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    Help! What to do at the gym?

    Posts: 204 Member
    edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    I havent been to the gym a whole lot in my life and to be honest dont know where to start?
    What machines are the best for toning different areas? What machines burn alot of calories? What do you do?

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    • Posts: 11,463 Member
      Ask your gym for an orientation to the machines.
    • Posts: 11,750 Member
      It depends on your goals or what you want to do. If you like cardio or classes, do those. If you want to get in to resistance training and you have no idea about what to do , I'd get a few training sessions so someone can show you through some exercises, and teach you how to use correct form when lifting.
    • Posts: 2,841 Member
      look into a program like stronglifts, or nrolfw, or strong curves.
    • Posts: 172 Member
      Ask the gym staff for direction. It's their job. At least one personal training session to start you in the right direction won't hurt either. Many gyms offer the first session free of charge.
    • Posts: 73 Member
      I need to lose a lot of weight so I'm just doing cardio for now. I get on elliptical machine, it's low impact and I burn 500-600 calories per 60mn (30mn in morning, 30 mn at night) I also took up spinning three days a week and burn 450 per class. The gym can assist you in learning about all the stuff they had. Go in and ask for a run down of all they have and how to use it
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