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#58 10 things I wish I had know when I started going to the gym

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10 things I wish I had know when I started going to the gym.

  1. you don’t need to be fit or well-versed in all gym equipment to get started 
  2. no one cares if you’re lifting 2kg or 52kg, no need to go for heavy stuff before you’re ready 
  3. it’s ok to ask how many sets people have on the machine you want to use 
  4. don’t walk close to people who are lifting heavy staff on a bench - they can drop those heavy dumbbells plus it’s distracting 
  5. it's not about doing a different workout each day to get sore, but about repeating the same movements for a few weeks to see the real results
  6. you can move the equipment around the gym as long as you bring it back
  7. people are nicer than I expected and happy to help and if anyone is rude it’s not because I don’t belong there but because they’re a$$holes - gym, or no gym 
  8. sweating is not an indication of how hard you’re working
  9. muscle soreness does not indicate how hard you worked either. 
  10. it gets easier, the more you go the more at home you feel, and the more comfortable you are in the gym and with the exercises. 
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