Do you go to the gym??

Because I don't. I've never been to any kind of gym.

I go to the gym all the time. And I also play Ring Fit Adventures on Switch. It is a great workout and way too much fun!

No, I have my own equipment and do workouts at home. I don't like the smells and other peoples' residue at gyms. Most of what I do is yoga anyway and I don't need to go to a gym for that.

I have a bench in the back and weights. Do yoga since it's easier on my legs and knees.

Yes, 3 times a week. Twice on the weekday, once on weekend.

No, not any more. It got boring, so I stopped going. I've gained a lot of weight since then, which is unfortunate.

My hospital job has a gym of its own. But I barely go that gym and honestly, I use the stairs as my own exercise, so I stick to doing that.

Yeah I love lifting with a focus on hypertrophy training. Almost always ran a PPL split, which unless you're going for something asynchronous, usually means six days on, one day off. Definitely have to enjoy it to run a split like that, but it's really a great split for ticking all the right boxes - Hit each muscle group twice a week, allows for tons of volume, muscle groups being split by function allows for great recovery. For example, I hammered chest/shoulders/tris last night and they're feeling a bit fried, but back/biceps feeling great and ready to go for tonight. Legs tomorrow, and when the next day rolls around, chest/shoulders/tris will be feeling primed to go.

Pre pandemic I was consistent for years, rarely ever missed. I never quite got back to that, now I'll go for months at a time and then be off for months at a time. I need to lock it in, but at 42 it's just becoming a bit tougher to stay on it like that. I've considered switching to a 4 day upper/lower split. Probably 2 on, 1 off, 2 on, 2 off, repeat. Wouldn't be as optimal, but that's fine, not like I'm competing lol.

Anything aside from lifting, prefer to stay out of the gym. Rather go for a walk or jog outside than hit a treadmill. Usually swim a lot in the spring and summer months. Obviously I'll warm up with some moderate cardio on the gym machines before hitting the weights, just can't stand it for extended cardio.

Nope.

@ConanTheStoner: That's intense. I followed a PPL this spring. Progress was really quick, but I needed an extended de-load after about 4 months and never really got back to it afterwards. It gets exhausting.

Probably also an age thing in my case. It was just too much when coupled with long but pretty low intensity morning cardio sessions and a really bad idea in a caloric deficit. Thought I could cheat the game by lumping all my carbs in before my evening workout, lol. I don't know what I was thinking.

I'm not going to the gym anymore, since I lost access to gym benefits from my workplace. Just a pull-up bar and dumbbells, no heavy lifting for the time being.

@sancho_panzer:

Yes, definitely need the occasional de-load. Years back I had a time when I was crashing hard, didn't understand why. Just felt weak and sore non stop. Kept thinking damn, I eat right, sleep well, take my off day every week. Always understood local fatigue, but that's when I learned about systemic fatigue lol. Consistent training eventually catches up.

lol yup, been there too. One year I had been lifting hard all through the fall and winter with minimal cardio. Spring rolled around, figured I'd add some afternoon runs around the lake to my routine. Felt like shit man, damn lol. I thought I was getting sick at first, but really just turned out I was tanked on calories.

But yeah it's just difficult to go all in on both lifting and cardio. Calories aside, body only has so much capacity for recovery. For sure you can do both, just one has to take a backseat to the other.

Yeah. I was pretty consistent before kids, but fell off for a while. Now they're older and I've gotten back in the routine. I usually work out at home in the morning before the kids wake up, and then go to the gym at work on my lunch break. Been going well. I'm not back to pre-kids shape, but I'm close :)

@ConanTheStoner: I figured I had the recovery thing sorted. Plan was to eat all day after cardio, throughout work, and as long as I got a good night's sleep, the separation would be enough for recovery. Found out it doesn't work like that - at least not anymore.

Felt not bad in the morning, but then the upper-body soreness from the previous day's lifting hits after the cardio and so the workout isn't quite where it should be. Plus there's the shitty sleep after evening gym sessions. Yeah, not doing that again.

Yeah, seems like it would work right?

Guess that's just the fitness journey man. Try out new things, listen to the body when it says NOPE. And yeah, having to adjust for age is part of it for sure.

This used to be a non issue for me, would actually sleep amazing after late gym sessions. Now I agree, it's awful lol. Don't know what changed.

Unfortunately back on the evening training for now, current schedule is a mess. Zync and magnesium about an hour before bed does seem to help, but still, rather just train earlier in the day.

I don't

I have all the exercise stuff I need at home :3

A bench, some weights, training band is all you need.

@Maroxad:

I'd love to have a home setup. But I end up moving a lot for work and usually live in apartments. If I ever settle in a house somewhere, definitely gonna setup a garage gym.

I'd probably still hit the gym from time to time though. Cycling exercise selection is pretty important and a gym makes that easier. Some of the machines are excellent. And of course there are things outside of standard resistance and cardio training that would be a major pain without a gym. For example, used to run some intense conditioning circuits with some of my buds who train boxing. So in quick succession we're hitting battle ropes, row machine, box jumps, flipping tractor tires, sledgehammer on tractor tires, weighted sled pushes, etc. etc. etc... Between the equipment and space necessary, along with the benefit of the indoor astroturf, not exactly something I'm doing at home lol.

Anything I'd set up at home would at best be "good enough", but it would never replace a full gym.

But yeah I've thought it through over the years.

- Squat rack for all of the barbell movements. Plates I'd go 6 x 45lb, 2 x 25lb, 2 x 10lb, and 2 x 5lb. (sorry, freedom units).

- Full dumbbell set, up to 150lbs.

- Landmine.

- Flat and incline benches.

Those are the non-negotiables. Then the nice to haves

- Full cable machine with various grips.

- Preachers rack with an EZ bar.

Would be the dream. But the more I read that over, the more I think I should just stick to the gym lol.

I love the gym. It's my me time and my relaxing time.

Lately, I have experienced a big family loss that really affected me and my wife.

We were both struggling emotionally a lot. I started eating really badly as a result of that. I think the gym is the only thing that has allowed me to keep my weight relatively in control.

Also, it's the first good habit I resumed after the loss and it's been overal an emotional base to try to get back on the horse.

Na just fat man now.

Speaking of fitness wtf is going on with Elons body? Is he carrying Kuato?

@uninspiredcup: my guess is that ozempic has its limits, but probably would be worse off without it.

Yeah, I lift 3x a week, and muay thai twice per week.

It's just enough to not end up as an obese F*$k with diabetes, because I eat and drink way too much on the weekends. :D

I work out at home.

Yeah I go to the gym. 3 times a week for strength exercises and 1 cardio, gym or outside.

yeah i gym on my lunch every work day.

i'd be surprised if musk still uses ozempic. i've got mates really into bio hacking and they replaced it for newer and improved stuff years ago

I go regularly.

I tried Planet Fitness about 5 years ago since my brother had a bring a friend pass. Definitely was intimidated by guys who were ripped like professional wrestlers doing heavy weights on the bench. My brother bought a treadmill in my house though no one used it so we sold it for $200. Was a waste of $500 though my brother promised to use it everyday. I have a row bike outside that I will peddle for 30 minutes if it's cool outside and breezy.