I have just read in a magazine which says the following:-
Exercising with someone at your own age may help you to stick to your workout. University of British Columbia survey found that women of all ages strongly preferred working out with their peers.
This is indeed very true. My 2008 has been a real life example. I re-join gym in Jan 2008 after 5-6 months of quitting as my current travelling job do not permit me to visit the gym every single day. After nearly 6 months with no gym, I feel the need to get back to one as I feel lethargic and tired very easily. Upon signing up, I was still reminding myself to workout as often as I could. I used to drag myself to gym with the feeling that "I HAVE TO EXERCISE" and therefore I must go.... few weeks down the road, I get to know more friends at gym and we go for classes together...It is really a very good motivator. It had made exercising so much fun and interesting...slowly, we are more than gym friends. We have dinner together, spend weekends at gym together, movies together and even travel together. Going to gym with peers has made so much different...so, if you are still dragging yourself to workout, find a group of friends with same interest..with no surprise, you get to find true friends too at times! And I have been telling myself "I WANT TO EXERCISE" instead of "I HAVE TO EXERCISE".
We have dinners together!
From left (Front) - Anson, Lydia; (Back) - Myself and Jian
We celebrate birthdays together!
We travelled together!!
Heheh...we countdown together too! Happy 2009!!
Exercising with someone at your own age may help you to stick to your workout. University of British Columbia survey found that women of all ages strongly preferred working out with their peers.
This is indeed very true. My 2008 has been a real life example. I re-join gym in Jan 2008 after 5-6 months of quitting as my current travelling job do not permit me to visit the gym every single day. After nearly 6 months with no gym, I feel the need to get back to one as I feel lethargic and tired very easily. Upon signing up, I was still reminding myself to workout as often as I could. I used to drag myself to gym with the feeling that "I HAVE TO EXERCISE" and therefore I must go.... few weeks down the road, I get to know more friends at gym and we go for classes together...It is really a very good motivator. It had made exercising so much fun and interesting...slowly, we are more than gym friends. We have dinner together, spend weekends at gym together, movies together and even travel together. Going to gym with peers has made so much different...so, if you are still dragging yourself to workout, find a group of friends with same interest..with no surprise, you get to find true friends too at times! And I have been telling myself "I WANT TO EXERCISE" instead of "I HAVE TO EXERCISE".
We have dinners together!
From left (Front) - Anson, Lydia; (Back) - Myself and Jian
We celebrate birthdays together!
We travelled together!!
Heheh...we countdown together too! Happy 2009!!
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