Can it be too wet to go to the gym?

togmo
togmo Posts: 257
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It is raining pretty heavily outside and has been all day. It is now after 5pm too.

I was planning on going to the gym when I woke up but I don't know if I can be bothered now. What do you guys think, throw it in for one night or should I move my lazy bum and work it out? It is leg day too which doesn't inspire me overly.

Is it ever too wet to go to the gym? Remembering that I have to walk and catch public transport to get there too...

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  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    Oh my GOD, I totally thought you meant something else by the subject/title of your thread.
    And no. Take changing clothes with you in a bag. Unless you see cows flying, you get your butt to that gym, mister!

    -goes back to being "nice"-
  • SweeDecadence92
    SweeDecadence92 Posts: 218 Member
    Boo hoo! You get a little a wet! Go.
  • togmo
    togmo Posts: 257
    Haha, too funny. I am not the one with the sinister mind though but I won't hold it against you, it is in your name I guess...

    I just have to find the energy to leave work.
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    Just use the dryers in the gym locker room if you get too wet.
  • RunMyOregonBunsOff
    RunMyOregonBunsOff Posts: 862 Member
    It is raining pretty heavily outside and has been all day. It is now after 5pm too.

    I was planning on going to the gym when I woke up but I don't know if I can be bothered now. What do you guys think, throw it in for one night or should I move my lazy bum and work it out? It is leg day too which doesn't inspire me overly.

    Is it ever too wet to go to the gym? Remembering that I have to walk and catch public transport to get there too...

    You clearly do not live in Oregon or you would never go to the gym. :) If you don't get your butt out the door then at least get it off the couch and do an at home workout. Or don't. It's only your success on the line. ;) Really, one day missed is easy to make up.
  • AndyN87
    AndyN87 Posts: 32 Member
    Well, it being a little wet isn't much excuse. I've been walking to get some exercise in and it's about 20 degrees outside. I kept on walking. Just a few weeks ago it was below 0, kept on walking. All for 70 - 80 minutes. And these temps aren't anywhere near as bad as other folks are getting.
  • slw5X5
    slw5X5 Posts: 282 Member
    Yeah, rain? Not a good enough excuse. Although, it may make for a less busy workout.
  • togmo
    togmo Posts: 257
    I knew I could rely on you guys to motivate me.

    I am figuring out what train I can catch now - well after I post this...
  • avemaryama
    avemaryama Posts: 277 Member
    I think your legs are winning the argument and you just want to be able to walk up stairs tomorrow lol.

    Get up and go boyo!
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I live in Vancouver, Canada and it rains a lot. I walk to the gym also. But, I do understand why you feel hesitant to go. I carry an umbrella if it's raining hard, and it keeps me dry. I did recently get some weights at home, but that was after almost 2 years of walking to and from the gym.
  • missomgitsica
    missomgitsica Posts: 496 Member
    If you live in a city with a good public transit system (close together stops, shelters at the stops, frequent buses) then go. But having spent a year taking the bus in my town--where the stops are an average of a mile and a half apart and the bus only comes every half an hour, I didn't go out for anything but work in the rain or snow.
  • FirecrackerJess
    FirecrackerJess Posts: 276 Member
    Totally different than I thought when I saw this thread... haha.
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    this thread title made my mind dive into the gutter

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