I don't go to gym's...

I don't go to a gym, and I haven't since I got out of the military. I run around my neighborhood and use free weights I have at home.

I spent a long time convincing myself that I'd hate the gym and that I'd be out of place, that everyone would be looking at me, that I was too fat for the gym etc. 6 months ago (and 60 pounds ago) I started at the gym and can honestly say that nobody has ever stared at me or made me feel out of place and I was really out of shape when I started. I do have freeweights at home though and do that too, but I really enjoy the gym because it gets me out of the house and I'm 100% focused on my workout when I'm there, plus I can do different things than I'd do at home (use resistance tubes to attempt pull ups, warm up out on the rower instead of boring treadmill every day etc).

I think of the Rocky film where he trains with the logs in the snow and chopping wood, etc. And the Russian is using all the digital crap machines. Who won again, the guy with heart. The world is your gym and the membership is free.

Of course he won. It's a movie.

I went to gyms for 11 years and recently started working out at home in my basement after getting some equipment together. Both have their pros and cons. It's a matter of what you want to accomplish and how you want to accomplish it. For me now with kids at home, I like working out at home and not having to go anywhere. When it was just my wife and I at home, we would go to the gym and workout together, it was a fun outing. Just depends on what you like.

I never cared what anyone else was doing at the gym. Lots of guys were bigger than me, lots were smaller, some were extremely fat, some just talked the whole time, whatever I didn't care, I did my thing and went home. Now I just stay home and workout, just more convenient for me at this time in my life. Nothing wrong with either one to me, just as long as you're doing something to stay in shape.

You don't go to gym's what?

i haven't been to a gym in years.....1) right now i really can't afford the ongoing membership every month.....2) up until june, i lived about 15 minutes drive away from one and i knew that in winter (i'm in Canada...brrrr) i just wouldn't want to get in my car and go and brave the cold and the bad roads.....i have beachbody workouts....BBL, p90x and Chalean Extreme and some dumb bells and that's what i use....i could cope with the one-off cost of the programs and that's it....in the future that may change but right now i just can't justify the expense....i would like to add the different machines, weights etc that a gym would give me but not right now....sigh!!

I wasn't in a gym for 13 years. I don't like that everybody wants to be better than the other. I don't like the guys who do a lot of weight but the workout wrong and too fast. I don't like the people taking forever at a machine. ....

I hate people taking forever at a machine too but that's life. The other things you mentioned....why the **** do you care what everyone else is doing?? I'm glad you don't go to a gym, people like you judging others is why people feel self conscious at gyms. Let people do what they gotta do and leave it at that. Unless they're personally bothering you then don't hate on someone doing their workout.

I wasn't in a gym for 13 years. I don't like that everybody wants to be better than the other. I don't like the guys who do a lot of weight but the workout wrong and too fast. I don't like the people taking forever at a machine. ....

I hate people taking forever at a machine too but that's life. The other things you mentioned....why the **** do you care what everyone else is doing?? I'm glad you don't go to a gym, people like you judging others is why people feel self conscious at gyms. Let people do what they gotta do and leave it at that. Unless they're personally bothering you then don't hate on someone doing their workout.

I don't judge!

You don't go to gym's what?

He is foreign.

I LOVE the gym. Here is why:

I really enjoy the classes they are a great way of meeting new people who have similar interests. My instructor is a personal trainer so routines are well balanced, he also corrects my form and pushes me harder than working out by myself. It gives me new workout ideas and changes up my routine.

I do not have the money or space for workout equipment at home and even if I did it would probably become a clothes rack. When I am at home I have little motivation. I guess my couch just calls my name.

I live near Detroit so in the winter cardio outside can be tricky so the gym allows me to continue to have a balanced workout of cardio, heavy lifting and circuit training.

I understand why some are not fans of the gym I say it doesnt matter where you workout as long as you are accomplishing your goals.

Haha, I live in Detroit as well, and I just joined a gym at the end of the summer. I am loving it!

I wasn't in a gym for 13 years. I don't like that everybody wants to be better than the other. I don't like the guys who do a lot of weight but the workout wrong and too fast. I don't like the people taking forever at a machine. ....

I have a punching bag at home. Situps, pushups and a lot more you can do at home as well. I run at least 100 flights of stairs a day. I go for a run or a brisk walk with my dog .... I don't go to gym's

I am wondering if I am the only one not hitting the gym.

Nope, I chucked my gym membership (after about 10years and 5 different gyms) in January this year in favour of work out DVDs & HIIT training at home.

FAR cheaper, quicker, easier and sustainable for me.

I can see how people enjoy the sociable side of it but that was not for me.

The main reason I joined a gym was to have a decent shower available near where I worked.

I workout at home too ... I have a treadmill, a bike, an elliptical, a heavy bag, a Pilates reformer, weights, and "around the block" in my neighborhood is slightly more than half a mile (my own built in track, complete with a hill, lol) ... I like being able to workout when I want, wearing what I want, singing along to my music, counting reps out loud, you know, doing all the things that other gym patrons would find absolutely annoying ... Oh, and I like the fact that sweaty strangers aren't using the same equipment ...

I love the gym! I miss the gym

But they started keeping the pool too cold for how I have to workout, and I was only justifying the cost because of the pool. I can do the rest at home (except that wonderful jacuzzi, too, darnit). I shouldn't drive there (pretty far) every day, either, when my own equipment is good enough with a little creativity.

But I do love it. Everyone is so focused on something athletic, and that's very fun, I think Yes, some of the free weights guys were unfriendly, but that happens everywhere. I can take the side eye. I know my goals and I don't care if you stare.

I kind of felt like the hulk in the advanced yoga classes, though; those chicks were teeny tiny (petite)! Body diversity is a good thing, so roll with it was my feeling in the end. I stayed in back with the guys so I blended in better, though, lol.

I have never stepped foot inside a gym.. I've lost 50lbs working out to DVDs, always rotating and adding new ones for $10 or less per each and seven weeks I started using run double c25k and added running into the mix. I will use my husbands fire station "gym" when the weather gets too bad to run outside.

If you are worried about what every one else is doing at the gym your there for the wrong reason anyways.

Also I find it hilarious when someone critiques everyone at the gym, like everyone else should be doing exactly what you are doing or it's wrong...