Why do people bother paying to Exercise?

The Jammy dodger

I dont understand why people sign up to the likes of ''JJB'' and other gyms to exercise when they can clearly just decide to lose weight other ways like Going for a walk or a run. Or running up and down your stairs and making your own weights and getting on yer bike.

The amount of money these gyms must make out of people is a joke. People spend X amount a year on absolute rubbish they could replicate themselves and cut costs.

starviewadams

Because it's very easy to procrastinate when you exercise at home,whereas when you go to the gym there's feck all else to do but exercise.Plus swimming pool/steam room/sauna,classes etc too.

My gym costs €250 for 14 months so not bad value imo.

chiloutus

Yeah & why do people pay for restaurants!! Sure you could go and get the ingredients and cook them yourself!
Those places must make a fortune off people each year when they could go out and make it themselves saving money!

Its business, and convienence

Sindri

Because we don't own swimming pools.

aaronjumper

If you make the effort to go to the gym chances are you will exercise.
Whereas if you are at home you might not do it regularly enough, if at all.

Tefral

What do you do when you want to lift heavy weights?

I can see it now you saying it to the missus:

"sorry love no washing the clothes tonight, im benching the washing machine"

ICANN

I used to enjoy going to the gym. People have different interests and for some people the gym is an enjoyable place for them to do their exercise like fellas who do weights in groups and people who do classes.

I gave the gym up when I stopped enjoying it and started seeing it as a chore. I looked up one day while on a cross-trainer at the back of the room and saw every else doing exactly the same thing like hamsters on their wheels.

I much prefer walking and cycling but I don't fancy cycling on London roads so I have an exercise bike which isn't as fun but sure it'll do.

There's nothing wrong with the gym if people like going but yeah the prices are stupid- don't know how they justify them. It's a tenner to go for a swim in my local pool!!

Mardy Bum

'Lifting weights is the best way to lose weight'

---Lance Armstrong.

cml387

Because there is an assumption that merely by spending the money,one will lose weight.

Kevin Duffy

I love exercising outdoors, but it's very difficult to check out the hot-bodied girls wearing bra tops and lycra pants if I'm only running past the gym they're in, so I'll pay the money and improve the perving experience for myself.

The Jammy dodger

I dunno. I think there is more of a fun and outdoor way of losing weight or gaining some muscle than just sitting in a room full of sweaty hamsters going nuts on the machines thats all. I think it's a waste of money too.

efb

The eye candy!

starbelgrade

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

a room full of sweaty hamsters going nuts on the machines

InTheTrees

I'm a gym addict. Over an hour almost every day.

There's absolutely no way on earth you could replicate their facilities at home for a similar cost to membership.

I actually get a lot of motivation out of having people around doing the same kind of thing even though I dont do classes or group stuff. The eye candy is pleasant too.

Tonyandthewhale

Mardy Bum wrote: »

'Lifting weights is the best way to lose weight'

---Lance Armstrong.

Second best surely. He lost a good four stone through cancer although I'm not sure if that includes the teste.

BraziliaNZ

Because I get all the weights equipment I need, which would cost a fortune and I've never owned my own place. And I can have a steam room and sauna afterwards, which makes me feel fantastic. Or have a swim or play squash. Love it. It's my sanctuary. Plus I can perve on hot chicks.

Captain_Generic

Between a €25 set of weights from argos and running around my area i've been sorted for several years. Played rugby at a fairly high standard with people who went to the gym religiously and I can't say there was much of a difference in fitness and development. Seems like a complete waste of money to be honest

InTheTrees

Everyone should be getting at a minimum twenty minutes of Sweat Exercise a day. That means warming up, reaching a level of sweatiness and keeping it there for twenty minutes.

Thats the daily minimum.

Anyone who's doing that and still dislikes using a gym then I'll respect their opinion.

Otherwise...well...

:eek:

Doc Ruby

ICANN wrote: »

like hamsters on their wheels.

Good eatin on them things.

InTheTrees wrote: »

Anyone who's doing that and still dislikes using a gym then I'll respect their opinion.

When I was growing up all the big lads were lifting blocks out their back gardens. I don't use gyms since the time and expense isn't really worth it. Eye candy, has anyone ever actually pulled a fellow gym goer? Its not my eyes that need the candy! I do chinups at home, lift weights, jog down to the Atlantic ocean and swim for half an hour, then jog back. Nothing much to see there except a gang of hoary oul bastards, but then again I'm not looking to pull them either! I sometimes box as well, I've a homemade bag from a great outdoors purchase.

BraziliaNZ

Doc Ruby wrote: »

Good eatin on them things.


