Who goes to the gym regularly?   Gym versus Sport?
920791
Ideally, I think you should go to the gym and do sports.  The strength you gain from weight training will improve your sporting performance, especially if you play contact sports.  The big difference between the gym and sports is injuries.  If you use good technique and use gym equipment properly there is very little chance of injury.  Injuries in sport however are unavoidable, and occur frequently.  The chances of needing surgery to correct sports related injuries are also pretty high.\n\nIf your thinking of joining a gym, take a tour around a few before you sign up.  Pick the one that you feel most comfortable in, and pick one that has plenty of cardio machines, weight machines and free weights.  Free weights are particularly important as they provide variety as there are hundreds of different exercises that can be performed with them.\n\nGym Pros\n- Increased strength and fitness.  Regular exercise makes you feel fit and full of energy, it realy does put a spring into your stride.\n- Builds confidence.  After a few months of training your body will begin to change, you will gain muscle and your bodyfat will have reduced.\n- Socialising.  Gyms are a great places to socialise and meet new friends.\n- Low risk.  If you use gym equipment safety, and follow the correct technique there is very little chance of serious injury.  Sports however are high risk and injuries occur frequently.\n\nGym Cons\n-Tough for beginners.  When you first start lifting weights your muscles and tendons hurt like hell, this puts a lot of beginners off.\n- Results are slow at first.  Most beginners think that they will become well developed within 6 months.  In reality it takes years to become heavily developed.\n- Monotomy.  It is easy to get stuck in a rut and become bored if you stick to the same routine for weeks on end.  Once experienced you can design your own routines and change them frequently, but beginners are given fixed routines that soon become monotonous.\n- Commitment.  It is a lot easier to miss a gym session than it is to miss a pre-arranged sports session.  Sports are played with other people and as such they are relying on you to turn up.  Gym  essions however are often done alone or with a friend, this requires more discipline.\n\n\n\nSport Cons:
758701
go to where they workout
995654
I would say that playing a sport, or a very active game, is a great way to keep in shape.\n\nIt not only helps to keep you in shape, but it allows you the opportunity to build your social skills such as teamwork and sportsmanship.\n\nIf it's a team sport, it also allows you to learn how to cooperate with others and it may even bring you some newfound friends.\n\nHope that this helps.\n\nBuddhadan
642349
I think most athletes would say that practicing or playing a sport is much more enjoyable because, even as in my case if my favorite team Duke Basketball wins, I will celebrate but when I train to run a mile and work for months, then if I win or even just improve my time, it means so much to me since I have invested much time and effort and have even made sacrifices.\n\nEven people who play casual basketball, baseball, volleyball, or whatever sport they like, feel satisfaction when they see progress in their game from practicing and of course they get fit to a certain extent.\n\nNow some people really love a team.  They do have a lot of fun and make friendships through their love of sports and perhaps they may have more fun than a casual player.\n\nBut there is nothing like becoming a champion and receiving the respect and applause.  Most spectators dream of being the star who they watch or of marrying them perhaps.
728834
what you are saying makes perfect sense, at least to the average person.  I think the problem with many of these athletes is that they find exercise, etc addictive.  They can't stop and exercise like a normal person would any more then a junky can stop taking drugs.\n\nThey are always competing with themselves and against other people, they see a large amount of exercise as the route to being healthy and I think they refuse to believe that their training could lead to a heart problem.\n\nActually, the more I think about it, (This is a good question) the more I see them as being akin to an anorexic.  Fat is good, skinny is bad, can't be to skinny.
855603
u could consider joining a gym.
424472
No, sport is a direct competition of fastest, strongest, and other physical activities. Not who can lie the best, not who looks the prettiest as in other sports. Sport should have to be something that you sweat for.
466234
I'm sure there are people who can beat that. I had one membership I never used, and another I used about 10 times in half a year. \nI heard that gyms make most thier money on people like us, and had everybody used thier membership, gyms would go out of business.
611702
No because I exercise a lot!
882293
These days we spend a fair bit of time doing different rehabilitation exercises with the physio or fitness trainer. Because it can be hard to maintain a high level of fitness during the season we use every opportunity we can to keep as fit as possible. When these are done, most of the guys do their own thing. I like to drink a coffee and read the papers, a book and watch the action out in the middle. Other guys just take it easy and relax and recharge their batteries for the next time they are out on the field. The invention of the iPod has been a great innovation into the cricket changing room as well.
239430
A lifetime involvement of sports is important for keeping us physically active in fitness. Physical activity keeps us healthy and less prone to getting dieases such as osteoporosis and others. Physical activity such as sports also helps us with our coordination, balance, reflex, social skills, and many others. It's also good to be involved in sports because it's fun and motivating to be continualy active throughout our lifespan. =>
968855
when i think of being "fit" and "fitness" i think muscular, tone, athletic, etc. Being healthy is completely different. People who are not necessarily tone or athletic can definitely still be healthy.  Eating right and exercising moderately will make you healthy for sure!
1115
It's probably swimming...\n\nI've played a lot of sports but nothing gives your whole body as good a workout as swimming.
616408
I help people in the gym that are overweight with exercise and dieting tips. Why?  They are motivated enough to join a gym & they show initiative.  My group of friends always do that and shun ignorant people because they make us look arrogant and insensitive. Most of us started working out because we were insecure and can relate to people that might not feel good about themselves. Any woman that is comfortable with herself and is fulfilled is sexy.
664693
It's the lifestyle they have chosen. At least 1/3 of their day is taken up with physical training and the rest of the day is physically and mentally straining.\n\nSemper Fi,\nGysgt\nUSMC
581710
Yes it is a sport people do not realize how hard it is until they try it. Cheerleaders are in great shape work out in gym three times a week or more and practie 3 or 4 nights a week. Hard work and lots of sweat goes into making a good squad. Do not care what any one say cheerleading is a sport and i'm proud to have been one.
540867
It's probably best to get your body used to a set schedule, that way your system knows what to expect.  So, it's probably better to exercise at the around the same time each day, although it's not bad to exercise at different times...