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Welcome back, weekend gym warriors and those devoted to the art of exercise! It's that time of the week again. No, not leg day. It's meme day! After a recent move, it's no longer convenient or even practical for me to continue attending my old gym. I will always cherish the memory of my old exercise haunt, it's just time to move on. I have yet to establish a membership, but there's a gym a few blocks away. And I've got my eye on it. While I hope it can fit the standards of my old spot, I can on…

So much product placement

Yogi memes for hippie, zenned-out pretzel-people

Camping memes for nature folks who don't fit the stereotype.

It's been a minute since I've been to the gym. Like so many other people, I went to the gym, got a membership, did my first session, did one more the next day, and then proceeded to stop going to the gym. The motivational impulse to begin to regularly go to the gym is nearly irresistible. Improving your mental and physical health through a gym routine? That sounds incredible. The sad thing is building discipline takes genuine effort. That explains why so many of us are left right at the startin…

Lifting isn't a phase; it's a lifestyle. I have a pet theory that there are two groups of gym users: the cardio divas and the lifting bros . Of course, these groups have some overlap. Very few people who attend the gym regularly only do cardio or weights. However, I feel like the weight lifters make going to the gym way more of their personality than the cardio girlies do. No judgment because I totally get why! Gaining takes a lot of upkeep that can kind of take over your life. You have to buy…

Y'all really like to sweat?

It's all about gains

I know I can't be the only person who has been seeing people virtue-signaling their healthy routines online. The number of times I've watched videos or seen photos of people meal-prepping or organizing their vegetables has become ridiculous. As much as I'd like to be someone who can set and forget their meals for the week, as someone who actually gives a sh*t about what I eat, the idea of meal prep has always grossed me out. Those stacked Tupperwares of pallid chicken and bland-looking brown ri…

Most people who have gone to a gym have experienced their heavy promotion of personal trainers. I'm not rich enough for that luxury, but always found myself wondering if they'd help me achieve my fitness goals. That is, until I learned that personal trainers are kind of a scam, as the folks at Cracked so expertly reveal in this video.

It's a well-known fact that January is probably the worst month to be a gym member . While it's never fun to share equipment (or space, or smells) with a host of strangers, the discomfort increases tenfold at the beginning of the year, when amateurs sign up for new memberships as part of their New Year's resolutions. The presence of these newbies can be jarring, and, in some cases, can actually influence people to stop going to the gym for a while. They'll wait to return until the influx subsid…

You've skipped leg day for the last year and we can definitely tell

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