Re:Ask HN: Advice from people who strength train from home
by ambicapter on Monday February 06, 2023 @05:13AM
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I’m one of those people who goes to the gym regularly without anyone telling me to (and have seen multiple gym partners come and go). The “secret” is that I enjoy it and the gym is less than 10 minutes from my place (walking).
Re:Ask HN: Advice from people who strength train from home
by mcv on Monday February 06, 2023 @05:28AM
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Yeah, I don't enjoy it at all, I'm afraid. I've even done some crossfit for a year, and at some point I was going 3 times a week. Still hated it, but I somehow managed to get some discipline and regularity behind it.
I did enjoy how it made my back feel, but then Covid hit and everything went out the window. It's really hard for me to work up the will to do it and then build up the regularity to keep doing it. I hate it too much. But I do love the result.
I do think a lot of people need a people-based source of motivation, whether it's a human connection such as a PT or a friend who nags you to go with them, or an upcoming sporting event you've told people about like a marathon, or an online community.
Example of the latter: I had friends who after we moved apart post-Uni did 100pushups.com for a time with a shared spreadsheet to track progress against each other. That was quite fun.
People who can David Goggins their way through without any of that are fantastic, but I don't know what their secret is. Mine have always been people-based.