Is gym fitness effective?

The answer is yes, but the premise is that you use the right method and are willing to persist. Otherwise, let alone the effect, you may suffer sports injuries.

When I first applied for a gym membership two years ago, it was a typical negative example. I went almost every week for the first three months, but every time I took a ten-minute check-in photo, ran for twenty minutes, then sat in the rest area and touched my phone, and occasionally grabbed a dumbbell and swung it around on a whim. My movements were crooked and no one warned me at my grandma’s house. After three months, my body fat did not drop, my muscles did not increase, and my wrist was twisted because I was holding the dumbbells in the wrong posture. At that time, when I met everyone, I said that the gym was an IQ tax, no different from setting up a yoga mat at home for aerobics, and it was a waste of thousands of dollars.

I’ve seen both the two factions that are quarreling on the Internet now. One side says that gyms are the best solution for ordinary people to exercise. The equipment is all good and the atmosphere is good. You won’t be able to achieve the same effect if you practice at home for a lifetime. The other side says that gyms are just traps for selling classes. Running downstairs and doing bodyweight training at home can also be practiced. In fact, there is nothing wrong with what both sides say. The core depends on what your needs are. If you just want to move and sweat every day and maintain the basic level of activity, then there is really no need to spend that money. Night running in the community and aerobics following online videos are enough. But if you have clear goals, such as gaining four or five pounds of muscle in three months, or losing three or four points of body fat, and developing a clear waistline or back groove, then the professional equipment in the gym can really save you several months of detours.

Later I also wanted to train my back. I hung against the door beam at home for more than half a year. I couldn't pull up even half of the pull-up. I gritted my teeth and found a reliable coach to adjust the movement plan. Every time I went to follow the divided training plan, when practicing my back, I used a high pull-down machine and an auxiliary pull-up rack gradually. After adding weight, I was able to pull a complete standard pull-up in just one and a half months. After more than three months, the lines of my latissimus dorsi muscles became much more obvious. I used to look bulky when wearing tight tops, but now my back is thin and I can wear anything smoothly. Several friends around me followed me to get the card because they saw the big changes in me.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that just joining the gym will be effective. I have been in the gym for almost two years, and I have seen too many people who have signed up for the annual membership and only come for the first week. Some people also use heavy weights every time they practice, and their movements are ridiculously wrong, and they don’t listen to advice. There is an older brother who got the membership at the same time as me. Every time I practice deadlift, he bends his waist and pulls to death.

To put it bluntly, the gym is a tool, just like if you want to carve, if you are given a full set of professional carving knives, you will not be able to use it. It may not be as easy as carving with a utility knife, but if you can use it, professional tools will definitely be much more efficient than wild tools. The effect is never determined by the gym, but by how much effort you put in, whether the movements are standard, and whether you can endure the initial soreness period and persevere.