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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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[–] 2 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

According to Atomic Habit, we tend to form a habit when there is a reward.

First you you can't wear jeans to work out. If people have to argue, then they have never worked out before.

Then, reward. When you workout by yourself, then is almost no reward, no motivation. In the gym, you can see how for some people are and that motivate you.

With no goal and no motivation, hiding in the basement/garage lifting some weights and wearing jeans, I doubt that person will work out much.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I work out at home and watch movies that usually have some fit people in them, which removes the need for real humans in the room.

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