FITNESS THREAD - I went to the gym for the first time in 2 years

[Torben]

Yeah I know, I still feel smaller when the scale shows 2 kg less. 

ah dem feels ^^

[Xant]

Yeah I call that a load of crap. Can't say for army but no sport is going to (or should) force you to fix up your physical condition before you even start doing the actual sport, unless you're fucking 90 years old, a literal land whale or I donno, in a wheelchair. You won't see a young man being put to condition training for weeks/months before doing the sport, the condition comes with the sport, not before it.

It also depends on the place too.

The bad ones try to cultivate a bad ass image because, after all, we're doing fucking MMA here, we're bad motherfuckers, so the instructors will work everyone to exhaustion before any real practice begins. It's a weird macho culture but I think it's becoming less prevalent now. BJJ places are usually more relaxed, too. It's still one of the most annoying things and a deal breaker for me when I go to a new place, it makes zero sense to exhaust people every time before having them do technique -- and I'd rather work pads or spar to improve cardio than run around and do push ups, I can do that shit at home.

You get less McDojos with full contact martial arts but there are still good and bad gyms.

[sF_Guardian]

Doing heavy lifting all day at work, also alot of walking/running
Keeps me fit enough, never saw the purpose of a gym, way too boring.
I do a few sit ups n stuff every evening before going to sleep tho, just because it's easier to fall asleep after.

[Golem]

Are we gonna get some workout videos from this community in here, or what? 

[WITCHCRAFT]

Get a doorway or wall-mounted pull-up bar and do like a 5 set routine of either chin-ups, pull-ups or both, would not do it every day immediately, begin at like three times a week. Pull ups are a pretty fun exercise and will build some sweet t-shirt muscles like lats and some biceps. This should get you out of laughably skin mode through some sweet beginner gains.

There are so many dumb useless "As Seen On TV!" exercise aids you can pick up for $30, but the pullup bar is legit. It's one of the most intense bodyweight exercises you can do. Great choice if you're working out at home. If you're just starting and can't manage to do them with good form, try just holding yourself up suspended for 5-10 seconds, as if you're about to do a pull-up. Repeat until exhausted, and eventually you'll have the strength to do a couple pull-ups or chin-ups.

I want to get an army surplus canvas bag and fill it with 200ish lbs of big rocks when I go the beach. Then I'll have something to do leg exercises with, for very cheap. My Significant Other thinks this is dumb as hell. I'm gonna do it anyway 

[Torben]

I want to get an army surplus canvas bag and fill it with 200ish lbs of big rocks when I go the beach. Then I'll have something to do leg exercises with, for very cheap. My Significant Other thinks this is dumb as hell. I'm gonna do it anyway 

fill er up with sand or pebbles,  you can more comfortably do all sorts of shit with her then!  used it for half a year when my gym closed at some point, freakishly fun for me to do and my neighbours to watch haha.

also:  motivation helps!  I reeealy love running the ultimate fighter while doing my home workouts!

[Leshma]

Doing heavy lifting all day at work, also alot of walking/running
Keeps me fit enough, never saw the purpose of a gym, way too boring.

That's very interesting. Some people claim walking and running is a bore, others say same thing about gym. I'm in second group like you, gym is incredibly boring. Other people being there don't help because I'm not the type to shut down myself into my own thing and ignore what is happening around me. Never tried to practice in my own gym because I don't have one, but guess that would be even worse.

Something about sitting or standing still during the so called exercise annoys me. Used to go to the gym when my friend went with me. Training alone in the gym is painful experience.

Wish we were living in proper communism where gym would be replace with chopping wood or doing other sort of physical work outside that actually achieves something in the end and is less boring.

Walking and hiking... I'm kinda running out of new routes. Old ones are already boring. Will need to move somewhere else soon

[LordBerenger]

That's very interesting. Some people claim walking and running is a bore, others say same thing about gym. I'm in second group like you, gym is incredibly boring. Other people being there don't help because I'm not the type to shut down myself into my own thing and ignore what is happening around me. Never tried to practice in my own gym because I don't have one, but guess that would be even worse.

Something about sitting or standing still during the so called exercise annoys me. Used to go to the gym when my friend went with me. Training alone in the gym is painful experience.

Wish we were living in proper communism where gym would be replace with chopping wood or doing other sort of physical work outside that actually achieves something in the end and is less boring.

Walking and hiking... I'm kinda running out of new routes. Old ones are already boring. Will need to move somewhere else soon

Buy some earbuds and plug them inside your phone and play some podcasts or some music.

[Golem]

That's very interesting. Some people claim walking and running is a bore, others say same thing about gym. I'm in second group like you, gym is incredibly boring. Other people being there don't help because I'm not the type to shut down myself into my own thing and ignore what is happening around me. Never tried to practice in my own gym because I don't have one, but guess that would be even worse.

Something about sitting or standing still during the so called exercise annoys me. Used to go to the gym when my friend went with me. Training alone in the gym is painful experience.

Wish we were living in proper communism where gym would be replace with chopping wood or doing other sort of physical work outside that actually achieves something in the end and is less boring.

Walking and hiking... I'm kinda running out of new routes. Old ones are already boring. Will need to move somewhere else soon

Capoeira?

[WarLord]

That's very interesting. Some people claim walking and running is a bore, others say same thing about gym. I'm in second group like you, gym is incredibly boring. Other people being there don't help because I'm not the type to shut down myself into my own thing and ignore what is happening around me. Never tried to practice in my own gym because I don't have one, but guess that would be even worse.

Something about sitting or standing still during the so called exercise annoys me. Used to go to the gym when my friend went with me. Training alone in the gym is painful experience.

Wish we were living in proper communism where gym would be replace with chopping wood or doing other sort of physical work outside that actually achieves something in the end and is less boring.

Walking and hiking... I'm kinda running out of new routes. Old ones are already boring. Will need to move somewhere else soon

Well, that is your opinion, nothing more. For me there is nothing better than working out in the gym. Seriously, nothing. I look forward to every single workout, and I am in the gym at least 4 times a week, often more. I'd like to be every day, but work and other private life (family, girlfriend) need their share of time too, so it's only 4-5 times most weeks