JA WestenbergMar 4
The most unhinged thing about modern life is that we've normalised paying $200 a month for the gym and $300 a month for wellness "supplements" but if someone charges $5 for a newsletter they wrote with their actual brain people act like they've been mugged at knifepoint
Show threadSupermoosie

@Daojoan

1)Ride a bicycle to the gym and back a few times a week.

You don't have to pay money or go in. You will be just as fit and take less total time.

2) eat your veggies

Money and time you saved, can be spent on buying and reading the newsletter.

Mar 4 at 10:22amWeb
Show threadEQMar 4
@SuperMoosie @Daojoan Bicycle is a bit one-sided training though. You can spice it up a bit by for example carry the bike up the hills. Now and then turn it upside down and clean the chain with a rag, great for upper arm strength and the fine motorics of your fingers!
If you have proper winters you can always go biking in the snow, that's a real nice workout both for strength and balance. The spin-machines at the gym has nothing compared to this.
And don't forget the stairs!
Show threadEQMar 4

@SuperMoosie
No but seriously, I meet an older neighbour biking to the gym a couple of times a week. There are actual usages for gyms that the bikes don't help, especially if you are a bit older.

I guess the high price in Sweden is partly because your job gets a tax reduction if they pay for your gym card. This means the gym tries to take the whole max amount the company can spend for that tax deduction. Another opportunity from the capitalist grifters.

Show threadLeelooMar 4
@SuperMoosie @Daojoan
And if you need more exercise, just pick a gym further away😀
Show threadderptronMar 4

@SuperMoosie @Daojoan You are not going to get the same results doing one exercise all the time that you can if you have all the tools available to accurately target every muscle group.

You can also compress your cardio with HIIT, which is easier to achieve in a controlled environment. You can get the same results as an hour bike ride in 10 minutes or less.

You should at least add some bodyweight routines to your program. Some cheap dumbbells and/or resistance bands.

Show threadSupermoosieMar 4

@crazyeddie

A) try it

B)gym marketing bullshit for most people.

C) You forget the time wasted driving to the gym and back and waiting for your protein shake, which you will just poo out if eating normally.

Show threadBenAvelingMar 4
I’ve tried gyms and I’ve tried working out at home and gyms>>home workout.
I assume you’re actually speaking from experience, you aren’t just assuming it ought to be the same, and if so that’s great for you, but it’s not true for most people. @SuperMoosie @crazyeddie
Show threadderptronMar 4
@SuperMoosie Fiber shake. And that's the point.