FIRST GYM DAY TOMORROW! HELP?

Call the gym and ask for a tour or a free session? They'll show you! Wow I am proud of you! Do it!!!!


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The gym can be an intimidating place if you have never ventured there.
If your wallet can allow it, I'd suggest asking your gym if they have personal trainers and book a session. You can get great benefits from working with a personal trainer, but if you can't afford multiple sessions, you can at least get him/her to introduce you to a few exercises, proper form (you don't want to get hurt and a website won't teach you that) and a routine that you could use based on how many times you plan to go and your goals. They can write this down for you and you can use it as your guide to start.

If you have an iphone, to the ipersonal trainer app. It is a great app that will help a lot.

I like to do 5 to 10 on bike first to warm up then after weights 10 to 20 on elipacol machine. Its usually easy to do one body part at a time. I do 3 days chest and arms , then abs and legs , and back another day. All gyms i know of will give u a free trainer one time but u have to ask for it. goodluck and if i can help more let me know.

I don't know what it is like where you are but here in the UK you can't join a gym without having an induction. The gym guy/gal shows you how to use each machine and gives you a personal chart of reps and weights so you have something to follow until you get used to the routine. They are usually around the gym so if you need advice you can always ask. Also if you are friendly people will be glad to advise you.

The gym is for all so don't feel intimidated everyone has to start somewhere. You are there to improve your health and so is everyone else. (Well apart from the two barbies who come in for 20 mins and spend it sitting on the weight machines texting LOL) so get stuck in you will be surprised how enjoyable it can be.

Good luck :flowerforyou:

I agree with everyone else. Especially the part about asking for a tour. Any good gym would be happy to do that. Also, remember that once you step in that gym, you've already done the hard part...you've made a choice to make a change. DO NOT feel nervous at the gym. You'll see people of all shapes and sizes. And there are a ton of options for workout machines. My wife and I started our journey last fall and have both lost 50lbs. She has some knee issues so likes the recumbant bike (she can even watch TV). I like to mix it up and most of the time do multiple machines...walking/running on an inclined treadmill, elliptical, or arch trainer. I'll warm up on one and then move to another. We always finish up with some upper body (curls, pushups, chess press, etc) and abs (crunches, bicycles, or ab machine. Once we got going, we added some lower body (squats, leg press, rowing machine). We focused on burning some calories (so we could eat them back if I needed to). Remember, there's no remote in life, you have to get up and change it yourself. (Not my quote but I love it). Good luck!!

bodybuilding.com

Don't be scared from the name. On this site you can choose a workout that fits your goals. This site also has tons of information and articles on fitness and nutrition.

I would also check the livestrong website (google search).

100% right! Just don't kill yourself the first day, ease into the workouts or you wont wanna go back.