Comments on: Dear Mark: Should I Join a Gym?

By: atve

atve — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:45:32 +0000

Have been waiting for this kinda stuff for years

By: Physical Fitness Standards | Mark's Daily Apple

Physical Fitness Standards | Mark's Daily Apple — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:13:55 +0000

[...] blind through tunnels, dragging heavy objects, raising a ladder. You could probably drop your gym workouts and do nothing but this test a few times a week, and you’d be in fantastic [...]

By: How to Keep New Year's Resolutions | Mark's Daily Apple

How to Keep New Year's Resolutions | Mark's Daily Apple — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:34:12 +0000

[...] the same time people fall off the wagon in droves. New eating habits are thrown to the wayside. Gym memberships go unused or are cancelled. Forget April: perhaps February is the cruelest month – the falling [...]

By: Weekend Roundup - Hell Yah edition | Aerobics Blog

Weekend Roundup - Hell Yah edition | Aerobics Blog — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:40:38 +0000

[...] let’s finish this up with a piece from Mark’s Daily Apple about reasons to join a gym. I’m on the fence for this one. Yes, I do belong to a gym and yes, I do use it frequently. [...]

By: Weekend Roundup - Hell Yah edition : 60 IN 3

Weekend Roundup - Hell Yah edition : 60 IN 3 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:59:48 +0000

[...] let’s finish this up with a piece from Mark’s Daily Apple about reasons to join a gym. I’m on the fence for this one. Yes, I do belong to a gym and yes, I do use it [...]

By: Computer

Computer — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:36:06 +0000

This is the way things should be, get off what we are on now

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:26:46 +0000

I would recommend that everyone join a gym, that atmosphere, the commradery and the drive that you get from seeing other people work out and achieve is immense.

By: Starting over « No Magic Pill

Starting over « No Magic Pill — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:45:18 +0000

[...] fitness: joining a gym or not, recession diet, what that as-seen-on-TV exercise gizmo really does, never a bad time to check your [...]

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:21:18 +0000

I like a mix of at home/outdoors and the gym. I don’t have the “heavy lifting” set-up of a gym at home (and no room for it), and I like to lift “heavy” with squats, deadlifts and the like. I really need a squat rack and full bar for some of it – the gym gives me that. Other days, my dumbbells, pullup bar or the great outdoors are plenty. Figuring out your needs and likes – including if you actually will get to the gym – is key.

By: Danielle T

Danielle T — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:58:13 +0000

In my perfect world, I’d get all my exercise outdoors–rock climbing and mountain bike riding mostly. The two gym memberships I maintain allow me to keep fit in the real world of a full-time job, early sunsets and inclement weather. I don’t much care for the vibe at the “regular” gym where I swim laps but it doesn’t matter because I just get in there, put on my underwater music player and enjoy the zen-like solitude and bliss of my underwater world. The climbing gym is a totally different scene. I meet friends down there 2-3 times a week (arranged and impromptu) this time of year and always have a great time. I hear new music, visit, laugh, tailgate sometimes and always stretch, climb, hit the treadmill and/or do pull-up sets. As others have noted, there’s no cell or chores to distract me. And since my teenager is on the climbing team, she’s right there and I know she’s having fun and getting exercise, too. Climbing is great for strength building and very primal. Most towns of any size have climbing gyms these days. Check it out if you have one nearby!