Finally went to the GYM!

cars · Post by **cars** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:37 pm

I've been a member of our local GYM for several months now. Well I finally actually went to use the workout equipment there last Friday, and again today!

I did survive, as I had the GYM's trainer show me how to properly use the many pieces of equipment.

I now plan on going Monday's, Wednesday's & Friday's as the trainer advised. Would you believe after only going those two days, I noticed some muscle toning already! After a couple of months or so, look out Hulk Hogan!

SO ANYBODY ELSE LIKE WORKING OUT IN THE GYM?

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:13 pm

Good for you

I think about it every day... Procratinate

now I have some Physical Therapy to go thru so that'll occupy my time again..

I really want to commit to a Yoga Class - time..??

Good for you

Patsy

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:37 am

No, i'm too lazy.

Keep up the good work cars, you'll need to build up strength to have tlw.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:53 am

I love going to the gym, Cars, and go most days. My Canberra gym is ladies only - and we have a ball. Sometimes I use the machines. The treadmill is great as it comes with cable television and I can plug in my own headphones and watch the French news, or Oprah, or a movie. Mostly though, I love the classes - these start at 6am each morning, and we have combat (kickboxing etc), yoga-pilates-stretch, weights and dance. You can shower and have brekkie there and still get to work on time. In Sydney I walk to the North Sydney pool for aquarobics where there's a very fine bunch of people. There is also a full gym and classes too. From the pool one can watch ferries going by, or the trains going over the harbour bridge. Cool.

It's good you're doing this!!! Even when life is really busy - maybe specially then - it's a great idea to set aside some time for exercise. You feel better, look better, and probably get to stick around longer!!!

:sneaky:

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:20 am

My motto is no pain...no pain

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:24 am

Is that what happens when a man works out? His thighs become way too big?

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:25 am

but you already look good Cars!

Working out is a great thing to do for our health though, I like all the extra energy you get. :-6

cars · Post by **cars** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:19 am

Abbs- the TLW thingie was funny!

Pammie- My gym is co-ed!

So we have seperate showers!

But everything else is shared & used by all!

Jimbo- I may some day finally work upto hitting the punching bag! :rolleyes:

Nomie- right now it's "all pain"! :wah:

qsd- not really looking for bulk, just tone.

Sunny- you're too kind, thanks!

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:28 am

Thanks Cars for making me feel guilty for being so friggin lazy.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:33 am

cars;977993 wrote: I've been a member of our local GYM for several months now. Well I finally actually went to use the workout equipment there last Friday, and again today!

I did survive, as I had the GYM's trainer show me how to properly use the many pieces of equipment.

I now plan on going Monday's, Wednesday's & Friday's as the trainer advised. Would you believe after only going those two days, I noticed some muscle toning already! After a couple of months or so, look out Hulk Hogan!

SO ANYBODY ELSE LIKE WORKING OUT IN THE GYM?

I find gym work so boring that I cannot motivate myself to keep at it.

Running doesn't agree with me.

So from zero fitness level I've taken to cycling to try to get moving again - I'm up to an hour to an hour thirty each day I'm at home and feeling much better for it.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:27 pm

I don't like it, except on days it is inclement weather and I can't walk outside. But it is the only time I get to hear the news (while on the bike) and watch a video and pretend to be in good shape.

Pinky · Post by **Pinky** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:32 pm

I'm not keen on it, but I still make myself go. Honestly, I swear gym instructors were torture assistants in previous lives!:rolleyes:

I can live with half an hour on the treadmill and a bit on the stepper to stop me turning into a total hippo, so it's not so bad.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:49 pm

Ahhhhhh good on ya Cars. It's always good to be toned and healthy.

But, you're a stud already....why do ya need to improve??:-6

cars · Post by **cars** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:51 am

YZGI;978735 wrote: Thanks Cars for making me feel guilty for being so friggin lazy.

Hey, I've been a member of the Gym for almost seven months, and just now started to go! :wah:

:rolleyes:

cars · Post by **cars** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:54 am

Kathy Ellen;979099 wrote: Ahhhhhh good on ya Cars. It's always good to be toned and healthy.

But, you're a stud already....why do ya need to improve??:-6
You're too kind KE, and yes, that's what I'm looking for, "toned & healthy"!

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:48 pm

Cars

I wanted a expensive Juicer - you know to get healthy, motivated...

Received Juicer for C'mas '07 - finally used it yesterday..

FEEL MUCH BETTER NOW .

As far as Gym's , exercise rooms of any kind, and I have several available to me-

I have a difficult time to commit to a regular schedule.

you know - Bowling League every Wed. night for 4 months. I tried

I'll be motivated, when I can enjoy the outdoors

it's 110 and 80% humidity today..:-1

Good Luck

Patsy

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:32 am

YZGI;978735 wrote: Thanks Cars for making me feel guilty for being so friggin lazy.

we'll just sit on the sidelines with a cold cerveza and cheer the rest of them on.

:wah:

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:00 am

Yeah!! I drive by several on my way to work and home, that is a close as I get to one.

