Gymmer or non-gymmer?

I did try it once, up at 6 in gym by 7. Then became monotonous, and I found it very cliquey, trainers only wanted to help younger women in their, even in those days, very skimpy gym wear. So stopped wasting my money, took up walking, much better for you and easier on the pocket.

No chance

Thanks.
I'm still trying to gear myself up that sort of thing.
It's a huge adjustment for me, so my mind hasn't caught up with my body yet.

MissAdventure

I can barely walk these days, so no gym for me. (Not that I went when I could walk!)

My mother-in-law (96, uses a wheeled walker) has been going to a chair exercise class for years.
Her local council sends a minibus round to pick all the elderly people up and take them home afterwards 🙂

...girls who spend an hour getting their make up right before entering the gym and then stand around gassing for an hour.

I see some of these on the school run every morning, all dressed in their designer gym outfits and with the eyelashes on 😉

Also I am very uncordinated so when people are turning left of picking up the right or left leg I'm doing the opposite!

I'm exactly the same 😆 The reason I stayed away from the zumba/dance classes. I once took my niece while she was staying with me, and the pair of us spent an hour falling over at the back 😆

I could maybe swim, but last time I went, I was exhausted just putting my cossie on!!

I'm a member of a local sports club but only for the Aquafit classes. The thought of mindless artificial exercise on machines just seems nuts to me. I'd rather just walk.

I’m another who hasn’t seen the inside of a gym since school and has no intention of changing that. I walk, garden and clean the house. I have had arthritis in my knees since age 21 so the types of exercise I can do are limited.

I joined my local one for the swimming. I said good morning to someone who told me everyone was very friendly and then turned round to talk to someone else!

I'm thinking of giving up my membership as I have no one to play badminton with and they don't have any classes that appeal to me- plus I don't trust people who say you can go at your own pace because experience has told me you can't. Also I am very uncordinated so when people are turning left of picking up the right or left leg I'm doing the opposite!

I can barely walk these days, so no gym for me. (Not that I went when I could walk!)

I used to go to the gym about four times a week - pilates and yoga classes, some weight training, some swimming. I think some people who have never been to a gym have a bit of a weird idea of what it is like. I've worked out alongside people who have lost their legs and are working out from wheelchairs, people who are very overweight, cage fighters, and girls who spend an hour getting their make up right before entering the gym and then stand around gassing for an hour.

Go to the classes and meet a lovely group of people and have a coffee afterwards. One of the ladies who came regularly to our gym was 82 - she was a tiny lady who wore her towelling beach shorts to work out. She did classes for suppleness and strength, weight training to build her muscles and a bit of cardio. She said she didn't want to lose her ability to hike with her family.

Well, Ive got my Sweaty Betty and Lululemon but quickly skirt the gym for the swimming pool which is usually a tranquil slow activity unless you have to contend with a tsunami in your face by the "serious" swimmers; you know, goggles, nose clip, timer on their wrist going for gold like sharks who have scented blood.

i actually can't think of anything worse than going to the gym

I’d run a mile at the thought of any exercise classes - some sweaty person shouting at you. Was v likely put off by the sadistic PE teachers at school.

However I’m half thinking of joining the local David Lloyd - but only for the pool. It’s a short bus ride away and I’ve always enjoyed - or rather never actively disliked - swimming.