When I was growing up all the big lads were lifting blocks out their back gardens. I don't use gyms since the time and expense isn't really worth it. Eye candy, has anyone ever actually pulled a fellow gym goer? Its not my eyes that need the candy! I do chinups at home, lift weights, jog down to the Atlantic ocean and swim for half an hour, then jog back. Nothing much to see there except a gang of hoary oul bastards, but then again I'm not looking to pull them either!

If I had my own gaf and had a squat rack and olympic barbells and 200kg of plates I'd not bother with a gym, but 99% of people who want to lift heavy don't have that, so they go to gyms

Sleepy

The only gym near enough my house that I'd use it costs a fortune. Used to be a member of the same chain when I lived in Deansgrange, earned a bit more and didn't have a family to support out of the paycheque. It's the luxury I miss most tbh.

I have a bench in the shed but no room to set it up, no pool / steam room / plunge pool at home and Irish weather's a bitch to get out and run in...

BraziliaNZ

Sleepy wrote: »

The only gym near enough my house that I'd use it costs a fortune. Used to be a member of the same chain when I lived in Deansgrange, earned a bit more and didn't have a family to support out of the paycheque. It's the luxury I miss most tbh.

I have a bench in the shed but no room to set it up, no pool / steam room / plunge pool at home and Irish weather's a bitch to get out and run in...

Is that the 70e a month one near your location? I used to go there when I lived in Dublin, had a flat in the crescent across the road, those were the days...

IM0

why do people pay to have a drink in a bar when they can go to the offy

" " " go to the cinema when they have a tv @ home

" " " buy chips in chippers when they can cook sliced potatoes at home..........

see where Im going with this OP

InTheTrees

Doc Ruby wrote: »

Eye candy, has anyone ever actually pulled a fellow gym goer? Its not my eyes that need the candy!

God no. The eye candy is simply that. Eye... candy...

However it probably still makes up 20% of my motivation for going to the gym!

Dirty old man? Sure. absolutely.

BraziliaNZ

Why do married men pay for prostitutes when they can have sex with their wives?

Lia_lia

So I can have a shower at the gym, clearly!

Logical Fallacy

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

I dont understand why people sign up to the likes of ''JJB'' and other gyms to exercise when they can clearly just decide to lose weight other ways like Going for a walk or a run. Or running up and down your stairs and making your own weights and getting on yer bike.

The amount of money these gyms must make out of people is a joke. People spend X amount a year on absolute rubbish they could replicate themselves and cut costs.

I never had room anywhere i lived to keep 300 kilo of metal, a few long bars etc etc.

IM0

also there is exercise and structured work outs. one you dont break a sweat at really, the other you do

bb1234567

Its horrible to go out for a run in the irish weather. Its dark by 4.30/5 and if you go out earlier when its not dark youre running against strong winds (which is really annoying because you go about twice as slow and it feels like your not going anywhere fast and making no progress) and the rain spitting in your face. A run on a threadmill in a nice bright clean gym is far nicer and it counts your progress/times/calories too.

leggit

convenience

motivation

range of equipment

girls wearing very tight clothing...



Threadmills are the stupidest thing ever though and don't know how people use them???

Andromeda_111

I work out both at home and at the gym. For the days that I just want to go straight home and relax for a while I end up doing a work out there. Just finished a hiit/sprint workout which took 30 mins in the comfort of my kitchen If I need to do heavy weights then I haul my ass off to the gym and get my value for money there.....Ben Dunne rocks

Captain_Generic

bb1234567 wrote: »

Its horrible to go out for a run in the irish weather. Its dark by 4.30/5 and if you go out earlier when its not dark youre running against strong winds (which is really annoying because you go about twice as slow and it feels like your not going anywhere fast and making no progress) and the rain spitting in your face. A run on a threadmill in a nice bright clean gym is far nicer and it counts your progress/times/calories too.

On the other hand wind resistance makes you work harder, and i've heard (granted, from people who may be retarded) that the varied terrain and gradients of running outside is a much more thorough workout.

Another advantage is that you have to actually get BACK to where you started (which i've always found to be a great motivator), rather than just stepping off the treadmill when you feel like it:D

LighterGuy

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

The amount of money these gyms must make out of people is a joke. People spend X amount a year on absolute rubbish they could replicate themselves and cut costs.

I remember seeing Liffey Valley Fitness in 2007 charging a whopping 700 euro for a years membership. Ben Dunne gyms have always been the cheaper and smarter choice to use.

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

I dont understand why people sign up to the likes of ''JJB'' and other gyms to exercise when they can clearly just decide to lose weight other ways like Going for a walk or a run. Or running up and down your stairs and making your own weights and getting on yer bike

I think thats your opinion of gyms. A gym can be a good thing. As long as you don't pay something mental like Liffey Valley Fitness.

