working out
one of the criteria i had when setting out to find a new place to live was close to gym.
it was down there on the priority list (even lower than it was on the list in that entry, really), mostly because i think my definition of “close” with regards to a gym was pretty stringent. i’m just as close to a few gyms now as i am to the central library, but while i drop in at the library once in a while, i can’t see myself going to one of the nearby gyms regularly, even though they’re about the same distance away.
the biggest factor is that i’m just not comfortable at a gym. it is an environment that plays into the worst of my insecurities. would the situation really be different even if there were a gym in my building? i’m not sure, but i lean towards doubting it.
so i’m thinking of getting an exercise bike, perhaps a recumbant one. the proform crosstrainer 55 seems to get pretty good reviews and is in a reasonable price range. the danger, of course, is that i end up with a $400 purchase that ends up collecting dust in a corner.
and while i’m bringing up the criteria i had set out, i have to say i really hit it out of the park on morning light.
i get an amazing amount of light in my apartment.
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that’s why they make televisions.
i just doubt i’d actually do much riding with a real bike. first there’d be the need to get to an area where i could actually ride (downtown doesn’t exactly have lots of open stretches of road). and if this is a daily routine, it’s not like the scenery gets any more interesting the 30th time you’ve done it. things would be different if i lived in a more suburban or rural area (or near the beach).
who knows, i could end up doing both. doing some riding on the weekend certainly sounds like fun.
I have to agree with Martin on this one.
I find them boring but I have a friend that does his morning ride on one while reading and loves it. I'd have to agree that downtown LA isn't the best place to spin laps and it's not that it's really about biking for you anyway. I think if given an option of treadmill, nordic ski-thingy, rowing machine or stationary bike I might do the bike. It's just about doing something that gets up your heartrate, so if the stationary bike works do it.
I think that to do exercise out of house is much more enterteining than in a gymnasium
get a personal trainer - then there's no "gym crowd" and you're learning a lot of new exercises that you would have never had a clue of before.
I'm generally in favor of a gym over in house gym equipment. The equipment is an eyesore and difficult to hide and it gets boring. At the gym there's plenty to do. And if you don't go, you can imagine all that money flying out the window every month. As for self consciousness or whatever, it's a good thing to be in that middle 80%. You'll be surprised at the range of people who go.
That said, biking or hiking or skiing or whatever will always be more fun and more scenic, but it sounds like you're looking for a daily option. Aside from jogging, I don't know what's left. Most gyms will let you try them for a week free before trying to rope you in.
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Judging from my point of view, working out on exercise bikes is incomparably boring. I usually ride a real bike outside, which is 10^6 times more interesting (due to the changing sight) than exercising indoor while staring at the wall or outside a window.