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Related: About this forumThe 27 Rules of Conquering the Gym (WSJ)
1. A gym is not designed to make you feel instantly better about yourself. If a gym wanted to make you feel instantly better about yourself, it would be a bar.
4. No one in the history of gyms has ever lost a pound while reading "The New Yorker" and slowly pedaling a recumbent bicycle. No one.
12. Nope, that's not a "recovery energy bar with antioxidant dark chocolate." That's a chocolate bar.
18. Be cautious about any class with the words "sunrise," "hell," or "Moby."
4. No one in the history of gyms has ever lost a pound while reading "The New Yorker" and slowly pedaling a recumbent bicycle. No one.
12. Nope, that's not a "recovery energy bar with antioxidant dark chocolate." That's a chocolate bar.
18. Be cautious about any class with the words "sunrise," "hell," or "Moby."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203471004577140900388728374.html
This cracked me up this morning, so I thought I'd share. (I also recognized a teeny bit of myself in a few of them...)
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The 27 Rules of Conquering the Gym (WSJ) (Original Post)
petronius
Jan 2012
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ZenLefty
(20,924 posts)1. #8 is talking about me.
petronius
(26,662 posts)3. Aww, that guy's all right, once you get used to him...
wildeyed
(11,243 posts)2. Funny! n/t
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)4. Excellent!
maddezmom
(135,060 posts)5. love 25! I'm thinking about making it my sig line
to remind me everyday when I'm DU'ing that I should have exercised first.
Raffi Ella
(4,465 posts)6. lol!
"You can take 10 Minute Abs, 20 Minute Abs, and 30 Minute Abs. There is also Stop Eating Pizza and Eating Sheet Cake Absbut that's super tough!"
These are great. T4p!
These are great. T4p!
Happy2323
(7 posts)7. energy bar
Great list!
And good reminder about the "recovery energy bar" lol my downfall
jackalan996
(4 posts)8. Re:The 27 Rules of Conquering the Gym...
Sorry, I'm not agree with you because gym is a place where we can maintain our body figure and loss over weights. It provide a place to meet with other and get advises for good health...