What’s your gym personality?

We mostly go to the same types of gyms, they have a row of cardio stuff, some machines, and a free weight area.  Be that as it may, we don’t all use the gym in the same way, I think everyone can be put into a few categories…let’s take a look.

Free weight only (maybe a few of those girly machines too).  Some days I fall into this category.  Sound the lunk alarm at Planet Fitness!

Machines only—these people like to do circuits, the same one every time they come.

Cardio only—(sometimes called cardio bunnies) –these folks get on the elliptical or treadmill for 20 minutes to 2 hours at a mid level speed and then shower.  They faithfully come years but just don’t look any different!  We know the culprit don’t we?  NUTRITION. 

Free wheelers—these guys do things that you’ve never seen before and thought you’d only ever see on an X-rated movie, like a guy doing hand stand pushups on a moving treadmill or jumping like a frog from one side of the gym to the other….this category is fun these folks always give me new ideas, check out the crossfit shovel workout!

Balanced approach: Naturally most people would say they fit here but I don’t see that from my experience at gyms I’ve gone to.  But this is generally where we need to be (depending on your goals of course). 

Just like your nutrition you need to plan what you’re going to do otherwise you’ll just fall back into what’s comfortable and you won’t push yourself to new levels. Give yourself variety so that you don’t get bored and stop coming.  Remember though to come back to the basics to see how you're progressing.

Second you should record your exercises so that you know what you’re going to do and then how you did.  You can keep track of your progress in various ways but however you do it you can look back on your benchmarks a year from now and be encouraged by your progress.  You can do that on a blog, a notebook or there’s a nice workout tracker on Bodyspace.