buying an elliptical

[ononimo]

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like i said, i know joining a gym is the best idea. but it's not going to happen. if that is my only option, i'll stay fat.

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why do you hate gyms so much? and how would you rate your eating habits?

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vetoed.

why won't the gym thing happen? Couldn't you and BF go together?

[gorie]

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like i said, i know joining a gym is the best idea. but it's not going to happen. if that is my only option, i'll stay fat.

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why do you hate gyms so much? and how would you rate your eating habits?

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it's not that i hate gyms, but i hate going places. i have issues.

eating habits are bad but im working on that.

[Reqtech]

I've done a bit of home equipment purchasing myself lately. If you have the motivation, you'll use it. I use my new (5 months old) recumbent bike for a good 4 hours a week.

I wanted to get an elliptical at first, since that's what I used the most at the gym. I went to a few fitness stores (also the crappy sports good stores like sports authority and Dick's) to go for a few "test runs".

Obviously, the sports good stores elips are trash.

The only ones I liked cost about $2500 in store (and not much cheaper from the ones I found online). I'm 6'5, so that may be a factor due to the world being made for short people.

So the moral of my little story is to make sure you test out any machine that you're going to buy. What may be comfortable for me may not be comfortable for you.

[gorie]

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So the moral of my little story is to make sure you test out any machine that you're going to buy. What may be comfortable for me may not be comfortable for you.

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thanks, good point...
and good to know you get use out of yours [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[gorie]

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thanks, but i weighed no less than 185 in those pictures.

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and you were sitting down with your body partially obscured in all the ones i've seen so height and weight is hard to determine.

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yes, good example of why you must always ask for body shots before meeting girls online !! ! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[ononimo]

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thanks, but i weighed no less than 185 in those pictures.

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and you were sitting down with your body partially obscured in all the ones i've seen so height and weight is hard to determine.

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yes, good example of why you must always ask for body shots before meeting girls online !! ! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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trust me, i would have asked you for a full body pictorial if that was the case [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[astroglide]

why not diet? it's free.

[Stuey]

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like i said, i know joining a gym is the best idea. but it's not going to happen. if that is my only option, i'll stay fat.

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why do you hate gyms so much? and how would you rate your eating habits?

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it's not that i hate gyms, but i hate going places. i have issues.

eating habits are bad but im working on that.

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I can never tell when you are joking or being serious I imagine you have the same problem figuring me out as well. Either way if this is actually the reason you don't want to try a gym there is nothing to be ashamed of. You might think this is a major character flaw but it is minor if you ask me that is if you do something about it before you get really cutoff from the outside.

Everyone has flaws and most are much worse than this. Drugs, smoking, sleeping around, you just didn't pick a very fun flaw!

You can change your weight, health, and you can become a person that likes to go places and try new things. Or maybe just a person that can go places that they feel they need to go is enough lets not get carried away you might end up as a stripper! None of this will be easy but that's a good reason to try it imo. And the changes happen much faster than you can imagine.

I also don’t like to go places and I have a constant struggle to force myself to get to the gym. I really don’t like when there are lots of people there and I have been going for years. Plus I was into almost every sport when I was younger and still do several so most people think I should fit right in there. But I don’t fit and that is ok I’m not there to make friends or impress people. I don’t think the uneasy shy type feeling will ever go away but it never kills me and some chicks even think it’s cute.

For future reference if I ever say something mean to you I am not being serious. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[gorie]

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why not diet? it's free.

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well, i still want to get exercise.