• ratel@mander.xyz
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    2 months ago

    Start learning calisthenics: work out wherever you want; no loud shit gym music - listen to your own, or don’t; no smell of other people’s sweat; no waiting for equipment; no posers taking pictures in the mirrors or making slop content.

    Build a more balanced, natural body shape.

    All you need is 5m square of open space to start, then search for outdoor calisthenics parks in your area for access to a pull up bar or dips bars. Don’t wait for summer to roll around just get out there with a hoodie, hat, and gloves and go for it.

  • MalReynolds@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    Another option is get ye some second hand iron, bodyweight is great, especially for mobility, if you go at it hard, but for like $80 for a barbell, a couple of dumbells and some plates, you can do progressive overload more efficiently. As you strengthen add more plates, a bench etc. Look into the big five lifts, ‘Starting Strength’ is a good beginners text, skip the gym bros videos except for a form check.

    You’ll be staggered what a three month program will do for you, in the comfort of your own home. Probably for less than the cost of three months gym you have it forever.

    • eupraxia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 months ago

      all solid advice, also love “Starting Strength” for covering the big five lifts. I’m a big fan of “New Functional Training for Sports” by Michael Boyle too, it’s a little broader and outlines a lot of very useful free weight exercise progressions. “The Muscle and Strength Pyramid” by Eric Helms is also a great resource to introduce program design ideas like periodization, etc.

  • how_we_burned@lemmy.zip
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    26 days ago

    I have a friend (well more of an asshole I know) and he acknowledged that they actually need people to quit within a month of signing their 12 month contract because they don’t have the space nor the capital to expand the gym in order to provide the contracted service to.

    It’s just like the ISP business.

    20% of users generate 80% of the traffic. If the rest of the customer base used the service at level your local ISP would collapse.

    And the same with banks.

    Shit. Everything is a fucking lie isn’t it