Personal Narrative: How Gym Changed My Life

So you’ve finally done it. After months and months of promising yourself you would get fit and healthy, you’ve finally joined a gym. Good for you! Now, the last thing I want to do is dampen the joy you’re probably experiencing right at this moment, but I do feel like I should warn you that things only get harder from here. If you’re going to get the results you’re after, you’re going to have to put in a lot of work at the gym, performing just the right exercises just the right amount of times. If you have no prior health and fitness experience, you can expect to make a couple of mistakes right off the bat. That’s just fine, mistakes are inevitable. That being said, I do want to use my extensive experience in this area to help

After a year of weightlifting I realized that I was no longer doing this for anybody other than me. I was doing this to become the best me. My actions in the weight room are not as far-fetched compared to the

One of my best friends, who was on the track team before, told me how painful and gruesome the amount of exercising we had to do was. Because of this annoying but helpful fact she told me, I started going to the gym. At that time I wasn't a member of a gym. The next day I asked my parents for a membership at the gym, the Y. I started going three times a week. I had a day for abs, legs, and arms and and I saw a differance in my muscles immediately.

In this situation, I learned that I am capable of handling so much more than I think. My behavior post-workout is evidence that my intervention plan works. For every workout that I completed, I felt more motivated to keep going. Every moment of success meant that I needed to push myself so that I stay consistent with my workouts. Both my physical and emotional well-being were elevated because I believed in

On 03/03/2017 at approximately 0900 hours, I woke up and started getting ready for the gym. I drank my pre-workout drink and left my house for the gym. On my way to the gym, i stopped to one-stop nutrition shop for a protein shake. I worked out on my shoulders in the gym. On my way to home from the gym, i stopped at a hot bagel shop and got two turkey burritos. After i got home from the gym, i start getting ready for work. At 1245 hours, i left my house for work. On my way to work, i stopped for gas at Chevron gas station on the carefree highway. I bought two monster drinks and one protein bar from the gas station. I arrived at work at 1330 hours, but my briefing for work start at 1400 hours. My sergeant brought pizza for the whole squad.

Regardless of the fact I had no idea what I was doing, I was desperate to just get something done. I did push-ups and sit-ups before I went to sleep every single day, along with jogging on my treadmill in the basement every other day for a whole year. I saved up my allowance, and bought a pull-up bar and a pair of dumbbells. I used all the equipment at my disposal for the duration of that year. My motivation sprung from the fact that I could actually see my progression; I doubled the amount of push-ups and sit-ups I could do, I was able to run at higher speeds, and I could even do one pull-up. I decided to take it to the next step, and signed up for weight training my junior year. This was a class where you follow a strict weight training program in the school’s weight room. Most people signed up to knock off a required gym credit, and fooled around instead of following their plan. I was one of the few people who actually did what they were supposed to, which was lift. I followed my training plan to a T the whole year, and I can say it was the best decision I’ve made in a while. I’ve lost 4% of my body fat while gaining around 20 pounds of muscle ever since my junior year. I am in the best shape of my life as a result. Now in my senior year, I am happily taking the class

I started very slow. My first week I must have gone to the gym about two times.

Although working out has never been a problem, it was always finding time. Between work and school, I would always find an excuse to not go to the gym. However with this self-change project, I might find a way to regularly attend the gym.

If for example, I have to work late, I lift weights when I get home and if it is too late I workout the next day. By increasing muscle it has helped me to lose an inch around my waistline. I have been successful so far because I made plans before starting back on what I would do to overcome any barriers and seeing the results has helped me to build self-esteem, which has pushed me to continue as well.

Throughout this journey of exercise, I also changed my eating habits for the better. Which really helped improve my physical habits, and gave me strength in my workouts. My main help and support came from my mom she really pushed me into working out every day with her this past two weeks. Much of my progress is owed to her; she really supports me in everything so much so that even she changed her eating habits for me. Ultimately the biggest challenges for me were procrastination and constancy. By procrastination I

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At first, I was unsure about going to the gym, than I went for a few days and found

Exercising also boost confidence. This I find to be true from personal experience as I am a happier self when I exercise. In addition, I find motivation within myself because although high school was 3 years ago I don't see why I can’t be that active in college.

People get really excited because they already see themselves going to the gym everyday and looking good at the end of the year. They gain motivation by watching fitness videos and food choices. But when the time comes to start eating healthy and start going to the gym, their lassitude takes over and their willpower drops. They think to themselves that they can not do it and that physiologically messes your brain up to think that you can't actually do it. People see all the fit people and think that they just have that body, but what they don't apprehend, is that the people that they see with fit physiques , started not looking the way they do. They were once neophytes as well. It takes time and discipline to achieve that body., and what people need to do is think how much better their lives would be if they actually went ahead and started working on

What motivated you to go to the class each time, participate in the class, follow through with your fitness plan and lose the weight?