Published on 12, July, 2020
I haven't been to a gym in ages. After Christmas, I decided that I really needed to lose a few kilos and get fitter. So I joined my local David Lloyd club and I have so far been going three times a week for the past three weeks. I was very nervous at first. The people, the noise, the light, the temperature all make me anxious. I have now learnt to try and zone out with my noise-cancelling earbuds and it seems to be working. I hope to commit to going three times a week at least because the membership is expensive.
I've joined a gym for the first time in over a decade, then the very next day I got COVID and have had to stay at home!
As others said I really enjoy the repetition and the programming/planning although I tend to be a little too focused on the detail sometimes rather than just go and enjoy myself. I did have a squat rack, weights and a few other bits in the garage but my powerlifting obsession turned into a woodworking obsession so now the garage is a workshop as it was easier to find a separate gym to go to than finding a separate workshop space.