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I've spent years (decades) in the military working out and staying fit. Sort of burnt out on it. I know I need to get back into it particularly as I'm nearing retirement age. My body needs to be fit. Also, in the past week I climbed on one roof 3 times, access being straight up ladders from ground level to the top of the 3rd floor. I had no trouble - my weight is good. But MAN was I sore in a day or two!
Also I don't enjoy the gym but will go grudgingly. I enjoy running outside and my other half doesn't want to give in, not even once a week on that so... no motivation.
For me it is time management and prioritizing what sometimes keeps me from exercising. In reality there are no excuses, simply poor time management and poor prioritizing. I am back on exercise mode and only a major injury sill keep me from continuing. I have a shoulder injury but I am still pushing through with some caution. It is a matter of willpower and priority. If there is time for tv or happy hour or being on the internet looking at facebook or reading junk emails and things like that then there is time for exercise.
I'm surprised you didn't have "cost" in your choices, since millions of people can't afford to join a gym. However, exercising at home is free. A gym, while enjoyable, is totally unnecessary.
I don't agree. Even exercising at home costs something. If one argues that you can walk outside or do YouTube videos, you need a set of decent running/walking shoes for that. If you really want a good workout, you need some sort of equipment at home, although minimal. I have a set of dumbbells, kettlebells, exercise mat, treadmill, exercise bike, and home DVDs. However, over time, working out at home does cost much less than even the cheapest gym, assuming you don't keep buying equipment.
I'm surprised you didn't have "cost" in your choices, since millions of people can't afford to join a gym. However, exercising at home is free. A gym, while enjoyable, is totally unnecessary.
Well depending on your fitness goals this can be either true or untrue. In all fairness yes you can do a tremendous workout at home with things you already have around the house and if you are good with power tools and have some scrap wood laying around then boy oh boy the things you can accomplish.
I clicked on "other" for an option because the gym I joined in the spring was just too far but it was my only option until July when a gym opened up a mile away. I found myself dreading going to the gym because of the drive which will get even worse when our season starts soon. I joined the new gym yesterday and I will go three days a week.
I hate hate hate the boredom. The only thing that interests me in a gym is the pool, but that even has it's disadvantages. I don't want to see ugly naked bodies running around the locker room. Ugh! I had enough of that when I was in health care.
I would much rather do a two or three hour bike ride into the the wee hours of the morning on a sultry summer night. I have a stationary bike and a good stereo for the winter months. I would rather do two hours of roller skating, an hour and a half of ice skating and two or three hours of solid skiing in the winter every week instead of going to a germ infested dirty gym.
Oh I forgot the hour of dog walkies a couple of times a week, and the many projects we do around the house. There are many ways to be active without spending a ton of money on a gym membership.
Come on blizzard. I'm in the mood to shovel snow for hours.
I guess the best part of exercising at home is when you get too hot you can always do it topless. Yeah try that at a gym.
Did the gym for a couple years until our kids came along. But with the current job, and raising kids, there just isn't time. For the past 20 years our life has been get up, get the kids off to school, go to work, come home, get the kids to baseball/softball/soccer/basketball/track/swimming/Scouts/other, fix supper, clean house, collapse, do it all again. Now that the kids are driving or heading off to college we're finally getting some time back to do other things.
That sounds grueling. But wouldn't it have been easier while the kids were in grade school? Little grade school kids don't usually to track or basketball or other team sports. Cub scouts, maybe.
I go to gym on a regular basis but I don't expect the same from everyone else. We all have different priorities in life and not to mention we all have factors that affect how much spare time we have. Some people just simply don't have the time and I would never tell someone to make the time because I don't live in his/her shoes.
For instance I don't have kids so that right there is a bunch of free time compared to parents. My commute to work is shorter than the average person and I work 8.5 hours compared to some who do 10-12 hours a day, not counting the commute! Also my work is not physically demanding as others so I have the energy to workout. It's definitely harder to workout when you are a 40+ in a grueling labor trade opposed to a white collar atmosphere.
I think everyone would benefit from physical activity but legitimate factors are at play.
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