Gym Membership: Yea or Nay?

[mazzgolf]

Funny you ask this...

 

I've owned a BodyCraft home gym in my basement for, oh, it has to be at least 15 years now. I used it for maybe the first year or two. More recently, and up until this weekend, my "gym room" was my "hunting gear storage closet"

 

Last weekend I cleaned it out, moved my stuff to the kids' playroom (they don't use it anymore) and used my home gym machine this very morning for the first time in I don't know how many years.

 

I am getting older, weaker, and it seems like every month or so I pull a muscle here, hurt my back over there, and just basically fall apart in places. I really need to get in shape.

 

But the fact that I have a hard time getting motivated to workout in my own home gym in my own house, I just know I would never be motivated enough to hop in a car and drive somewhere to workout.

 

Funny thing is, the wife works out a couple times a week in a gym that she has a membership at - I don't know how she does it.

[Haskell_Hunter]

I am fat, lazy and very sedentary.  Gyms don't fit into my busy lifestyle.

[Rusty]

Ok, time to get honest here.

 

I don't really care if you go to a gym or not.  The real reason that I started this post was to determine if I needed to start working out or not before Jack's Pool Party.  LPJR's Angry Shad picture has me a little concerned.  I don't want to be the only pasty white Pillsbury Dough Boy flopping around in Jack's pool.  

[not on the rug]

you forgot yoga in your tighties

Jokes on you SG...I don't wear underwear

[Lady Bird]

I've been taking Krav Maga classes 3 times a week for the last 9 weeks.  I feel so much better, stronger, and confident.  I have a long way to go, but it's made a huge difference.  Plus it's a great stress reliever to kick someone in the groin.  

[JHbowhunter]

Ok, time to get honest here.

 

I don't really care if you go to a gym or not.  The real reason that I started this post was to determine if I needed to start working out or not before Jack's Pool Party.  LPJR's Angry Shad picture has me a little concerned.  I don't want to be the only pasty white Pillsbury Dough Boy flopping around in Jack's pool.  

 

12-16 ounce curls regularly (bottle, can, mug) should have you in prime shape in time for the party...  Will be sometime in August. 

[TroutandBucks]

Belong to a gym and go between 4 to 5 time per week. Also have a free really nice gym at my office which I use during lunch from time to time 

[Rusty]

12-16 ounce curls regularly (bottle, can, mug) should have you in prime shape in time for the party...  Will be sometime in August. 

 

Now that's a workout I can handle.    

[Lunatic]

Ok, time to get honest here.

 

I don't really care if you go to a gym or not.  The real reason that I started this post was to determine if I needed to start working out or not before Jack's Pool Party.  LPJR's Angry Shad picture has me a little concerned.  I don't want to be the only pasty white Pillsbury Dough Boy flopping around in Jack's pool.  

 

 

Don't worry I am sure everybody will be wearing their well fitting speedos to hide any imperfections

[not on the rug]

Don't worry I am sure everybody will be wearing their well fitting speedos to hide any imperfections

I don't wear speedos...it looks like I'm trying to hide a squirrel

[BothBarrels]

..... I am getting older, weaker, and it seems like every month or so I pull a muscle here, hurt my back over there, and just basically fall apart in places. I really need to get in shape. .....

 

Me, too.

 

I joined a gym that's en route to work. At least 3 days a week. I don't think I would do it at home .... neither before nor after work.

 

I eat a lot of grilled chicken breast and vegetables, too. I'm trying to reverse some of the damage to, and neglect of, my body from the previous decades.   lol

[Rusty]

I eat a lot of grilled chicken breast and vegetables, too. I'm trying to reverse some of the damage to, and neglect of, my body from the previous decades.   lol

 

That sounds like a Tim McGraw song.  

[Bmelvin]

I have three different memberships for three different types of gyms I use in my program. Without the gym I would sleep like crap and probably end up on the news for flipping out on a liberal.

[hemlock]

I don't wear speedos...it looks like I'm trying to hide a squirrel

 

I will never look at my hanging squirrel in the yard the same again after this! 

[Rusty]

12-16 ounce curls regularly (bottle, can, mug) should have you in prime shape in time for the party...  Will be sometime in August. 

 

So we got 2 months to get into shape, good.  How's this for a plan?  We bulk up through June and then we cut in July.

 

June:  Go heavy with lots of dark stouts like Guinness.

 

July:  Switch to light crisp lagers to work on definition.