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home workouts or join a gym?

Been going back and forth on this all week with no answer yet.

Legs have been wrecked lately, standing all shift at work, that hike where I was shaking on the way back down, now driving lessons adding sore shoulders on top. I know I need to start something regular instead of just reacting to whatever my body did that day, but every time I try to pick a starting point I freeze up.

Part of me wants bodyweight stuff at home, less intimidating, no gear, no membership fee eating into my paycheck. Other part thinks if it’s just me and a mat in my living room I’ll end up skipping it same as everything else, no one keeping me honest.

Anyone who started from nothing, did you go the home route first or just bite the bullet on a gym?

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  • SleepyOtter10.26 23:30

    Standing through a whole shift and then your legs just give out on you, I know that feeling well. Bookstore shifts have me on my feet for about 4 hours at a stretch, and by the end my legs feel exactly like yours did coming down from that hike. I told myself the same thing, that I needed something regular instead of just reacting day to day, but I never picked a lane either.

  • SunnySide10.27 12:44

    the no one keeping me honest part is exactly why home never stuck for me either, only changed once I picked the same time every morning before anything else got in the way

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