In San Diego we don't need to go to no stinking GYM we workout outside in the fresh air walk, jog, bike, yoga all outside. :wah:

usernew · Post by **usernew** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:47 am

I daily go to my gym and do proper workout. It keeps me fit and strong.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:33 am

Yes, a gym is good. I wonder what they will tell me today, when the cast goes on. I bet no sparring for awhile......:wah:

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:59 am

chonsigirl;1198277 wrote: Yes, a gym is good. I wonder what they will tell me today, when the cast goes on. I bet no sparring for awhile......:wah:

- your doing nothing young lady!:D;)

cars · Post by **cars** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:54 am

Yes, the gym is good for getting muscle tone. However, while I was walking on the tread mill for a half hour, I said to myself, self, this is crazy walking "indoors"! If I'm gonna walk, why not walk "outdoors" in the fresh air? So I use the gym's equipment for getting muscle tone, & now walk "outdoors"! :-6

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:44 am

cars;1198297 wrote: Yes, the gym is good for getting muscle tone. However, while I was walking on the tread mill for a half hour, I said to myself, self, this is crazy walking "indoors"! If I'm gonna walk, why not walk "outdoors" in the fresh air? So I use the gym's equipment for getting muscle tone, & now walk "outdoors"! :-6

ahhhhhhhhhhh love walking this time of year, not to hot yet......just perfect!

I said the heck with my equipment a couple of months ago.

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:12 am

I rode my bike the 2 miles to the gym saturday worked out then rode it home.. by sunday afternoon certain body parts felt like those of a mildly abused virgins and the up and down work in my garden was mostly down..

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:36 am

flopstock;1198330 wrote: I rode my bike the 2 miles to the gym saturday worked out then rode it home.. by sunday afternoon certain body parts felt like those of a mildly abused virgins and the up and down work in my garden was mostly down..

4 workouts in one!:guitarist

I would need many many hot baths and more hot baths!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:47 pm

Now I'm going to be wandering about wondering what a mildly abused virgin is and whether I can perhaps recapture that feeling by attending my local gym...

GUFFAW...

:sneaky:

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:51 pm

Bad news.

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/gener ... -says.html

Swimming maggie · Post by **Swimming maggie** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:25 am

cars;977993 wrote: I've been a member of our local GYM for several months now. Well I finally actually went to use the workout equipment there last Friday, and again today!

I did survive, as I had the GYM's trainer show me how to properly use the many pieces of equipment.

I now plan on going Monday's, Wednesday's & Friday's as the trainer advised. Would you believe after only going those two days, I noticed some muscle toning already! After a couple of months or so, look out Hulk Hogan!

SO ANYBODY ELSE LIKE WORKING OUT IN THE GYM?

Well done, I was due to start going to the gym in November last year, but I broke a bone in my left foot at the end of October, so obviously couldn't start. I finally got the all clear to go about 3 weeks ago, and have been going 3 times a week, and am really enjoying it. I think it has helped heal my foot as well, getting all the muscles etc working again, after being in plaster for 11 weeks they were all a lot weaker, and I was finally discharged from the fracture clinic yesterday, so full speed ahead at the gym now.

I am looking forward to the new slimmer, leaner me in the not too distant future. Enjoy your trips to the gym:-6

cars · Post by **cars** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:55 am

Swimming maggie;1198807 wrote: Well done, I was due to start going to the gym in November last year, but I broke a bone in my left foot at the end of October, so obviously couldn't start. I finally got the all clear to go about 3 weeks ago, and have been going 3 times a week, and am really enjoying it. I think it has helped heal my foot as well, getting all the muscles etc working again, after being in plaster for 11 weeks they were all a lot weaker, and I was finally discharged from the fracture clinic yesterday, so full speed ahead at the gym now.

I am looking forward to the new slimmer, leaner me in the not too distant future. Enjoy your trips to the gym:-6
Yes you're right maggie, several of the guys at the gym have told me that they are recouperating from leg, or hip, or arm surgeries. And that they have been using the gym's muscle toning equipment for 4 to 5 months and have seen marked improvement in the motion of those limbs. So good going at the gym, and happy toning!:)

Coconut · Post by **Coconut** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:41 am

I love going to the gym... I've got into a really good set routine of going straight to the gym after work. I have been doing a lot of running on the treadmil and am up to a comfortable distance of 5 miles!! I would like to start running outside more often though...

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:43 am

Coconut;1200076 wrote: I love going to the gym... I've got into a really good set routine of going straight to the gym after work. I have been doing a lot of running on the treadmil and am up to a comfortable distance of 5 miles!! I would like to start running outside more often though...

I have a motto. No pain....no pain.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:02 pm

Coconut;1200076 wrote: I love going to the gym... I've got into a really good set routine of going straight to the gym after work. I have been doing a lot of running on the treadmil and am up to a comfortable distance of 5 miles!! I would like to start running outside more often though...

I don't run these days as the impact is too great on one knee I mashed on the ice rink - but I love to get outside and go cross country. Fast clambering. Even when happily plugged into TV or music on a treadmill, it does lack the outside world challenges - fresh air, changing terrain and the need to involve the mind in dealing with obstacles like dog poo, vehicles, potential muggers (in urban settings), wombat holes, barbed wire fences, or streams (in the bush).

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:39 am

AussiePam;1200330 wrote: I don't run these days as the impact is too great on one knee I mashed on the ice rink - but I love to get outside and go cross country. Fast clambering. Even when happily plugged into TV or music on a treadmill, it does lack the outside world challenges - fresh air, changing terrain and the need to involve the mind in dealing with obstacles like dog poo, vehicles, potential muggers (in urban settings), wombat holes, barbed wire fences, or streams (in the bush).

In all my years you are the 1st person Ive heard say they didnt find wombat holes enjoyable.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:55 am

Nomad;1200428 wrote: In all my years you are the 1st person Ive heard say they didnt find wombat holes enjoyable.
We get pot holes in this country. It is the law under the British government that you must be shredded by potholes every day or you forfit your license to move in a diagonal fashion.