So, January is here and my Gym is already full of new people who don’t have clue about how to train, Gym etiquette or sharing of the facilities.
However, I don’t blame them, we’ve all been there when we started our fitness journey.
The Gym can be an intimidating place if you are not comfortable in those surroundings.
The term “Gym-timidation” has been coined for such a situation.
Sweating, other people’s sweat, cold iron, Lycra clad ladies and muscle bound blokes in vest tops are all reasons why the Gym can be unappealing.
The alternative is working out on your own in the privacy of your own home, however, can you really motivate yourself to achieve your maximum without the encouragement of others?
It’s time to shift your view on Exercise in the Gym, as Body building has lost its appeal and importance in the fitness community.
The Functional Fitness revolution has changed the way we workout, as we want fitness that helps us outside the gym with exercises that helps us lift, move, play, dance and recreate ourselves.
The term “fitness” means adaption to a specific task and you don’t get that from isolated muscle training. Fitness has 11 components divided into three categories physical fitness, motor fitness and injury prevention.
Physical fitness refers to flexibility, endurance (muscular and heart), strength and speed. Motor fitness refers to Accuracy, Balance, Power, Agility and Co-ordination.
With this in mind, people want to exercise for than just health reasons and to lose weight / tone up.
People also want a challenge, to learn a new skill and get that sense of achievement that the elliptical or the bicep curl can never bring.
Therefore, it is no surprise that adventure races involving mud, Bootcamps,
Functional movement training, Hot Yoga and CrossFit have gained in popularity.
This is because a community of people working out together to achieve the same goal is more fun than the loneliness and isolation of your home.
It is not uncommon to pay a year’s membership to a health club, only to go once and never return, wasting both precious money and motivation.
Furthermore, working out in a community is much better when it comes to exercise adherence because it then becomes a social experience rather than putting earphones on and jumping on the treadmill, surrounded by people but interacting with no-one unless they are on a machine that we want to use which brings us full circle back to Gym-timidation.
Lots of people want to get fit, let’s make it a social experience and all train together to achieve the same aim, a better version of ourselves.
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