I just bought a gym membership. What do you do at the gym?

What do you like to do at the gym?

I like to eat cheeseburgers and cheesecake and yummy stuff like that in front of people running on the treadmills

I swim in the pool when it's too cold to train outside. I run on the treadmills when the weather is crappy out. I lift weights. Oh, I sit in the hot tub when I'm sore!

Ignore the sass. It can be a bit intimidating so I totally get it. Those machines- where do you put your leg? face down or face up? lift or pull? When I was new to the gym, I went during slower times just to get familiar.

Once comfortable-
20-30 minutes on the stairclimber, treadmill or eliptical.
30 minutes on weight lifting (focused on arms or legs but not both)
20 more minutes on stairclimber, treadmill or eliptical
15-20 on abs
I do more cardio if I haven't burned at least 500 calories

Now I skip all that and go to a 60 minute class- Turbo Lift, Turbo Kick, whatever.

Good luck!

It's all about trying everything out to see what you enjoy! Elliptical seems to be the go-to at my gym. Vary it up every 30 minutes and throw some resistance training in there as well! I

I exercised at a gym for the first time in about a month. The reason I stopped was because my membership ran out and I was working a lot at my manual labor job. But I haven't been working as much there so I finally got a new membership What do you like to do at the gym?

It's nice to have a workout plan. There are plenty around here. LOL

Here's what I do:


The routine I do consists of weight lifting first and cardio second, but I still do cardio (mainly running). I change up everything all the time. My running is sometimes long easy runs, sometimes HIIT, sometimes shorter medium pace runs. My weight routine changes each day, each week, Circuits, Intermittent Super Sets, Fibonacci Pyramids, X-sets, Progress Venus Pyramids, and some splits, constantly changing it up, everything a variety of Strength, Hypertrophy, and Endurance.

Legs; In addition to Dealdlift's, Stiff Leg Dead Lifts, Sumo Dead Lifts and Squats I do Bulgarian Split Squats, Lunges, Reverse lunges, Curtsey lunges, Step Ups, Crossover Bench Step Ups, One legged Deadlifts (T-Bend), Lunge Matrix, Bowler Squat, One Legged Get Ups, Bower Squat and calf Raise, Bowler Squat + Stiff Leg Deadlift, Curtsey Lunge + Dumbbell Squat, T-Bend + Y-Squat, Reverse Lunge & Step Up, Curtsey Lunge + Step Up, Y-squat, Narrow Stance Squat

For upper body I do Standing Shoulder Press, Standing Dumbell Curls, Lying Tricep extension, Pullovers, Bent Barbell Row, Standing lateral Raise, Standing front Raise, Curl and Press, Shoulder Press + Curl, Dips, Lying Tricep Extensions + Flyes, Venus Raise (a type of snatch), Bent Row + Standing Lateral Raise, Pullovers, Pushup + Dips, Standing Dumbbell curls + Overhead Tricep Extension, Bent Lateral Raise + Pullovers, One Arm Dumbbell row, Flyes + Pushups, Seated Curl & Tate Press, Seated Curls + Overhead Tricep Extension, Pushups, Pullovers + Dips, Bent Barbell Row, Lateral Raise + Full Front Raise, Venus Raise + Dips, Standing Dumbbell curls + Lying Tricep Extension, Upright Row + Dips, Bent Barbell Row, Flat bench Press, Incline Bench Press, Bent Row Narrow, Bent Row + Kickback,

Then some upper and lower combos; Squat and Front Raise, Step Up & Press, Step Up + Standing Shoulder Press, Squat & Press, Squat & Swing, Curtsy Lunge + Standing Shoulder Pres, T-Bend & Row, Pike Front Rais + Curtsey Lunge, Flat Bench Press + Step Up.

Core: Bar Bell Rollouts (you can start out with Stability Ball Roll Outs), Swiss Ball Pikes (you can start out with Stability Ball Curl Ups), and planks. As you advance Swiss Ball Pike and pushup.

I probably forgot some but you get the idea.

20 min of cardio and 40 min of strength training (weights)

M/W : strong lifts 5*5 weight lifting
F (or saturdays if i skip friday) : olympic lifting
T/H : 60 min cardio
Sat: turkish get ups and jump rope stretching swimming
Sunday: rest

Three days a week I lift the free weights (I don't use machines) and I take the yoga classes daily. I walk to and from the gym (so I don't usually do cardio). Occasionally I use the stationary bike for 15 minutes. I also dance (but not at the gym).

zumba and cross fit

M/W/F I do a 60 minute Body Pump Class (strength training/weight lifting), sometimes I'll do free weights/lift in place of one of those class days. Tu/Th are my cardio days - 30 minutes on the elliptical or arc trainer followed by 25 minutes of uphill treadmill walking. I also like to throw a running day in there somewhere during the week.

I just sit around

ummm I just sit around

I like to mix it up. Take some group classes. I love yoga, zumba, and bootcamp. When I want to listen to music and read I switch it up with the eliptical and treadmill with different incline and speed for maximum calorie burn. I like to do weights at home. Just make sure to do what's fun for you so you don't get bored. Good luck!

i ride the elliptical for 1 hour each day monday through friday. then i lift light / moderate weights on my arms... seems to work really good for me...