{"id":40293,"date":"2015-04-23T21:56:17","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T02:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=40293"},"modified":"2015-04-25T22:06:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T03:06:26","slug":"dont-be-too-shy-to-ask-to-be-shown-how-to-use-the-machines-at-your-gym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/dont-be-too-shy-to-ask-to-be-shown-how-to-use-the-machines-at-your-gym\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t be too shy to ask to be shown how to use the machines at your gym"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As soon as I woke up this morning, I walked a mile up and down the street to psych me up for the gym. It didn\u2019t really psych me up but I went anyway. On days like this, I tell myself to just go and walk the treadmill until I wake up then I can leave if I want. That always tricks me into doing at least one lap around the machines while I&#8217;m there. It&#8217;s not easy being your own coach but, like anything else, it works if you work it. I\u2019d posted this on Facebook and a FBF wrote that she only walks the treadmill, that she\u2019s afraid of the machines because she doesn\u2019t know how to use them and is too shy to ask. I told her the first time I went to Planet Fitness I asked them to show me the machines and give me a basic routine to do using them. Like the arm machines, I had to start out using the lowest weight settings and I did just 3 repetitions of 15 at each machi<span data-reactid=\".90.1:3:1:$comment10153835276689418_10153836901934418:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"><span data-reactid=\".90.1:3:1:$comment10153835276689418_10153836901934418:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".90.1:3:1:$comment10153835276689418_10153836901934418:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0\">ne. The same with the leg machines and the tummy crunch machine, the waist twist machine, etc. Even now I don&#8217;t do all the machines and some I haven\u2019t tried at all. But I don&#8217;t care, I do what I can and found it fun once I got into it and stopped being self conscious<\/span><\/span><\/span>. A galpal yesterday said next time we meet for breakfast, we can go to a place near Planet Fitness so she can get a work out in first. 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It didn\u2019t really psych me up but I went anyway. 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