Reasons to go to a strength and conditioning gym

Someone makes you do the hard stuff you don’t want to do.

Make the boring wok more palatable. See above.

Accountability builds consistency.

Perspective adjustments - seeing goals and challenges differently and increasing confidence.

Belong to a community with a shared goal of improving yourself.

Sometimes an easy workout is appropriate, and sometimes, you need someone to tell you that.

Warming up.

Long term development - a strength and conditioning program constantly readjusts and builds upon it set to maximize physical capacity.

Learn new skills - squatting, olympic lifting, push ups, pull ups and swings are all movement skills. Learning new skills is good for your brain.

Because no one wants to do intervals by themselves.

Foam rolling just feels better at the gym than at home, right?

Modifications. If things aren't going as planned, an experienced coach can make adjustments on the fly to elicit the desired outcome.

Shared suffering - there's something rewarding about doing hard stuff with other people.

Stick with something. Strength training is about the long game. Belonging to a gym and having a coach in your corner is imperative to keep playing.

Justin Miner

@justinminergain