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Kelt · 10-12-2014, 05:23 PM

It's been a while since I was in here for a reason. I haven't been doing "exercise" for a while. I moved and in doing so lost my beach. I really don't like gyms or exercising indoors. However, I need to. Now that I am mostly settled it's time for a reckoning. I live in a place that has winter and I will need to acclimate, just because I don't like something isn't a pass to neglect my health.

I've been under an enormous amount of non-stop stress for about four months and it has taken it's toll. I saw my regular workouts decline due to small injuries which just made me mad and feel like everything was just unfair for a while, not the best reaction. I was doing other activities related to moving with the whole boxes and stairs thing that seemed endless due to having to take it slow so as not to wake the sleeping giant (other big injury issues), but it wasn't enough.

I let the whole let's-be-healthy thing go to the shitter with stress eating (ice cream) pretty much no sleep for extended periods, and irregular activity.

So here I am on the other side needing to pay the piper. I've been to most of the gyms in my area and have decided on a plan of action. (All subject to derailment at the whim of doctors coming up soon). I have gained some weight and need to get that off toot sweet. Much to my surprise, most of the places here don't have and have never heard of Arc trainers.

I found one national chain that has half a dozen but the place itself is horrid for me. Actually it's perfect; just a few blocks away, only a year old so all the equipment is new, uber clean, open 24/7 and there are never more than a few people in there, and dirt cheap. Now, this will sound stupid, but it is the ugliest place I've ever been, literally makes me nauseous. There is another local gym across town that is the 'nice' place and they have only two arcs BUT also a nice salt water pool in a glass enclosure so you can see the sky and the mountains. At triple the price of course, a bit of a drive, but clean and many more amenities.

So here's the game plan: I'm going to join the one I don't like so I will have access to the arcs which is critical for me doing cardio as I cannot have impact on my spine; and it will get me to build the habit and not have excuses like, "it's ten whole minutes away" or " what's that white stuff on the ground?". I'm going to do a really unbalanced workout intentionally for a short time e.g. almost all cardio for three months to burn off the extra weigh, combined with right eating that will be long enough to take off the stress weight and then I will switch over to the nicer gym once I have a) established the habit where it's close and easy to get to, and b) have the lbs to where it makes sense to add back some resistance work. Note: I will continue with PT which is mostly resistance based.

At that point I should be able to continue on with a balanced workout of cardio, weights, and swimming until spring which comes late here, May-ish, and if I'm lucky with the medical establishment

I might be able to get into bicycling which is the total obsession of this city along with pretty much anything you can think of outdoors. But I would love to get into cycling if it's in the cards for me.

Now all I have to do is follow through.

10-12-2014, 05:23 PM	#1843
Kelt Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Beach Butch Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 2,751 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 19,765 Thanked 15,317 Times in 2,539 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	It's been a while since I was in here for a reason. I haven't been doing "exercise" for a while. I moved and in doing so lost my beach. I really don't like gyms or exercising indoors. However, I need to. Now that I am mostly settled it's time for a reckoning. I live in a place that has winter and I will need to acclimate, just because I don't like something isn't a pass to neglect my health. I've been under an enormous amount of non-stop stress for about four months and it has taken it's toll. I saw my regular workouts decline due to small injuries which just made me mad and feel like everything was just unfair for a while, not the best reaction. I was doing other activities related to moving with the whole boxes and stairs thing that seemed endless due to having to take it slow so as not to wake the sleeping giant (other big injury issues), but it wasn't enough. I let the whole let's-be-healthy thing go to the shitter with stress eating (ice cream) pretty much no sleep for extended periods, and irregular activity. So here I am on the other side needing to pay the piper. I've been to most of the gyms in my area and have decided on a plan of action. (All subject to derailment at the whim of doctors coming up soon). I have gained some weight and need to get that off toot sweet. Much to my surprise, most of the places here don't have and have never heard of Arc trainers. I found one national chain that has half a dozen but the place itself is horrid for me. Actually it's perfect; just a few blocks away, only a year old so all the equipment is new, uber clean, open 24/7 and there are never more than a few people in there, and dirt cheap. Now, this will sound stupid, but it is the ugliest place I've ever been, literally makes me nauseous. There is another local gym across town that is the 'nice' place and they have only two arcs BUT also a nice salt water pool in a glass enclosure so you can see the sky and the mountains. At triple the price of course, a bit of a drive, but clean and many more amenities. So here's the game plan: I'm going to join the one I don't like so I will have access to the arcs which is critical for me doing cardio as I cannot have impact on my spine; and it will get me to build the habit and not have excuses like, "it's ten whole minutes away" or " what's that white stuff on the ground?". I'm going to do a really unbalanced workout intentionally for a short time e.g. almost all cardio for three months to burn off the extra weigh, combined with right eating that will be long enough to take off the stress weight and then I will switch over to the nicer gym once I have a) established the habit where it's close and easy to get to, and b) have the lbs to where it makes sense to add back some resistance work. Note: I will continue with PT which is mostly resistance based. At that point I should be able to continue on with a balanced workout of cardio, weights, and swimming until spring which comes late here, May-ish, and if I'm lucky with the medical establishment I might be able to get into bicycling which is the total obsession of this city along with pretty much anything you can think of outdoors. But I would love to get into cycling if it's in the cards for me. Now all I have to do is follow through.