Why On Earth Should I Join a Gym?

Most people do not like going to a gym to work out, opting instead to spin, walk, or lift weights in their home. If you are serious about losing weight, however, you should join a gym, unless you are extremely disciplined and manage to meet your workout goals like clockwork every year.

Why would I want to pay to go use sweaty equipment, you may be asking. Well, there are several good reasons why a gym membership is worth far more than the monthly fee. Starting with the most obvious, it’s a gym, they have far more equipment than the average home gym. Actually learning how to use the equipment in your local gym will allow you to build a much more proportioned body than if you simply grind out 2 miles on your home treadmill everyday. Now onto the less obvious reasons for going a gym. Interestingly, these reasons are often seen as negatives amongst most individuals, and are major factors in preventing them from going back to a gym. Used to your advantage these negatives can lead to drastic weight loss over time.

The biggest downside to gyms in most people’s minds is the other people. Yes, they don’t want to be stared at, don’t want their form to be analyzed by some jerk in a tank top, and really don’t want to be harassed by the opposite sex while trying to work out. Well, attending a gym with the opposite sex present will push most to work out harder and meet their weight loss and muscle building goals. If you know you are going to bump into that attractive guy or girl you saw the other day, you are much more likely to actually initiate a workout. Additionally, if said interest is watching you workout, I am guessing you are going to put in some effort to become a more attractive prospect. Right? I hope you would say yes, and not, Nooooooo, I would run home and never come back. So, while people may turn you off initially, you just have to find the right person to keep you interested in going back to the gym and working out.

The same sex will also push you to work out harder. The gym is analogous to the Serengeti, it’s basically a melting pot of animals attempting to assert their dominance over other creatures. Some people, who wouldn’t have anyone to be competitive with if they worked out at home, will be motivated to work out by seeing people will sculpted bodies that they envy.

Most people, can use this body envy to their advantage. If you know Heather is going to be fit as a fiddle after Christmas and New Years, are you going to stuff your face with every Holiday cookie you can find? Uh, no, probably not. So, you can see how the physical act of going to a gym can heavily influence what you do outside the gym for the better. Additionally, there is much to be said about being forced to converse with other people about what is going on in your life in general. Undoubtedly, someone is going to ask what you do, and maybe you don’t make as much money as you’d like to, and generally hate being asked this question. Well, yes it can be a negative, but if you are serious about making more money you can always tack on , but I am looking at other fields to make more money. And if you don’t look into those other fields there are people who are going to hold you mildly accountable.

While you may view Joe Sixpack or Sara Slim as a major headache, they are really forcing you to improve yourself physically as well as financially. If you’re serious about making more money and losing weight in 2008 you need to join a gym.

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