Hi all,

I recently found out that as a part of my job I get access to a small gym in the building. I think it has your basic cardio equipment and some other stuff for building muscle (but small enough I don’t think there is equipment to do stuff like dead-lifts or whatever in there).

I don’t know anything about working out really, but I could stand to lose some fat, which draws my attention to the treadmill that they have. I am not so concerned about building muscle and everything that involves.

I have mostly neglected going to gyms for 3 reasons.

  • They are usually out of my way
  • I don’t usually have the time
  • I don’t want to spend what they charge

All three of these are now non-factors now that I have found out I have access to this one.

I would be using it twice a week as that is how often I am actually at the location.

So my question is, since it’s not really something I have ever looked at - if I want to lose a bunch of fat, what do I do? I can try to diet first off, and I am glad to take suggestions on what worked for other people in that regard, but more so I just don’t know how long or how fast I should run, what equipment is good for this otherwise, or really anything about using a gym.

Please note that the facility is self-serve and has no staff - they just have cleaners come in each day to clean it, the rest is up to you. I do not have the money to spend on something like a personal trainer, and the location doesn’t offer such things as well given its self-serve nature.

Thank you.

  • Fyrnyx@kbin.melroy.org
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    12 hours ago

    Without reading the comments, working out is just a part of getting in shape but not the entirety. To have the entire focus is multi-pronged.

    Caloric Discipline is an important part, you should burn more calories out than you take in and to assist this, you need to set a fitting calorie number for yourself. Some intermittent fasting can help but that’s only recommended in a pumping-the-brakes fashion and not something you should rely on full-time.

    Definitely agreed on gym memberships, they are a scam. I would know, I kindof am in one and was roped into it quite deceivingly in fact. The only way out of it is to pay the remaining amount of my time which is too much right now. The gym facility is not the problem, the distance isn’t the problem, the people aren’t the problem even (except when they hog up a lot of the equipment by deciding to sit around or on them while tinkering with their phones. Like, seriously?)

    The problem is their business model and even the attitude of some gym facilities who push these contracts and their business sense. Definitely ugly people.