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What do you even do at a gym? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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First off I have no clothes you'd ever wear to a gym. I wear jeans and a t shirt pretty much daily (think Hank Hill). Second, I don't get what you do there. I hated gym time in school (workout gym, not like throwing balls and running around gym, thats fun) and I don't get what you do. Run on a treadmill and lift some weights? I feel like I could do all of that at home. Gym memberships are insanely expensive. Are home workouts actually effective? Does one even enjoy gym time?

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

This is going to trigger people who just forked out for "insanely expensive" gym memberships, but it's obviously true.

I can think of two caveats:

  • body-weight exercises are clearly healthier than pumping iron, but they will only get you toned, not jacked (personally I think being jacked is ugly as hell, but whatever)
  • presumably many gym-goers are there for the same reason that sociable people do all kinds of things in groups - because otherwise they would not find the motivation
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