LaLuzDelSol comments on Anon owns a gym

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 28 points 6 days ago (4 children)

This is deliberate. Gyms want you to think that you need a suite of bulky machines to work out: so you keep going to the gym.

If you realize that a couple of kettle bells and free weights is all you need, then you might also realize that most people only need to do body-weight exercises which don't need a gym.

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[–] MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml [S] 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Do you train at home? I thought about getting some stuff, but I just feel it would get repetitively boring. And getting some machines is not cost effective at all. It would take years for it to pay for itself.

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[–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I've got a fun home gym setup - just a bench, dumbells, and a functional trainer. There's no muscle group i can't hit with multiple different exercises. A squat rack would be nice, but too big heavy, and expensive. So I just do 1-legged squats instead!

With that said, if you are rhe kind of person that likes to always be doing different exercises then I dont know if I I'd recommend it. I dont really get bored with doing the same exercises, so I think I benefit from the extremely low activation energy of just being able to walk down the hall and hit the gym.