cutter franchise and I really, really like it.
So nowadays I'm sweating and breathing very hard at least once a day...and not just from climbing a single flight of stairs.
I have more goals but this is enough for now.
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Personally, I've stopped half-assing my workouts.
I go to the gym every day and have for a long time. Unfortunately, that doesn't do any good if I don't sweat. I'm now sweating.
I hate to admit, though, that external factors are in play. My old gym was unstaffed, unmaintained, and filthy. Understand that by "filthy" I mean it was a 24 hour gym used extensively by the homeless as a place for their daily ablutions which tended to include leaving urine and feces in all sorts of places they shouldn't be. Unsurprisingly, it went out of business.
My new gym is staffed with encouraging people who make me feel motivated. It also has an outdoor exercise area with punching bags, sledges to swing, and tires to hit. I like stuff like that. It also has not just a good selection of weights and racks but also a number of machines that I like and I'm using. The place looks like it was thrown together out of the remains of at least three other gyms, including at least one CrossFit box, that went out of business. As an added bonus, every corner of the place is kept meticulously clean.
IOW, it's not a cookie cutter franchise and I really, really like it.
So nowadays I'm sweating and breathing very hard at least once a day...and not just from climbing a single flight of stairs.
I have more goals but this is enough for now.
Quoted for truth. For the morbidly obese, especially the folks who are morbidly obese several times over, diet is 95% or more of weight loss. I used to be there and I know.Just remember everyone diet is 80% of this...
As an aside, my new gym has one of those body composition analysis machines. It's not covered by my insurance so if I get it done at my endo (they have the exact same equipment, an InBody body composition analyzer) it'll be $200 out of pocket and I probably won't do that. But I'm willing to spend $30 at the gym to get a quantifiable baseline.
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Anybody have any experience with this? I'd appreciate your thoughts on the usefulness of the technology.
Home gym setups are the best! So much more convenient, and cheaper in the long run.Started my 2024 fitness goals in November. I built a gym in my garage a few years back and got lazy when I packed it up to move. I have no reason to go back to a gym since I have everything I need so I have no excuse. Spent a year skipping or half assing my workouts anywayws. Back on track and going at it hard. Eliminated sugar, desserts, and 95% of the carbs. Down 25 lbs. Really only another 5 or 10 left I could lose. Next goal is just lifting heavier.
"Not half-assing" isn't like that for me. I have knee, shoulder, and back injuries that make themselves felt if I ever push "optimal" weight. I don't expect to ever know my one-rep max for a deadlift or any other weightlifting task.The "I've stopped half-assing my workouts" was motivating to read. Admittedly, I sometimes workout on the lower weight range of what I do optimally
In principle, I didn't mind. A gym membership and a cell phone can enable a homeless person to continue to feel human and maybe get a leg up on making their life better.Sorry to hear about your gym being used by the homeless.
I quit one of the last gyms I was a member of after finding someone used the shower as a toilet and left a log in the corner. I worked out there at 5am so if it was in the shower when I finished working out it had been there all night. There are some disgusting people at gyms.But I really hated finding feces on the toilet seat, the tank, and the floor nearby. Also, the urine seemed to wind up all over the shower rooms.