I was talking to one of my clients this morning, and he was recounting a story about how he used to go to a big open gym here in town, and "spin his wheels?"
I asked what he meant, and I was told that he would get dressed drive to the gym, and basically wander around the expanse of shiny chrome machines, occasionally sitting and doing a few reps at a random weight that "sounded doable"
I think more often than not, most people with gym memberships buy them with the intent to use them to their full potential, but then life gets in the way and allows for excuses. Then, you keep paying the membership, telling yourself you will EVENTUALLY get back to your routine, that just happened to suck even when you were doing it.
Learn from someone who is passionate about the subject that you seek to be better at. Open gyms aren't for searchers, those looking for the best way to get fit, and maintain it, push its limits, those who look outside the box. Open gyms teach us that if you are a mother of two, all you can do is stroll on a treadmill, or ride a bike while you watch the jumbo-tron TV or lift little pink dumbbells. Our mothers, female executives, we all, train in as athletic a way as possible, jumping lifting, twisting, exploding, trying to produce the best "you" that you can.
Consider what you are trying to accomplish, just showing up, or improving everytime you show up?
