I have to admit, they are one of my favorite topics: gym contracts, long-term, optimistically concluded and soon forgotten. No more dumbbells, no more cable machines, just monthly debits as a recurring reminder of your own failure. How can that be, I ask my friend, who knows the topic. A fitness freak. Owner of a studio himself. Equally top in theory, practice and your own body modeling.
He says that the studios live from you card file corpses (not a nice word, maybe we can think of a better one). More than half of its members are not returnees, but are permanently absent, but are still useful. They subsidized the others in the fitness business, the minority of regulars.
How do I do that?
Without them, the monthly prices would be much higher than they already are. Without them nothing would work. They also paid for the others. Your membership fees are generous donations, but there is no chance of a donation receipt. This is not the only reason why the question arises: How do I manage not only to pay for the studio until the subscription ends, but also to train regularly?
This text comes from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.
Health researchers agree that it makes sense at any age. So how do I manage to get into the car regularly, i.e. three times a week, or onto the biobike (those are the ones without a motor, if you know what I mean) and drive the 20 minutes to the studio to relax there move, train, shower, get back in the car or get on the bike and drive the 20 minutes home? How do I do that?
You don’t have to train
How to do everything on the way to a fit body, says my friend. Don’t start with a hundred, but with one. With the weights, with the stretching, with everything. First of all it has to become the same over and over again. To routine. To automatism. Like brushing your teeth, he says. And how do I make training feel like brushing my teeth?
Very simple, he says. You start at one. Or at zero. At zero? Yes, he says. There are studies that recommend the following to the notorious studio skipper: Drive to the studio regularly for a few weeks, go to the changing room, open your locker, close it and drive back home. Make this a routine, as stupid as it sounds. It has the huge advantage that you don’t have to train.
After a few weeks you start training, because if you go to the gym three times a week anyway, you might as well train there, otherwise it doesn’t make any sense, it’s like brushing your teeth without a toothbrush. This theory didn’t entirely convince me, I have to admit. But it would be worth a try, maybe.
