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[Travis Retriever]

Q:  What do you call a successful dieter?

A:  A bodybuilder.

--Me, inspired by Menno Henselmans.

[tnu]

I sexually identify as a road and I demand that you respect my right to be funded by taxation.

[Travis Retriever]

http://www.collegehumor.com/post/6997442/new-york-city-expectations-vs-reality?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=pod&utm_content=taboola-pod-on-ch-article&utm_campaign=recommendationsutm_source=taboola&utm_medium=pod&utm_content=taboola-pod-in-1x2&utm_campaign=recommendations
ALL MY YES! 

[Travis Retriever]

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."—Eleanor Roosevelt

[Travis Retriever]

Posted for fucking truth!  C'mon people! You can't use the money you'd save on a wasted gym membership on a smartphone with GPS so it can track your distance walked/ran/hiked/etc, Calories burned, etc?  Hell, mine came with an app that does that for free!

[Travis Retriever]

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/what-happens-to-your-body-an-hour-after-drinking-kale-juice/story-fneuz92c-1227480836738
So awesome. X3

[dallen68]

Posted for fucking truth!  C'mon people! You can't use the money you'd save on a wasted gym membership on a smartphone with GPS so it can track your distance walked/ran/hiked/etc, Calories burned, etc?  Hell, mine came with an app that does that for free!

OK, so some people like walking in the air conditioned gym, instead of the random outside, why is that a problem?

[evensgrey]

OK, so some people like walking in the air conditioned gym, instead of the random outside, why is that a problem?

MOST people who buy gym memberships never use them, or use them very little.  Given that all you need to do to walk is to go outside and do it, getting a gym membership you probably won't use to access a treadmill to walk on seems rather foolish.

Further, if the place is half a mile or so from your home and you jog there and back, you've just DONE your basic cardio without ever going inside.

[MrBogosity]

What if it's raining? Or what if you're like me and have a bad knee and need an ellipsoid machine for cardio?

[evensgrey]

What if it's raining? Or what if you're like me and have a bad knee and need an ellipsoid machine for cardio?

Rain rarely lasts long enough at a high enough intensity to be a serious impediment to a walk outside, between rain coats and umbrellas.  (Rain is more of a problem for joggers, as it's harder to jog while wearing a raincoat or carrying an umbrella.)  High winds, with or without rain, are more likely to be a problem for a walker, especially if it's cold.

As the specific example was using a treadmill, your second objection doesn't apply.

[MrBogosity]

Rain rarely lasts long enough at a high enough intensity to be a serious impediment to a walk outside,

Come to the Carolinas sometime!

[evensgrey]

Come to the Carolinas sometime!

I'd like to, actually.  The winter weather is a hell of a lot nicer than it is in the Ottawa Valley.

[MrBogosity]

I'd like to, actually.  The winter weather is a hell of a lot nicer than it is in the Ottawa Valley.

Yeah, but spring, late summer, and fall, it gets very schizophrenic. You have more polar weather; we have bi-polar weather.

[evensgrey]

Yeah, but spring, late summer, and fall, it gets very schizophrenic. You have more polar weather; we have bi-polar weather.

Oh, we have that as well as the deep-freeze winters.  For instance, the temperature is supposed to go from about 30C to about 16C in the next six hours as the storm front goes through.  (We've been waiting for it for days, since this unseasonable late-summer head started up.  This is temperatures normal for July here, not August.)

[MrBogosity]

Oh, we have that as well as the deep-freeze winters.  For instance, the temperature is supposed to go from about 30C to about 16C in the next six hours as the storm front goes through.  (We've been waiting for it for days, since this unseasonable late-summer head started up.  This is temperatures normal for July here, not August.)

One April we had 6 inches of snow, and the next day it was 80F. People were going around in shorts and t-shirts with snow covering everything!