Fair enough.*
I suppose I forgot for a moment that I was a gym instructor for a long time, so I
should know more than most when I'm at home heaving around my pissy dumbells.
But still, in reality (in my opinion), most people would get the results they wanted if they stopped eating ****, did some sort of aerobic stuff, and maybe a few dumbell flys and curls (etc) in their garage
. For instance, there's a group ride I often do which ends up with a few of us riding passed a gym in Port Melbourne, and most of the guys on the bikes look a lot better than the peope inthe gym, even though the bike dudes only ride their bikes and maybe do a few pushups at home.
If you feel you're getting a lot out of it, then good, but it must be costing you. And I dunno if things have changed since I was a ****** instructor, but most gyms aren't littered with exercise physiologist, rather bimbos and himbos like me, who get 12 bucks an hour, and only have a 12mth Vic Fit certificate,
A lot of people join a gym coz they reckon they're gunna find the quick/easy answer to get what they want, which is the same reason **** like Ab Blasters, etc, sell so well. It makes me farkin sick when I see Elle Macpherson claiming she maintains her body with three 20min Pilates sessions a week!!
The sales chicks at the gyms I worked at used to spin **** to get people to join, then I was to one who had to see the look of disappointment on their faces when i told them that to achieve their 'goals' there may actually be some hard work, discipline and -- shock, horror -- dieting involved.
*this has obviously turned into a rant*....
The ******** that fat people used to give me about what they ate was pathetic. It would usually take me about 15 mins in the office to break them, then they'd gradually start admitting that they ate kgs of chocalate a week, and drank litres and litres of the highest calorie mixed drinks on weekends.
I eventually got farkin sick of lazy, fat people expecting me to give them the magic solution to all their problems.
. Faridinkum, some people think they can spend 2 hours a week at a gym, continue to eat ****, but still end up looking like Elle. I got a bit shitty with a few people when they'd say stuff like: "I've been coming here for 6 months and I don't look any different", almost insinuating that it was my fault. I'd then get them to admit that they still ate a lot of ****, then I'd crack it a bit.
Jeez, I was all gung-ho and bright-eyed when I got my first gym job, thinking I was gunna change to world, but after a few years I was a beaten man, and my gym work drew me to these cynical conclusions:
1) Most people are farkin lazy slobs who don't deserve a better body.
2) Results are ultimately determined by genetics and food than by any particalur exercise(s) or level of hard work, so lower your expections.
3) One or two more sets will do nothing, so just go home!
*Sorry to puncuate you post, but it was driving me knuts