• Dagnet@lemmy.world
    56·
    5 天前

    I swim year-round and this time of the year is hell. It’s summer and everyone decided to be more fit even though they know they will give up in 2 weeks, so the pool will be fucking packed with a bunch of people that don’t know the rules. I’m almost tempted to take break

    • saltesc@lemmy.world
      8·
      4 天前

      I got into outdoor sports to stay away from gyms. The only exception is I use indoor climbing gyms for training. You should try lake, river, or ocean swimming. I find swimming shore to shore really fun. It’s like travelling through the wilderness but with swimming 😁

      • Dagnet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        4 天前

        I’m not a fan of outdoor swimming and it would take 2hr+ for me to get somewhere I can swim outdoors, the pool is 2 subway stations away from my house, not an option unfortunately.

    • Kichae@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      4 天前

      Yeah. I switched to free weights last week in prep for not being able to access any of the machines at the fitness centre.

      At least the running lanes at the track usually stay empty. I needed to work on my cardio more, anyway.

      • Dagnet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 天前

        You are the opposite of me, my doctor told me to lift some weights lol, I only swim rn

      • Dagnet@lemmy.world
        22·
        5 天前

        Literally never said that but I’ve been swimming for 4 years at that place now. I have seen 0 people from the new year’s wave actually stick around. They all think a new number on the date changes things but it doesn’t, it never gets easier or harder, it’s about you yourself changing and that has no specific date to happen.

          • saltesc@lemmy.world
            1·
            4 天前

            OC literally talking about stopping doing the thing they do to get in shape, because of other people being dicks. You attempting to defend those people’s actions, as though OC—the one who is aware of etiquette so all can enjoy—is somehow the one who’s against people getting in shape.

            You have defended the baddies by using the good guy’s point, entirely too focused on gaslighting with it to realise. This, ironically supporting behaviours that stop people from exercising.

  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
    261·
    5 天前

    Next few days? For the next whole year! Why do you think gyms make their memberships so difficult to leave?

    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      19·
      5 天前

      Why do you think gyms make their memberships so difficult to leave

      Seems like something that’s mostly just an issue in the US. I just went online and cancelled my gym membership, it was like 3 clicks and I got a confirmation email of which day was the last day of the membership. Never heard from them since.

      • Anivia@feddit.org
        1·
        4 天前

        At least in Germany most gyms have 2 year contracts, if you want to be able to cancel your membership monthly you usually pay about twice as much

  • Lightfire228@pawb.social
    122·
    5 天前

    I am really looking forward to all the new fresh meat newcomers to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

    Being able to smash someone else’s face into the mat for once

    • stinky@redlemmy.comEnglish
      81·
      4 天前

      Hey! 🫵 That’s the “spread your legs and welcome a guy into them” sport!

        • stinky@redlemmy.comEnglish
          31·
          4 天前

          I tried it in college then just started getting railed in my dorm instead

          although a couple of women joined us and I got matched with one? it was her first time too. she had a heat stroke attack or something and passed our during practice and we had to walk in the rain to find the med center

  • kd45@lemm.ee
    1·
    4 天前

    Isn’t it the opposite because gym owners lose money when people actually use the gym?

    • ipkpjersi
      1·
      4 天前

      Well, presumably people are in the gym because they’re signing up, then they proceed to not show up for the rest of the year lol

  • Grippler@feddit.dk
    2·
    5 天前

    I always buy my membership in January, there’s always a discount and I know I’ll use it anyway. It’s always way too packed in January and February though, i hate it, I have to go either super early or late for it to be bearable.