It has all the equipment needed for what ever the member has in mind... loose weight, tone up, gain muscle or just to stay healthy. In my local gym some members even just use it to swim and get a steam.

oranbhoy67

I pay to to go to the gym but the thing i dont understand is when groups of women pay to go to the gym only to walk on the treadmill... whats the point of that.. its dead annoying when you are waiting to use one and its full of fat-arsed women strolling along chatting to each other... if you want to lose some weight then break some sweat fatties!!!!!!!!!

BraziliaNZ

oranbhoy67 wrote: »

I pay to to go to the gym but the thing i dont understand is when groups of women pay to go to the gym only to walk on the treadmill... whats the point of that.. its dead annoying when you are waiting to use one and its full of fat-arsed women strolling along chatting to each other... if you want to lose some weight then break some sweat fatties!!!!!!!!!

To check out hot dudes like me

Captain_Generic

oranbhoy67 wrote: »

if you want to lose some weight then break some sweat fatties!!!!!!!!!

The only thing they'll be breaking is the machines

QuiteInterestin

It depends where you live. I personally wouldn't feel comfortable going for a run on my own in the area that I live during the winter evenings, much safer going to the gym.

JokerD

To a certain extent I'd agree, if I just wanted to do cardio then I wouldn't join a gym. I used to do a lot of cardio before I wanted to bulk up and this would involve road running, cycling and sports in general. I would pick running in the pouring rain over running on a treadmill everyday of the week.

However when it comes to weights it's a different story. Yes you can do weights at home like I did for a while but it just isn't the same as the gym. Some of the machines can work certain muscles that are harder to work when doing it at home.

If you're into bulking up then you need to be lifting heavier each set you do, at home this will involve constant switching over on your dumbells and barbells and eventually these will become too light for you anyway. You'd be surprised how your strength can fly up in the gym. Having someone there to spot you when lifting is a major asset, at home people might be content to just do enough without over streching themselves, this won't get you very far if your goal is to get bigger.

You need to shock your muscles and this is achieved by lifting a weight that at first seems almost impossible for you to lift. You won't bench much at home unless there's always someone around to help.

Temptamperu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNE_2v3_JF0

amacachi

Captain_Generic wrote: »

Between a €25 set of weights from argos and running around my area i've been sorted for several years. Played rugby at a fairly high standard with people who went to the gym religiously and I can't say there was much of a difference in fitness and development. Seems like a complete waste of money to be honest

They were doing it wrong.

JokerD

oranbhoy67 wrote: »

I pay to to go to the gym but the thing i dont understand is when groups of women pay to go to the gym only to walk on the treadmill... whats the point of that.. its dead annoying when you are waiting to use one and its full of fat-arsed women strolling along chatting to each other... if you want to lose some weight then break some sweat fatties!!!!!!!!!

Walking is a good way to lose weight and some women don't fancy walking the streets or country roads at night on their own.

whatdoicare

I have allergy induced asthma so I pretty much can't work out outside for most of the year so I have no choice but to work out at a gym - also not much room at home for a work out (also, I'm more likely to lay out on the couch eating biscuits instead at home):P

Pace2008

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

I dont understand why people sign up to the likes of ''JJB'' and other gyms to exercise when they can clearly just decide to lose weight other ways like Going for a walk or a run. Or running up and down your stairs and making your own weights and getting on yer bike.

Making your own weights, are you having a laugh? We're not all blacksmiths, believe it or not. Would you trust your own makeshift bench and power rack to support well over a hundred kilos too, McGuyver?

Gyms are extremely useful and worthwhile for people who put them to good use. There is no room for argument there.

RickRoll

There's something really ironic about Ben Dunne owning a gym.

Captain_Generic

amacachi wrote: »

They were doing it wrong.

Either they were ALL doing it wrong or I was doing it right:p

BraziliaNZ

JokerD wrote: »

Walking is a good way to lose weight and some women don't fancy walking the streets or country roads at night on their own.

It's not really, they just need to sort their diets out

JokerD

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

It's not really, they just need to sort their diets out

Sorting their calorie intake will help them lose weight yes, add walking to it and you'll lose even more.

BraziliaNZ

JokerD wrote: »

Sorting their calorie intake will help them lose weight yes, add walking to it and you'll lose even more.

An hours walking would probably burn like 200 calories or something, 2 slices of bread. Anyway not an argument for this thread but I'm sure you know where I'm coming from

JokerD

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

An hours walking would probably burn like 200 calories or something, 2 slices of bread. Anyway not an argument for this thread but I'm sure you know where I'm coming from

I know what you're saying, just that I've seen the weight loss that some family members have achieved with walking long distance everyday(at a good pace). Obviously the diet plays a big part too.

john t

diet what you eat is a big issue but just getting out and walking makes people happy and fell good..

EdenHazard

Gym is essential, most people who are against weights are jokes and thus opinion doesn't count. A cousin of mine goes to the gym, he's a lad but hasn't touched weights ever, he doesn't want to be 'muscly' :rolleyes: