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want to go to the gym but....

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  • 02-07-2008 12:09am
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    the_follwer
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    im petrified that onlookers will think im a joke as i dont know what any of the machines are for..i know the running machine but i dont know how to operate them either. what am i going to do~?:(

    anyone from cork here that goes to bishopstown leisure centre?


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    Naos
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    "What am I going to do?"

    You're going to have to man up. Ask one of the fitness instructors how to operate the machines. No one is going to be looking at you and if they are then ignore them, clearly they've nothing better going on in their lives.


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    Hanley
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    Ask one of the instructors to show you around and how to operate everything.


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    patrick_micheal
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    Hanley wrote: »
    Ask one of the instructors to show you around and how to operate everything.[/quote

    That is true the btowns gym has got many instructors and will spot you and give you advise to You. In the hopes you might sine up for a three months trial. All you need to do is stick with it.


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    r3nu4l
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    A decent gym will usually insist on showing you how the machines operate BEFORE letting you loose on them :) This is partly done to stop you claiming for any injuries and partly to ensure that you don't break their expensive gear :)

    Secondly, anyone who has the time to stand around gawking at your work out is a timewaster (unless you are paying them to observe) and you shouldn't even be concerned with what they have to say/laugh at about you.

    There isn't a single person using a gym that didn't once walk in and look at all the contraptions and weights and think 'OMG, what have I gotten into?' :)

    If you are really freaked out by this you could get a once off personal training session (hire a PT) and get him/her to show you what's what :)


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    g'em
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    If he was going to luck up the cojones to go the gym I'd have hoped he'd have done it 5 months ago when the thread was first posted ;)


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