KB gym rats

[Maha]

hot sweaty bitches in singlets and tight pants?

Yeah........blokes everywhere....!

[Ragingrob]

Been going to the gym properly for the first time these past 8 months.

For a couple of years I just had a little routine at home with dumbbells, now I'm doing 2-3 nights of weights, 1 night of kick boxing and 1 night of boxing. The weights are great for mass building then boxing etc is both strength and cardio... They really work to turn what fat you do have into lean muscle.

Really enjoying the gym environment anyway. As said by others, definitely more motivational than in your bedroom with dumbbells!!

[Headbanger]

Is it my Body?

[EJK]

I'll play.

An arm.

Damn.

[Tigadee]

If someone is pretentious and doing MA they're doing it wrong

Like Steven Seagal?

And now for something slightly irrelevant:

[MisterD]

Ive loved doing the boxing and its a fantastic workout and the people are great, plus it is completely unpretentious.

That's what I needed to hear. I'm about half an hour away from my first session at Boxing Alley, I've got a feeling it's going to hurt.

I've been playing old-farts (over 35's) soccer so far this season in addition to the usual cycling and running but decided the core and upper body needed to get some attention as well...update later.

[Paul in NZ]

If you approach the gym right it too is utterly unpretentious but perhaps that's clouded my me now being so old I don't notice it. Certainly the only way I can lift heavy weights is to utterly zone out and block out every thing around me and focus.

Always remember that everyone has traveled a different path before they got to the gym and everyone has a different body/genetic make up. So not only is everyone 'different' everyone has a different goal and will (hopefully) be exercising towards that goal. One day when I was feeling totally shit because I'd just come from the Dr with some more unfortunate news that yet another internal organ was rebelling and trying to take down the establishment I was having a real 'why me' moment. You know - 'its not fair' yada yada yada.. One of the trainers then helped a young woman onto the exercise bike and she couldn't even stand up un aided (used to be a top athlete but was in a car accident). It was a major achievement for her just to turn the crank once and boy did I feel like a fraud. I realized that I was there to do my best and not to compare myself to others (bit like riding a bike really).

It seems to be a common failing to mock others less competent than ourselves and despise those more blessed. Yeah - you can laugh at the grunters, the poseurs, the fatties, farters and sweaters but they are there trying to fight against their demons and more power to them I say. I admire effort.

At my age there is no way I can bulk up like someone in their 20's, I just don't make testosterone like I did. And after many injuries there are some parts on my body that need a bit more protection now plus my body type tends towards storing a bit of fat. Lets face it I work in a bloody office these days, I'm never going to become Conan the Destroyer with 2 hours in a gym without chemical or surgical help. So we work out differently and our goals are not the same as a 25 year olds.

For me, the body side of it is almost secondary anyway. The happy buzz I get from a hard workout gives me a real lift and keeps the 'black dog' at bay naturally. Its a real boost mentally and what I do I'm doing for ME and Vicki (we work out together) not anyone else.

[Zedder]

If you approach the gym right it too is utterly unpretentious but perhaps that's clouded my me now being so old I don't notice it. Certainly the only way I can lift heavy weights is to utterly zone out and block out every thing around me and focus.

Always remember that everyone has traveled a different path before they got to the gym and everyone has a different body/genetic make up. So not only is everyone 'different' everyone has a different goal and will (hopefully) be exercising towards that goal. One day when I was feeling totally shit because I'd just come from the Dr with some more unfortunate news that yet another internal organ was rebelling and trying to take down the establishment I was having a real 'why me' moment. You know - 'its not fair' yada yada yada.. One of the trainers then helped a young woman onto the exercise bike and she couldn't even stand up un aided (used to be a top athlete but was in a car accident). It was a major achievement for her just to turn the crank once and boy did I feel like a fraud. I realized that I was there to do my best and not to compare myself to others (bit like riding a bike really).

It seems to be a common failing to mock others less competent than ourselves and despise those more blessed. Yeah - you can laugh at the grunters, the poseurs, the fatties, farters and sweaters but they are there trying to fight against their demons and more power to them I say. I admire effort.

At my age there is no way I can bulk up like someone in their 20's, I just don't make testosterone like I did. And after many injuries there are some parts on my body that need a bit more protection now plus my body type tends towards storing a bit of fat. Lets face it I work in a bloody office these days, I'm never going to become Conan the Destroyer with 2 hours in a gym without chemical or surgical help. So we work out differently and our goals are not the same as a 25 year olds.

For me, the body side of it is almost secondary anyway. The happy buzz I get from a hard workout gives me a real lift and keeps the 'black dog' at bay naturally. Its a real boost mentally and what I do I'm doing for ME and Vicki (we work out together) not anyone else.

Well said Paul.

Incidently, I was talking with a Type 1 Diabetic on the weekend who told endocrine specialists reckon one hour of intensive exercise is better than a truckload of pills.

[Paul in NZ]

Well said Paul.

Incidently, I was talking with a Type 1 Diabetic on the weekend who told endocrine specialists reckon one hour of intensive exercise is better than a truckload of pills.

Yup - it really helps as long as you can manage your blood sugars while you are working out. Its different for everyone but funny how decades ago I was told I couldnt do it... Blimmin doctors ;-)

[Tigadee]

I'm type 2 and I find if I work out consistently - 3 times a week with weights, push-ups, & sit-ups - and brisk walks everyday, I can manage on minimal doses of the pills, sometimes even skip them if meals aren't heavy. Skip a week of exercise though and the metabolism starts slowing down and I need the pills at the regular prescribed dose.

I've gone from a portly 122kgs to a marginally fit 105kgs... Been told by docs 90kgs is right for my height (6' 1") but I'll be happy to reach 100kgs and work on reducing the body fat instead of weight.

I'd like to build up my strength though, as I was caught out with the bike tipping over this past weekend and found lifting it difficult...

[Ferkletastic]

+1 to the gyms being a lot less pretentious than people expect. Most people are too busy worrying about their own workout to judge anybody.

[MisterD]

...update later.

Oh fuckity fuckity fuck, that was hard, hard, (did I mention hard?) work.

Just coming up on the post-exercise buzz now though..

[Stirts]

I can't workout at home... I get too distracted with what is in the fridge

As for the pretentious, farty, sweaty, annoying grunters, and mirror sluts? I avoid them by going to the gym at 5am – the joys of having 24hr access. So by the time I have finished my workouts the pretentious can pose, fart, sweat, grunt and slut around all they like.

[Str8 Jacket]

I can't workout at home... I get too distracted with what is in the fridge

As for the pretentious, farty, sweaty, annoying grunters, and mirror sluts? I avoid them by going to the gym at 5am – the joys of having 24hr access. So by the time I have finished my workouts the pretentious can pose, fart, sweat, grunt and slut around all they like.

Yep, same here and it works. I even go to Les Mills Xtreme which is well known for it's 'pretentiousness"....

[Ragingrob]

Oh fuckity fuckity fuck, that was hard, hard, (did I mention hard?) work.

Just coming up on the post-exercise buzz now though..

Was that at Boxing Alley Stanley st? Good crowd there?

And yep, boxing is the best form of core strength and cardio I've ever experienced!