Lose Weight

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More lesser known gym tips before I go on my hike:

1. If you are overweight and self-conscious, know that no one is judging you when you are at the gym. I’ve spoken to many overweight people who are insecure about their weight and have this conception that fit people at the gym are thinking “Ew what are THEY doing here?” When really from listening to the fitness community it’s the COMPLETE opposite. People are actually thinking things like “way to go!” and “we all have to start somewhere”. Things like that, they are supportive, not cruel

2. The horrible hunger from a diet is always worse in the very beginning. I don’t know the science behind the hunger hormone grellin, but something does change with your stomach and hormones and your body gets used to a reduced food intake. It never becomes completely amazing feeling (at least not for me), but it doesn’t stay as miserable as it starts

3. Circuit training or super sets are a great way to keep heart rate up while lifting, I do it almost exclusively unless training a heavy compound like squats. This is where you immediately start a set of a non-related muscle group without a rest break. So going from back to chest for example. The thing is, you can only be on one machine at a time to be polite. So if you are doing this, whatever machine you are not physically on, you aren’t on. You should NOT try to contest and say “I’m working on this machine AND that machine”. Let people use the other one and find a different one to cycle on to