LPT: Before you get a gym membership… KNOW THESE THINGS / ASK THESE THINGS BEFORE SIGNING UP FOR A GYM MEMBERSHIP. By: someone that has worked at multiple gyms specifically working with members and their contracts. 1. Enrollment Fee and Annual Fee are two different things. Enrollment fee is a one time fee that you are charged at sign up. You will never be charged this fee again as …

LPT: How to cancel your gym membership without the hassle When you tell then you’re cancelling, they’ll tell you that you need to come in to sign “paperwork”. Act confused and say that you’ve already moved so you’re not sure how to do that. Boom, all of a sudden they’ll cancel it right then and there :). And for extra caution, if they ask where you moved so you can travel to a gym close, look up the s…

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LPT – How important is the gym? Yo what’s up! I am 27 and I have been on and off to the gym many times in my life, never more than a couple months consistently (probably because im lazy and dont like it). I am just looking for some insight on how important the gym can be outside of the vanity/muscle gain aspects. As I get older i am noticing people in their 40s/50s more often …

Financing Gym Equipment Never posted here, please be cool. I am considering purchasing ~$1,000 in exercise equipment from Bowflex and, while I could pay outright, I’d prefer not to and am considering financing the purchase. Their site says no interest if paid within 18 months, which would be ~$70 a month and I have zero concern meeting that through the duration. Que…

Can a gym really send me to collections for a membership I never agreed to? Up until a couple months ago, I had a membership at Gym #1. It was a $10/month, cancel any time membership, not a 12-month or 6-month contract. A couple of months ago, they went out of business, so I signed up for a membership at Gym #2. About a week later, I got an email from Anytime Fitness (which is NOT one of the other 2 gyms I had signed up…

Will my camera work in high school gym lighting? Hi all, so as the title says, I’m wondering if my stuff will work in a high school gym. A student contact me on upwork about making a video for them at their basketball game. It was short notice and far away so I said no, but they said they’d reach out if the others were closer to me. I was also worried that my camera would be too dark. I have a…

This Home Gym Equipment Generates Power While You Work Out Exercise is so weird. We have to block off time, put on special clothes, and invest in expensive equipment or a gym membership just so we can possibly live long enough to see a colony on Mars. But the benefits of regular exercise are compelling, so most of us make at least some effort to stay fit, and with so many of… Read more…

Canceled Gym Membership Went to Collections, Now What? As stated in the title, I joined a local branch of Title Boxing Gym. I went for a few months, then stopped when I got a new job which caused my schedule to change so I could no longer go to the gym. I called to cancel my membership, and was told on the phone that it was all set, but of course I didn’t record the conversation (I know, I was a nai…

Gym has been charging me for over two years . Long story short gym as per usual said you have to cancel Via mail. I sent them a certified mail with a request to cancel my membership. USPS attempted to deliver this mail on 8/3, 8/9, 8/18, 9/27. That’s four times this gym just did not accept my certified mail . What is my next step I can take to end this fucking tomfoolery and get these leech…

Gym Chalk Is Your Secret Weapon for Lifting More Weight If you’ve ever seen someone chalk up before a big deadlift, maybe clapping a big cloud of the stuff into the air, you might wonder if it’s actually even doing anything. But chalk is a useful tool if you’re lifting heavy, so let’s dive in and talk about when you need it and how to use it. Read more…

Are gym supplements good niche to start with as a side hustle? My idea is to start a side hustle from selling gym supplements. I have 4 years of experience in graphic design and now I work as a UX/UI designer. That’s perfect because I can save a lot of money from branding to creating an attractive and functional website. Is this idea achievable? I live in EU in a small country and we don’t have many brands …

LPT: wear funny shirts to the gym to help overcome social anxiety Are you too nervous to go to the gym because you have crippling social anxiety that gives you the vibe that people are looking at you? I do, so I started wearing my T-shirt’s with funny memes on them or words. Now when people look at me I assume it’s because of my shirt. It’s helped a lot and gotten me some smiles and compliments so I figured I’…

LPT request: Motivation amidst crowded gym. I bought a membership to a new local gym (6 months at 120$ a month) about two months ago and was in love with it, getting up at 5am and going for 2 hours (it’s primarily kickboxing/boxing gym) I loved the class because it was quite small (roughly 5-7 people at 5am class) The instructors were attentive to our form and had us hit pads more often….

The Best TRX Exercises You Can Do at the Gym Suspension trainers are great for home workouts and for traveling, but you’ll also see the (often) yellow and black straps dangling from a pullup bar at the gym. What are they even good for, if the machine and dumbbell alternatives are right there? Let’s take a tour of some of the exercises that are actually best done… Read more…

The Rudest Things You Can Do at the Gym, According to Reddit We’ve probably all made a gym faux pas at some point. As a beginner, I know I was guilty of using dumbbells right in front of the rack; it hadn’t occurred to me that I was blocking others’ access. But most of us can master the basics of gym etiquette pretty quickly. And then we look around the room and—on a very… Read more…

LPT Request: How to initiate conversation at a gym. I know this one cute girl that comes to the gym the same time as me with her friend. So she never really needs spots or anyone to talk to as such. Without appearing like a creep, how do I start a conversation… . submitted by /u/PestiferousOpinion

LPT request: how to stop peeing so much after going to the gym I’ve recently started lifting weights and am shocked at how much I need to pee in the following hours. Google tells me it’s a healthy reaction, and that’s all fine, but it’s also incredibly inconvenient. I feel like I can’t leave the house because I need to pee every 20-30 minutes for the next 4 hours and need to block off the rest of the after…

Gym Story Saturday Hi! Welcome to your weekly thread where you can share your gym tales! submitted by /u/FGC_Valhalla