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By JOHN SEEWER TOLEDO, Ohio©2023 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Speed
No. The reason being that once one buys a stationary bike or treadmill, it becomes the fastest dust collector in the house after the first couple of weeks. Usually ends up becoming an art object of sorts in the corner of the den.
A gym has the added motivational factor of seeing others nice fit bodies and the contagious energy and hard work being put in by others that motivates yourself to do the same.
ShinkansenCaboose
Why go to a hot sweaty smelly gym when you have the great outdoors, and it is free too!
David Brent
Most Japanese people waste their time at the gym; walking on treadmills, reading a magazine while on the reclined bike, doing one rep of an insane weight badly, rolling around on a big, bouncy ball etc., and the “trainers” look like they’ve never lifted a weight in their lives.
kohakuebisu
There are better/cheaper ways to cycle indoors than a Peloton bike.
The average person would be better off doing aerobics-like exercises or Crossfit. Cycling is not weight bearing, so does nothing for your bones. Indoor cycling is best for cyclists who want to train more but can't get outside due to work/bad weather/darkness etc.
Samit Basu
As a long time goer of a "high-end" fancy gym, there is absolutely no way a home gym can replace a proper gym, complete with an 8-lane lap pool.
Xulux
David BrentToday 09:29 am JST
Most Japanese people waste their time at the gym; walking on treadmills, reading a magazine while on the reclined bike, doing one rep of an insane weight badly, rolling around on a big, bouncy ball etc., and the “trainers” look like they’ve never lifted a weight in their lives.
Exactly true.
Farmboy
How about hiring someone to work out for you? That would be popular, I think.
Mr Kipling
If the gyms close where are most of the people who use mine going to use their mobile phones?
They do 10 reps then spend 3 minutes on their phone.. Drives me crazy!
Wellington
Hopefully, the well-run gyms (i.e. clean and sanitary) run by village park districts will weather the pandemic storm. Especially the ones in areas where the cold weather makes it difficult for folks to work out outdoors in the winter.
Cardio on a bicycle is only part of many folks' workout. The rest consists of: weightlifting, (upper body one day, lower body next), and "core" workout or what some still refer to as "calisthenics".
Gyms that are publicly-funded will probably survive, the others maybe not.
Aly Rustom
very true
jerry
how many people really have friends in gyms? or just friends with benefits?