The Gym
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True , but if he's 15 I would STRONGLY advise him not to use free weights till he knows what he's doing . At least go 1 month to the gym to know what you're doing . It's vital you have the correct form for exercises like deadlifts and squats if you don't want to have back problems all your life .Sovvolf said:
+I seriously doubt anyone could afford a leg press machine , a bench press , 1 long barbell , 1 short straight barbell , 1 Z shape barbell , 2 sets of dumbells + the associated weights you are gonna need (20 ,15,10,5,2? kg). And that's without taking into account you wont be able to do much for your triceps if you don't have special equipment which costs a tone .
My advise would be ...go for it . I was in the same situation as you ( well probably , I was overweight and had like 29% bodyfat) . Now I am pretty much shredded and feel happy with my body . My gym membership costs like 20 euro here for a full month , I don't consider that's a lot for something that helps me stay healthy.
This, so much.
Also, if you go with others you can get some nice social time while still doing something constructive. And you can assist each other with heavy lifts and such.
You say it's completely unnecesarry and pointless and then that you never said it's a waste of time. Do you have a clear opinion on this or not?
OT: Going to the gym does not mean you have an objective of becoming a 200 pound gorilla. Each has his own objective, be it casual fitness or bulking up. Of course, if it's a casual thing, you can reach your objectives doing other outside activities.
If you care about building muscle, it's difficult to reach the same goals at home or outside as you would in a gym, but it's possible.
To answer your question though, it's hard to say if it's useful or not. It depends on what you want. Physical activity in general is , however, useful.
OT: Going to the gym does not mean you have an objective of becoming a 200 pound gorilla. Each has his own objective, be it casual fitness or bulking up. Of course, if it's a casual thing, you can reach your objectives doing other outside activities.
If you care about building muscle, it's difficult to reach the same goals at home or outside as you would in a gym, but it's possible.
To answer your question though, it's hard to say if it's useful or not. It depends on what you want. Physical activity in general is , however, useful.
There's a health club next to my Uni, so I go there at about 7:30 to run or lift weights for an hour before labs.
Living in the city means that street running is out of the question, and playing Rugby league means that I really need to keep my strength up.
Living in the city means that street running is out of the question, and playing Rugby league means that I really need to keep my strength up.
I have mixed feelings about the gym. On the one hand, I suffer from depression so it really is good for me to go. On the other, I get frustrated with it easily because I'm naturally skinny and find it difficult to gain muscle (I'm a so-called "hardgainer"). So yeah... mixed bag.WalkableBuffalo said:
Does swimming laps in a gym pool count as going to the gym, because that is one of the most fulfilling things I do.
I don't have a use for the gym, I do all my workouts at home. I have dumb-bells. Running machine. All I need.
Working in a Gym I can tell you its not a waste of time.
When i was 16 I had the body of a pre-puberty girl, After around 6 months of lifting I looked healthy and certainly had more self confidence, 3 years later I'm still doing it.
As for the Intimidation factor, those big guys are usually alot friendlier than you'd imagine and VERY helpfull at least in my experience.
When i was 16 I had the body of a pre-puberty girl, After around 6 months of lifting I looked healthy and certainly had more self confidence, 3 years later I'm still doing it.
As for the Intimidation factor, those big guys are usually alot friendlier than you'd imagine and VERY helpfull at least in my experience.
My thoughts of the gym is that it is a way of bettering yourself. I personally eat a lot of food because I'm pretty much always hungry, so I go to the gym to balance out what I eat by burning off fat to keep myself from becoming a slobby nerd that sits infront of a laptop. Instead I'm just a nerd that sits infront of a laptop. In your case though being 15 I wouldn't really recomend going to the gym unless it will make you feel better about yourself or if you'd enjoy it with your friends. Probably giving it a try and if you don't like it just find something else to do while your friends are there would be my advice. Because there's no point in going unless you enjoy it, more so because of the money you'll have to pay for going.
I'm trying to drop a couple of pounds and get into better shape, so I use the gym in my apartment complex. It's free.
Paying for the use of a gym is pretty much being an easily scammed sucker.
You don't need treadmills and the like to keep your physical condition sharpened, all you need is to go out once in awhile and run. And if you don't think running is that hard, then run some more or strap som weighted bracelets to your arms and legs.
You don't need a gym to build muscles either, all you need to do is knowing what food to eat (info easily accessed for free online) and finding something heavy to lift. And even if you can't find something heavy to lift repeatedly there's always push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, crunches and similar excersises you can do with your very own body. These simple training-methods can also have their difficulty increased by doing them with added resistance (think push-ups are too easy and you can easily do 100 of them without getting tired? Try doing them with a backpack on stuffed with filled water bottles or metal scrap).
So people who actually pay these ridiculous fee's for memberships at a gym are pretty much buying into an obvious scam. You can reach the same results, for free and for the most part you don't even have to leave your own home to do it.
That's why gyms have focused so much on trying to market their establishments and supporting a growing "gym culture". Making it into a "social" thing. And it's very likely that people who buy into it are doing it for the social aspects rather than actual training.
You don't need treadmills and the like to keep your physical condition sharpened, all you need is to go out once in awhile and run. And if you don't think running is that hard, then run some more or strap som weighted bracelets to your arms and legs.
You don't need a gym to build muscles either, all you need to do is knowing what food to eat (info easily accessed for free online) and finding something heavy to lift. And even if you can't find something heavy to lift repeatedly there's always push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, crunches and similar excersises you can do with your very own body. These simple training-methods can also have their difficulty increased by doing them with added resistance (think push-ups are too easy and you can easily do 100 of them without getting tired? Try doing them with a backpack on stuffed with filled water bottles or metal scrap).
So people who actually pay these ridiculous fee's for memberships at a gym are pretty much buying into an obvious scam. You can reach the same results, for free and for the most part you don't even have to leave your own home to do it.
That's why gyms have focused so much on trying to market their establishments and supporting a growing "gym culture". Making it into a "social" thing. And it's very likely that people who buy into it are doing it for the social aspects rather than actual training.