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Article: "Why 90% of You Will Quit the Gym in Early 2017"

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  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    edited December 2017
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    cbohling1987 wrote: »
    Lol I do get up at 5 am or so every morning and then promptly sit around and play video games for an hour. I don't go to the gym until after work. This probably seems weird to some people but I am happy with this schedule.

    No. You have to do it MY ONE WAY. If you are up at 5, be at the gym by 5:30 or you will gain weight, develop a terrible disease and lose your puppy.

    :)

    Did you write the original article, but under pseudonym? Something about the tone . . . just asking . . . .

    ;););)

    Nah.

    Ask @pinuplove
    I can mimic a *kitten* mansplaining pretty good so I just channeled that. :)

    Mansplaining gets you woo'd @Tacklewasher

    Doubly so for tagging me here, if I could! :tongue: You know I'm avoiding the forums right now.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    pinuplove wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    cbohling1987 wrote: »
    Lol I do get up at 5 am or so every morning and then promptly sit around and play video games for an hour. I don't go to the gym until after work. This probably seems weird to some people but I am happy with this schedule.

    No. You have to do it MY ONE WAY. If you are up at 5, be at the gym by 5:30 or you will gain weight, develop a terrible disease and lose your puppy.

    :)

    Did you write the original article, but under pseudonym? Something about the tone . . . just asking . . . .

    ;););)

    Nah.

    Ask @pinuplove
    I can mimic a *kitten* mansplaining pretty good so I just channeled that. :)

    Mansplaining gets you woo'd @Tacklewasher

    Doubly so for tagging me here, if I could! :tongue: You know I'm avoiding the forums right now.

    PPpbbbbbtttttt!!!! :p>:)
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    GOT_Obsessed wrote: »
    It seems that the group consensus is that this article is not in line with how most of the posters feel. But keep in mind you are almost all experienced and well into your gym routine for years now. But when you were a beginner with little experience and no routine were your thoughts the same as now?

    I am a newer gym goer (as of Oct 1) so just over 2 months. But what got me completely committed was the stat itself that only 10% would make it. The stat I had heard for my area was even worse. I did not want to be one of those quitters. That number was the kick in the butt I needed. I guess everyone has their own motivation and what works for 1 does not works for all.

    I started my first gym visit with a zumba class and could hardly wait for the next class 2 days later. Then I tried bodypump and bootcamp. For me I felt like I belonged when people introduced themselves and used my name. However I am 46 with little other social interaction outside of work.

    I have gone to the gym alone and used equipment and got so bored. I much prefer to head outside for a walk.
    Morale of the story: we are all different!

    I started going to the gym 9 days after you. If there had been some requirement to do classes, I would have refused. I'm there to lift or swim for about an hour and leave.

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