I could run to the gym but after my workout I would be to tired to run back.
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2024
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It's 114 degrees today. I'm not walking anywhere
It's 30 degrees and I live in a "miserable" humidity area. If I tried to run outside, I'd end up in the hospital. I walk to the gym anyway.
Just walk halfway to the gym and then give up and walk home.
It's really hot here, I drive a kilometer to the gym so I can run under the AC.
My area has been under a heat advisory for most of the last week. If I ran, I would do so on a treadmill.
But if you walk a mile there and a mile back that's 2 miles. Maybe that's too much.
Maybe it's storming.
Maybe the sidewalks are too uneven.
Maybe manbearpig is on the loose
Then I drive another 3 miles to taco bell then I drive 20 miles to save 3 cents per gallon on $50 worth of gas, then I do workout victory burnouts in the parking lot. I DO IT BIG NINJA
OH MY GOD every time I hear some Midwestern person tell me how proud they were that they drove 20+ miles (one way) to save <$1 per gallon on gas. They're so disconnected, gas is just a requirement of living. Distance does not compute in their calculation, it's just "yup I saved money".
Even if you did save money, that's an hour of driving. Even at minimum wage was it worth your time to do that?
midwesterners will drive an hour everyday and call it an easy quick drive
hell theyd call a 3 hour drive not too bad
I mean, a 3-hour drive is not bad if you don't do it all the time.
My car needs cardio too
I mean, if it means I don't become a victim of vehicular manslaughter.
Or don't twist an ankle having to trek up and down hills without sidewalks. And if you have bad knees, that goes double.
We do this because being in that specific physical space helps us do the thing.
Also it's hot out.
I'd also add that people who don't work out probably shouldn't make memes about it.
Joker works out he takes on Batman in several instances just because we don't see him at the pile or sling some iron doesn't mean he wasn't! Probably working on his tire flips behind the bank when we get to him in the movie.
They meant you...
Nah can't mean me, I hit the gym.
But seriously, I know, I'm just choosing not to feed an attack over a meme with...what.. proof I touch grass? Lmao none of us owe that to anyone in a shitposting sublemmy
Nice.
Outside of temperature control as others have mentioned, there's also a greater sense of security while exercising, showers available, and seeing others train can motivate you if you're the competitive or visual sort. Plus treadmills are less impactful to your knees compared to trail runs so they are good for recovery/casual runners.
In all honesty, gym memberships are terrible value for money by itself. Its value comes from convenience and saving time for a person who wants to train with some consistency.
I think they're only a bad value if you only use the treadmill. If you use a wide variety of the machines and free weights, it feels pretty practical
Yeah it's a practical option for people who want to exercise on the regular, I call it 'terrible value' because you can exercise for free without machines/access to weights if you really want to save some money - body weight exercises, public parks etc.
I enjoy a paid gym membership myself, it saves me a ton of time. I just wouldn't recommend the same to one strapped for cash, 'good' gym memberships aren't cheap where I am (I pay a hundred SGD a month). I should have been more specific.
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