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**ddwayspd** · 01-02-2012, 07:33 AM

I'm going to join a gym in the next few days and I want to do it properly! I decided a few months ago I was going to join one and I've found one that is on the way to work and is open 24 hours a day, no contract and pretty cheap (£16 a month)

I'm not strictly attempting to lose weight or anything, I'm fairly average all round - about 5ft10/11 (175-180cm) and about 12-12.5 stone (77-79kg/170ish lbs) but am not very toned, little bit of a gut etc... I've also realised recently I don't really have a lot of stamina; a short sprint/full speed bike ride and I'm properly knackered so really I'm aiming to improve my stamina and just get a bit more defined in the arms/chest/abs area.

I've never been to a gym before at all so have no idea how to use any of the machines. I'm sure most of them are fairly self explanatory and there's an induction when you first join up if you want it, but I'm just wondering what people would recommend as a routine to try and get into to achieve what I'm after, what the best machines would be to use, how often to go and how long to go for?

01-02-2012, 07:33 AM	#1
ddwayspd Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 571 Senior Member	I'm going to be joining a gym (I know I know... new year blah blah blah) I'm going to join a gym in the next few days and I want to do it properly! I decided a few months ago I was going to join one and I've found one that is on the way to work and is open 24 hours a day, no contract and pretty cheap (£16 a month) I'm not strictly attempting to lose weight or anything, I'm fairly average all round - about 5ft10/11 (175-180cm) and about 12-12.5 stone (77-79kg/170ish lbs) but am not very toned, little bit of a gut etc... I've also realised recently I don't really have a lot of stamina; a short sprint/full speed bike ride and I'm properly knackered so really I'm aiming to improve my stamina and just get a bit more defined in the arms/chest/abs area. I've never been to a gym before at all so have no idea how to use any of the machines. I'm sure most of them are fairly self explanatory and there's an induction when you first join up if you want it, but I'm just wondering what people would recommend as a routine to try and get into to achieve what I'm after, what the best machines would be to use, how often to go and how long to go for?
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