![]() ![]() More than 50% of gym memberships are held by women.I have been this person and after many tries I hit my target of 150 minutes a week more often then I do not. But this hate of New Year Resolution exercisers is annoying the crap out of me. I know you were just asking a question and Im sorry to get medival on your butt. Because really, like everything, its up to me make sure I get it done. Especially since they tend to be older (like 70+).ī) When can I show up to exercise so that I can get in and get out with less waiting time. My honest thoughts are:Ī) Good for all these people getting out here and exercising. My exercise of choice is swimming and I have waited 30 minutes for a lane while I am on my lunch break and had to give up and go back to work. Sometimes you have really good advice and tips I find super helpful but most of you just have this attitude like the poster above. ![]() Im not a regular submitter to /r/fitness because in general yall annoy me with your superior attitude. It will help them be more committed to their goal, you'll feel good about doing it and you'll rack up some real world karma. Resolve to BE A COOL PERSON this year and help out some of the new kids at the gym. I like to think of it as helping them succeed and inspiring them to come back! When New Years comes so many people are negative about the resolutions, I've heard "The majority of these resolutioners will fail within the first 2 weeks." What is that? Why would you spread that? Be nice to them! Make them feel good about their decision to go to the gym! I know when I first started out I felt really awkward and embarrassed when I couldn't figure out a machine or I messed up or whatever and I always really appreciated it when the other people there encouraged me. I try to be super friendly to all the new people at the gym and help them out if they need assistance. While I do find the wait time for machines to be more frustrating I basically go with as good an attitude as I can manage. I'm not trying to knock on them, only saying that I think most folks drop out because they mean well but don't want to push through the unpleasantness of it all to get the habit of healthy to stick. all add up to make it a generally unpleasant experience for someone who only has moderate conviction. The experience of not knowing what they're doing, the intimidation of the crowds, the meatheads at the gym, the gym itself, the pain from the workout, etc. IMO, the "average" resolutionist only kinda wants to get in shape. I do think the crowds have some role to play in the "failure rate" of resolutionist, but there are a large number of additional factors along with it. In most gyms (my old New York City gym being the exception) arriving that late would cause me to miss most of the rush and I could maintain the rhythm to my workouts that I needed. After the first couple of times a new year rolled around, I started planning ahead so that in December, I started pushing my average workout time back from between 6-7 to between 8:30 and 9. While I would never begrudge anyone trying to get in shape, I dislike the NY time because it knocks me out of the rhythm that I'm accustomed to (and I'm a silly creature of habit) because I have to wait for equipment or free-weights. Over the course of the decade or so I've been working out, spanning 5 gyms and 2 states, I can say that yes, in my experience, there is always a New Years glut of people at the gym.
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