Poll of the Day > Do you go to a GYM???

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according to statistics, 61% of people say they go to a gym or workout in some way...so are you part of that majority crowd??

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This thread is tasteless and this question does not belong in 2021.

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I did precovid...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCTzN7aondo

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Never stepped in one in my life. Ever. Ask my friends, they will back me up

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5 or 6 days a week. I generally do compound power lifting... squats, bench, etc. Occasionally work in machines to do some isolations. I rotate cardio in too but ugh. I don't mind the work, I hate the monotony of cardio. During nicer months I do enjoy biking outside and also disc golfing.

Pre covid I was playing inline and dek hockey once each a week in addition to everything else. I'm an insanely active person and I eat an insane amount of food. Like four pounds of chicken plus two giant bowls of pasta and two avocado sandwiches every single day.

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gYm? what's a gYm?

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I haven't even stepped in a pokemon gym in eons, and I'm sure as heck not counting the one in Corruption of Champions.

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Pre-Pandemic yes. Currently I just use resistance bands at home

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Nope, I had one before covid and want to get one again but the 24 hour place right by my work isn't allowed to be 24 hours right now and closes before I get off of work most nights and I really wanted to go after work since its right there

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Never have. I do walks/hikes.

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I have a weight rack in my garage.

I will admit I havent been using it as much as I should lately.
used to work out every other day. Now its like twice a week IF Im feeling motivated.

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Yes, and I've been going since July or so (reopened after it closed late March last year). The precautions being enforced satisfactorily minimize the risk for me

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Smiffwilm posted...

gYm? what's a gYm?

Came for this

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I went for 9 months back in 2018-2019. It was very tough at first but I coped and after a while started seeing gains. But the gym environment is not for me. The one I used was very popular because it was relatively cheap so was always crowded. It got very tiresome. Even pro fitness and bodybuilders went there. The best part was lowkey checking out all the big booty men. Even the slim ones had ass. But when that became the main draw rather than my own gains I knew I was over it and quit. I still keep in contact with my personal trainer though. So I know if I want to jump on the fitness train again he'll help me. Ideally I want a small home gym where I can work out whenever I feel like and not be around a ton of sweaty loud people. That's gonna cost money I don't have right now.

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never have been to one and i don't exercise

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I go to the gym to run. And that's ok because I have to take a PT test twice a year. Though, I haven't had on in a while. But I heard they start back up in a couple months. Gotta get ready again, but haven't really been able to...
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I stopped exercising/working out after my sophomore year of high school because I didnt have to take PE anymore.

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LinkPizza posted...

I go to the gym to run. And that's ok because I have to take a PT test twice a year. Though, I haven't had on in a while. But I heard they start back up in a couple months. Gotta get ready again, but haven't really been able to...

Yeah soldiers have insane cardio capacity from all the running training. There's some buff gym types but just normal military training with tons of running, pull ups etc makes you very athletic so you don't need to lift. I've never seen a fat soldier like you do with police. There's some thick lads (and ladies) but it's more like built not flab.

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MeteoricBurst posted...

I've never seen a fat soldier

I have, but I've seen every type by now. Usually, it's the older ones who have been in forever. But most of them get some kind of waiver so they don't have to do the PT Test. That being said, some of those big boys can move!

We also use to have PT either every day before work, or every other day depending on how they were trying to do PT that month/quarter/year... But that didn't really work out. Now it's a train on your own kind of deal on our base for maintenance on our side... But just us, AFAIK. Other places on base still have group PT...
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grimhilde00 posted...

I did precovid...

This, now it's only running, HIIT, core, or Tabata. :(

hockey7318 posted...

HIIT

hockey7318 posted...

Tabata

What are these, and are they similar... When I googled them, it sort of brought up a few similar things...
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They are similar. HIIT is High Intensity Interval Training and can include weights to add resistance. Tabata is also HIIT I guess, but normally 20 second intervals at an even higher intensity?

I guess I don't know the difference, but there are different videos.

LinkPizza posted...

I have, but I've seen every type by now. Usually, it's the older ones who have been in forever.

I know a couple retired ones in their early 60s that have let themselves go. Got big guts now. That said you can see all the work they put in when they were young they still have big muscular legs and arms. That's why its important to be active when you younger you age much worse if you're not.

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MeteoricBurst posted...

I know a couple retired ones in their early 60s that have let themselves go. Got big guts now. That said you can see all the work they put in when they were young they still have big muscular legs and arms. That's why its important to be active when you younger you age much worse if you're not.

Yeah. Though, most people I know arent big or gym buffs. Most are pretty average. That being, even the average ones stay active...
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No, but I exercise regularly.

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No. Why pay other people for workouts that can done at home?

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SunWuKung420 posted...

No. Why pay other people for workouts that can done at home?

It depends on if you have the equipment. That being said, you can go to some gyms for free. Like if you know someone whos in the military. They have free gym use on base...
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SunWuKung420 posted...

No. Why pay other people for workouts that can done at home?

Because the sum total of equipment I use at the gym both wouldn't fit at home, and would be even more expensive to buy compared to 10+years of paying for a membership


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Yes I go walk around and leave.

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SunWuKung420 posted...

No. Why pay other people for workouts that can done at home?

I like spin class. I don't have room for a cycling machine. Also, I like the lights and music and that helps motivate me because it makes it fun. Plus I liked to go to the gym with friends, which was also fun and served as accountability.

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I have my own stuff at home. I don't have the motivation to go to a gym. It's either have the stuff at home or don't exercise, and if I don't exercise I will become an anxious fatso, which is bad and unfun.

OHHHHHHHHH. A gYm!

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