Good question BBQ:
It starts with the wrong definition of "going to the gym". People assume that unless you are lying on the ground in a moaning pile of sweat and blood then your trip was not successful.
I'm here to say that unless you are training for a long distance racing event or want to be in the Superbowl its entirely unnecessary to kill yourself.
That being said, it is important to try hard, just don't kill yourself, you won't be able to keep coming back if its THAT painful.
The second problem is what exercises people always think of as "gym exercises". You know them: jogging, biking, elliptical-ing, etc. Let me tell you... If thats what I could expect to be doing for a few hours each time I went to the gym I would stop right now. So what do I do?
You know I'm a firm believer in everyone lifting weights, and this just drives my point home more. Lifting weights is fun in a way that dull endless cardio is not. Cardio is monotonous and boring, weight training is explosive, quick, constantly changing, and really fun. What is the big difference? Well for one when you lift weights you can see obvious and satisfying improving when you pick up that heavier barbell, or get those extra few reps. When running all you have is a time and a distance. Perfectly good if you want to compete or if you just want to run able to run forever and ever, or if you enjoy that sort of thing, but its not very motivating to end up feeling dead.
As I mentioned before you do need both cardio and weights, but do HIIT cardio or something explosive and changing that also happens to burn a ton of calories. Have you ever noticed how good sprinters look? They train weights and sprints (the cardio equivalent of weight training).
So to sum this all up BBQ, lift weights, lift hard, do new exercises every month, keep it exciting and fun, and you will both get into great shape and stay motivated much longer.
Ryan
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