![]() ![]() If you go for the community you find in smiling desk attendants, waving small children, silly costume days, we are here for you. Bullshit For as long as gyms, marketers, and people pushing fad diets have been promoting their New Year, New You messaging and selling everything from in-home workout equipment to. If you can barely walk that first lap on the track and feel embarrassed or ashamed, I am proud of you. The time where people complain about over-crowded gyms and the resolutioners who are going to quit within a month. levels always decline with time, hence the February resolutioners. ![]() If you are using exercise to fight the invisible battles between your ears, I am proud of you. If you are joining a gym for New Years it can seem a little intimidating to start. Other machines had someone at them and someone waiting. I did my usual warmup, and walked around to find no open machines except those that someone had slopped the wipe down fluid on. If you are joining for the two hours of childcare to maintain your sanity, and take a shower in peace and quiet, I am proud of you. I knew there would be some resolutioners, but did not expect a packed parking-lot and packed gym. ![]() If you’ve been going every day for years, consistency is awesome and I admire you, and am proud of you. To my fellow gym nuts, as the Resolutioners begin their annual pilgrimage of I came, I tried, I packed it in after two months, remember that patience is a. As a studio owner, this means you’ll be missing out on a huge chunk of revenue over the latter half of the year. If you show up and decide to go to only cycle classes because they are dark and you think nobody can see you and your extra pounds,* I’m proud of you. 80 of New Members Will Quit Within 5 Months Research suggests that 80 of January gym-joiners quit within five months. If you are a star athlete and want to be stronger, faster, more agile, cool! Get after it. If you don’t even make it to the door, and sit in the parking lot, because you are anxious, I am proud of you for trying. You shouldn’t be upset about that, but just realize that your favorite elliptical might be in use for the next few weeks. Be Patient: Everyone is at the gym because they want to get healthy. If you make the effort, I am proud of you. So after my first and second visit to the gym this week I came up with a few tips to surviving the resolutioners. I have never been athletic, and I’ve always struggled with my weight. That was in large part due to joining the YMCA of Greater Kansas City and finding myself accepted into a wonderful and diverse community of people trying to improve themselves, too. ![]()
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