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Choosing between one of your interests.

  • 26-01-2014 11:07am
    #1
    King of Kings
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,695 ✭✭✭


    Kinda personal issue from sports perspective here.

    the day i feared has come.
    It's pretty clear one of my Martial arts or gym has to go.

    Reasons are probably cliched - I'm 36 , gf, kids, work.

    And basically I'm awol too much in the evenings which I can accept. I got away with it by training weights at lunch but that's not an option anymore.
    Training at 6am isn't when gym opens - as my bus is at 7.

    So essentially I need to pick one and retire the other.
    I'm quite sad at this - I'd siding with picking gym cos its' more flexible time wise and weights is kinda my first love.

    But I'll miss the martial arts stuff a lot , I'll miss the aspect of having a skill, sparring and knowing how to throw a few digs if you need too is never a bad thing.

    I could do a bit of both but I'm kinda afraid of that leading to a situation of doing both badly.
    Anybody make that decision or similar decision before?

    I'm be interested in experience and factors that went for a particular decision and any regrets or subsequent reversals of that decision.
    or anything.


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  • #2
    BrianD3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,513 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    Is a home gym (bench, cage, weights etc.) an option.

    I have a busy schedule in terms of work, looking after relatives, long commute - if I didnt have all the gear I need to train hard at home, I probably wouldn't train at all.


  • #3
    El Horseboxo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭El Horseboxo


    I had a similar dilemma.

    For me it was between kickboxing and weightlifting. Wouldn't have been feasible to do kickboxing at home by myself. So as I had built a home gym in Ireland at one stage. I'd just do it again here. Started with a bench and some dumbbells. Then got a good Olympic bar and some plates. Finally added a rack for squats and barbell bench/military press etc. Had a welder I know help me with modifications to keep costs down. Picked up second hand plates online for quite cheap. Got some kettlebells too and another barbell. Well under a thousand dollars to get set up. So probably 700 euro or so. Just look up used and second hand sites.


  • #4
    King of Kings
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,695 ✭✭✭King of Kings


    Thanks Guys

    home gym does sound like answer but space is at a premium already.
    saving for extention at moment which isn't for a gym :(


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