Restart, Help Needed

newbeetler

Long Story Short.

Been Yo-yoing for 10 years. Running up to the pandemic I managed to drop 4.5 Stone, was lifting heavy every day and getting in the gym and loving it.

Pandemic hit, I switched to running and was running 5k's 3 times a week and Sub 60 minute 10k once a week. That lasted 6 months.

Since then I have lost all my muscle, stopped running and put on 1.5 Stone.

Joined local Gym 18 months ago as I don't go to the office any more, been put on a work from home contract so all my lifting mates at 50 miles away and I have lost contact with them.

Tried Gym a few times and its horrible. So alone.

So today I start again as I know what I can do but I need to find that new motivation.

Headphones I think may be the thing for me to take and just put my head down but any advice, support is going to be needed.

cmriverside

Have you considered a running club? If you're looking for interaction, maybe something that is team oriented? Or get a trainer for the weights and I'm sure they would know about smaller local gyms that are well attended that focus on the weights (?)

newbeetler

Thanks for the ideas.

Running club not really my thing. My body reacts better to lifting than it does to Cardio.

Something I have learnt over the years.

Most local PT's are either bootcamps in the field which isn't my thing or affiliated to a gym which you have to be a member of before you can start asking those types of questions.

I will have a look round at some point but this one works for locale and being able to be home/at the gym to assist my daughters.

I made it today and put a play list on with my head down in the headphones which worked today. Its not something I have tried before so maybe that is how to start getting into the swing of it and going regularly.