The Pounds Keep Adding On!!! HELP!!!

GSW

Hi everyone. I'm a 20 year old guy and heres my brief story. Back in February of this year, I weighed 15 1/2 stone. I got my weight down to 11 stone through giving up junk food and drink. I even gave up smoking and took up exercise by building a home gym with a mate of mine.

But that home gym is in limerick and I have had to go to Donegal to go to college. I hate working out in a packed gym and I feel that the inactive lifestyle of sitting down for most of my day is letting the pounds add on slowly but surely. Whilst I'm now at 11 sone 7, I realise i'm within healthy BMI levels but I don't feel happy. I WANT TO WORK OUT IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT MAKES ME COMFORTABLE! Please help, I need ideas...

Boru.

Try bodyweight based exercises - you can do them anywhere you like. You can see loads demonstrated for each bodypart on my website here - http://www.isometric-training.com/free-exercise-programs.html

Hope that helps,

SpAcEd OuT

GSW wrote:

But that home gym is in limerick and I have had to go to Donegal to go to college. I hate working out in a packed gym

come on if you were willing to give up smoking, drinking and junk food and even went to the effort of building your own gym to get back into shape then surely you can put up with being a little uncomfortable in a busy gym

WHIP IT!

Suck it up Man - go the gym!

Dudess

Yeah exactly. Wow, you've achieved tremendous stuff - losing four and a half stone in around six months AND giving up smoking. That's amazing! Why let a piddly little thing like not liking a packed gym stop you from achieving your aims? It seems damn out of character when you take into account everything else. You'll get used to it - there's far worse to deal with.

Colm_OReilly

Hey man,

Nice work on the weight loss and getting a healthier lifestyle.

If you're in student digs it might be hard to build a home gym but since you're dedicated maybe go during off peak hours. I also dislike being in a commercial gym when it's busy but early in the morning before class is usually good.

Also, maybe learn and play a few sports in college. Apart from the social benefits you'll work the fitness.

Again, nice work on the weight loss.

Colm

JenK

well done thats some serious weight loss!

i work in a gym(not as a trainer though) and i can tell you that there is a huge amount of people up there that arent crazy about being on a packed gym floor(there embarrassed or uncomfortable) either but they suck it up and you get used to it and your confidence builds when you realise that your allin the same boat.

sure throw on a pair of earphones and just get on with it!
either that or head out for runs and do some basic home weights or even better join a team. well done again, smokes, junk and booze are tough ones to kick

Running Bing

GSW wrote:

Hi everyone. I'm a 20 year old guy and heres my brief story. Back in February of this year, I weighed 15 1/2 stone. I got my weight down to 11 stone through giving up junk food and drink. I even gave up smoking and took up exercise by building a home gym with a mate of mine.

But that home gym is in limerick and I have had to go to Donegal to go to college. I hate working out in a packed gym and I feel that the inactive lifestyle of sitting down for most of my day is letting the pounds add on slowly but surely. Whilst I'm now at 11 sone 7, I realise i'm within healthy BMI levels but I don't feel happy. I WANT TO WORK OUT IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT MAKES ME COMFORTABLE! Please help, I need ideas...

You will get used to the gym mate!

I think it is a bit scary at first for most people and a lot feel uncomfortable. I would say try and go with a friend a few times to get used to it.

But my advice would be to just jump right in and you will be used to it in no time. Seriously you have done so much hard work...dont fvck it up over something silly:)

djsctt

I agree with Colm. Try going during off peak hours initially, e.g early in the morning, mid afternoons (you are a student after all ) or the weekend.

After a few weeks you'll probably be wondering what the fuss was all about.

GSW

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread, some great advice there. I've decided to ask a mate of mine to try out the gym with me. I know it must sound strange that Im hesitant to ATTEND gym after making all the big sacrifices but I believe that keeping fit should be enjoyable. I went down the route of playing sports too, I played hurling, rugby and handball but my old weight of 15 1/2 stone made that difficult and I stopped. In that time I have gone on to find that working out SOLO is something that I enjoy, I guess I'm being paranoid about my weight even though I'm well inside my BMI. I can be my own worst enemy at times! Thanks!

rubadub

You could just get a simple set of weights & chinning bar for your room- you already had a home gym, if you are not getting full on squat stands etc it will cost around the same as a gym membership. Thats all I started out with, have a bench too now. For cardio I cycle to work, and walk to the shops/pub etc.

GSW

rubadub wrote:

You could just get a simple set of weights & chinning bar for your room- you already had a home gym, if you are not getting full on squat stands etc it will cost around the same as a gym membership. Thats all I started out with, have a bench too now. For cardio I cycle to work, and walk to the shops/pub etc.

And are you able to maintain a good physique like or do you have to restrict your food intake alot?

Wibbs

rubadub wrote:

You could just get a simple set of weights & chinning bar for your room- you already had a home gym, if you are not getting full on squat stands etc it will cost around the same as a gym membership. Thats all I started out with, have a bench too now. For cardio I cycle to work, and walk to the shops/pub etc.

I would agree with that. I personally can't stand the idea of gyms(I mean the usual gyms, not the proper specialised weightlifting places). It's not just one reason and it's not down to feeling exposed or any of that guff. I would just prefer to work out on my own or with mates. The expense is another aspect, when a set of weights, running shoes and/or a bike would cost pretty much the same. The very variable(sometimes dangerous) advice from trainers would come into it too. I'm just anti social in that respect and I'd be one lardy bastard if my ony outlet was a gym.

GSW

Wibbs wrote:

I would agree with that. I personally can't stand the idea of gyms(I mean the usual gyms, not the proper specialised weightlifting places). It's not just one reason and it's not down to feeling exposed or any of that guff. I would just prefer to work out on my own or with mates. The expense is another aspect, when a set of weights, running shoes and/or a bike would cost pretty much the same. The very variable(sometimes dangerous) advice from trainers would come into it too. I'm just anti social in that respect and I'd be one lardy bastard if my ony outlet was a gym.

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