The WSJ offered up 27 Rules of Conquering the Gym.
Here are my favorites from the list:
1. A gym is not designed to make you feel instantly better about yourself. If a gym wanted to make you feel instantly better about yourself, it would be a bar.
4. No one in the history of gyms has ever lost a pound while reading a book, magazine or newspaper and slowly pedaling a recumbent bicycle. No one.
6. Don’t fall for gimmicks. The only tried-and-true method to lose 10 pounds in 48 hours is food poisoning.
14. You can take 10 Minute Abs, 20 Minute Abs, and 30 Minute Abs. There is also Stop Eating Pizza and Eating Sheet Cake Abs—but that’s super tough!
19. If a gym class is going to be effective, it’s hard. If you’re relaxed and enjoying yourself, you’re at brunch.
21. Muscle shirts are for people with muscles, and rhythm guitarists.
26. A successful gym membership is like a marriage: If it’s good, you show up committed and ready for hard work. If it’s not good, you show up in sweatpants and watch a lot of bad TV.
27. There is no secret. Exercise and lay off the fries.
To see the full list …
Tags: exercise, gyms, Weight loss
The Homa Files 
January 10, 2012 at 9:30 am |
Ah yeah … that’s was good stuff.