Why Join a Gym?

For majority of my 39 years of living, fitness has been a part of my life. When I hear friends or associates discuss how they can’t understand the reason for joining a gym or can’t understand what value joining the gym brings, it confounds me. I am more committed now more than ever to share with friends, family or whoever will listen to me the benefits that joining a gym can bring to their lives. This has led me to recommending three reasons (pick one) why signing up for gym will help (even if it’s temporarily) you reach your health & fitness goals.

Reason #1: Increased motivation toward health and fitness. You ever seen someone sign up for a membership at a gym and then all of sudden come up with all these fitness (and sometimes unrealistic) goals? There’s the lose-thirty-pounds-in-thirty-days goal. There’s the six-pack-in-a-few-months goal. The best one? The looking-just-like-a-celebrity goal. This increase in enthusiasm is brought on by the fact it is something new that can possibly result in something great. While this excitement doesn’t last for many, and many more quit within the first month, it is the possibility that you could actually transform your body and your health with a first step of joining a gym.

Reason #2: “Misery loves company”. We have all heard this phrase before. For many, it simply means some variation of “it is much easier to suffer when you’re suffering with others”. For gym goers, this applies. You are more likely to work out at the gym and suffer through the workouts surrounded by many strangers than you are to workout in the convenience of your home. If your hopes is to finally “take this workout thing” seriously, let this be a reason to join the gym.

Reason #3: You are paying for a service. Another reason why joining a gym can help you reach your fitness goal is due to having to pay for a service. This will not work for all. For those who are economically conscious, signing up for a gym is an incentive to actually use the facility since the alternative would mean a waste of money every single month. For those of you who hate losing money, go ahead and sign up. You might start working out.

There you have it! You can always find value in anything, right? Even in something like joining a gym. A long as you care for it, you’ll easily identify the benefits. If you can’t identify the benefits in joining the gym, you can always lean on friends (HangwithG) to help provide some motivation.