I decided to return to sports starting this week. No big deal, just jogging every morning and going to the gym to work out on the weekends.
Originally I intended to go to the gym every day too, but this was thwarted by two issues. First of all, work. Second… Oh wait, there’s no second.
The public sports center nearby that I’m using is open 9am to 10pm, and its running tracks a bit longer – especially in the morning, from 6am. The ideal work-out would be at least 40 minutes in the gym (preferably a whole hour) and then going out for a jog to relieve some muscle stress.
However, I’m starting at the studio every morning at 10, so fitting the gym in before work is basically impossible. I might be able to barely squeeze it in if I swapped jogging and the gym, but that’d kinda miss the point.
The other option would be going in the night, but honestly, after a whole day at the studio I can barely find the energy to breathe let alone to work out.
Thus it all came down to the compromise of jogging in the mornings (since that’s not a problem to fit in) and going to the gym in the weekends when I’ve got more free time in the mornings.
Why bother visiting the gym, just create a basic workout plan and do it at home, you save time, money and it’s no less efficient if you know which exercises to cover. There are different ways to solve it without exhausting yourself too much, and your body will still thank you in the end.
I have neither the equipment nor the environment for that at home.
Ok, thought that would be the case. But from own experience I can tell you that you don’t really need much to achieve the results you’re aiming for. Anyway, it was just a suggestion, I’m not intending to persuade you of implementing anything.
If I only intended to do push-ups or sit-ups, I’d be doing that, but I really don’t want to buy weights etc
With simply two dumbbells (+some weights) you can pretty much do everything. Well, as said this is my point of view. On the other hand of course you have enough other advantages if decide going to the gym, and in the end it doesn’t really matter since the keynote is the same after all, doing something for your body and health.
Laxx has the idea, maybe try yoga at home or something.