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Gyms - General |
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19/07/02 (199 review reads) |
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Advantages: Bigger muscles, Social aspect, Strength
Disadvantages: Huge amounts of food required, injuries through lack of form, aches & pains
Today is my birthday, (old git!), t'was this very day 2 years ago that i decided to get fit or sommert ? I tried running at first and for a while it suited me, (i lived near a country park and it was summer), but i began to get bored with running, and as the long winter nights began to draw in i found it more difficult to go out after work, 6pm-ish, and go pounding the mean streets.
I also nearly got killed by a maniac in a Vauxhall Nova wearing a cap, who clearly thought he has Colin MacRae or someone, apparently he wasn't and wrapped his car around a lamp-post some 30yds from where i was runnin'.
Anyway, a couple of good friends of mine recommended the gym, Shock Horror ! What ? Me ? The gym ? Couldn't see it at first, pictured all these well muscled guys with great tans takin' the piss outta me !
So i decided to buy a small set of dumb bells and set up trainin' on me own to see what happened !
Fortunately i got some great advice on trainin' tips, the importance of form, the importance of food and the need to sleep. (The food and sleep thing were no problem, i'd been practicing that for years).
Results came slowly, it is very difficult to motivate yourself no matter how much you try, so i eventually got my arse down to the gym !
Ok, the gym i picked is as follows:
Small
Nothing but free weights
Hardcore
No facilities
full of serious body builders
Only £1 per usage
Why did i pick a gym like this ? Why not a posh one where swimming and sauna facilities are available ? Well my answer is simple:
Money, why pay a fortune when the only thing you will ever get out of training is what you put in anyway, i'm getting serious value for money folks ! And, Hardcore body builders are not pretentious dick heads like posers at posh gyms !
I find the people that i train with are the salt of the earth, they are helpful, will "spot" train y
ou whenever you need and are genuinely encouraging when they see you trying your damn best !
So, i've accidentely stumbled into something that i'm now seriously addicted to.
The addiction comes from many aspects, the main one being the difference in my body every time i take my kit off ! (oo-er!) It comes from the Endorphines that rush into the body following training which makes a person feel really good, (damn horny too). It comes from the social aspect, all my mates are bodybuilders these days, creates a top buddy feeling amongst us and is a serious talking point at any drinkin' session. They have a name for people that get addicted to this acceptable form of masochism, there called Gym Rats, and like a packet of pringlesl; Once You Pop, You Can't Stop !
It isn't everyones cup of tea, and sometimes i wish i hadn't started, what with the aches and pains and routines and diet (7000 calories+ a day), but i have to say the rewards are awesome, and it is something that is with you & on display that is to be proud of !
Go on, get stuck in !!!!!!!
The disturbed one !
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