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Heartbroken people dismissing "hit the gym" advice as a meme

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The Exploder said:
Gyms are disgusting. Everyone sweats all over everything, and they fart and spray diarrhea when they squat. You can catch Athlete's Foot, Pink Eye, or even Tennis Elbow. The people who run the gym are always making amateur pornography in the locker room after hours, and you could end up putting your hand in a puddle of semen, or you could slip and fall on vaginal discharge. Something like 90% of all rashes start at the gym.

It's no place for heartbroken people, whose immune systems could be compromised by depression. They should be at the movies.
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pretty much the best post in this thread!

OT: I hate gyms, but I enjoy running and martial arts. So I guess I would do that.
 
Hitting the gym isn't the solution for everything.

But getting life advice from GAF also isn't something I would recommend either I guess.
 
MadraptorMan said:
Yeah my problem with gyms and exercise in general is just that it bores the shit out of me. It doesn't matter what music I listen to, every time I do it I feel like I can be doing 10 others things that are more enjoyable.
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Try strength training man. Excercise especially cardio used to bore me too. It was only when I switched to strength training that I really enjoyed going to the gym. The sense of progression can be really motivating. It's like leveling up in an rpg.
 
FreeMufasa said:
Get them gains son

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ALL KINDZZZZZ
 
Delete gym, Facebook up, hit the lawyer


Hitting the gym is good general advice for getting through a breakup, because it promotes self improvement and works to make you more attractive to (hopefully) get on the rebound quick.

No advice is gonna be good for 100 percent of people though
 
The Exploder said:
Gyms are disgusting. Everyone sweats all over everything, and they fart and spray diarrhea when they squat. You can catch Athlete's Foot, Pink Eye, or even Tennis Elbow. The people who run the gym are always making amateur pornography in the locker room after hours, and you could end up putting your hand in a puddle of semen, or you could slip and fall on vaginal discharge. Something like 90% of all rashes start at the gym.

It's no place for heartbroken people, whose immune systems could be compromised by depression. They should be at the movies.
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Lmfao

On topic tho the gym helped me incredible amounts after a big breakup a couple of years ago. Sense of routine and general control of my life, in conjunction with the endorphins from workout made wonders.
Still go to the gym regularly. Works for some, doesn't for others. Worth a shot though.
 
Gym is good and it can help with stress, depression, broken heart, and a lot other things. But people give it as random advice without understanding the situation. It is up there with lawyer up, get a divorce, delete facebook, and the worst of all: go to therapy. It is a well known complete meme of usually ineffective advice.
 
God Dayumm said:
Gym is good and it can help with stress, depression, broken heart, and a lot other things. But people give it as random advice without understanding the situation. It is up there with lawyer up, get a divorce, delete facebook, and the worst of all: go to therapy. It is a well known complete meme of usually ineffective advice.
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Exactly.

The blanket usage is the problem. Depression takes a well known toll on energy levels, to the point of causing physical pain. "Hit the gym" in that scenario is as useful as saying "just be happy."

My new blanket advice for these scenarios is going to be: "Go get a tattoo."
 
ColdPizza said:
$10 a month is expensive when it comes to your health?
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Where do you train for that? Benching the homeless at the local shelter?

My gym is currently $12.99 per week. Should be $20 per week but I know the manager and it's very high quality. I mean it's still cheap, but $10 a month is insanely low. I've had multiple gym memberships with the lowest being $7 per week, but for that you don't get equipment repaired in a decent timeframe.

Edit: oh right, I've heard things about planet fitness. We don't have those in Australia, or atleast not in my area.
 
oneils said:
Sure there are benefits. But heartbroken friends generally don't want advice. They want someone to commiserate with. It's not about you and their ability to listen to you. It's about them and your ability to listen to them.
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This one gets it.

After you've done your listening, then you can suggest working out or being active. Generally "Hit the gym" carries a whole bunch of connotations people might not like about being active. Plus there's plenty you can do outside or in your own home with bodyweight or weights or whatever that is just as effective.

Working out is good for mental health, sometimes people need a shoulder to cry on for short time, then encouragement. Not to mention that most situations are a lot more complicated and something as simple as hit the gym comes across as dismissive and simplifying without knowing the scope of what's affecting someone.
 
it's not that they're dismissing it as a meme

it's just that every goddamn time someone mentions a personal problem, it's like, go to the gym. Like it's the end-all-be-all solution, and it's clearly not. Most people recommend that because they don't really wanna read the post - they just go for the default answer.

I do recommend going to the gym though, just not to alleviate a broken heart.
 
Aye, going through breakup now and the gym has been my highlight of the day for the last month. It's a great way to get the anger and frustration out. And to make you feel good about yourself again. Gets your mind off of things.

I wish I could hike here as well, but climate+city isn't very walking-friendly. It sucks because I'd love to mix it up. Last breakup I went through I just walked for three to four hours at a time, every day and it did wonders.
 
Nephtis said:
it's not that they're dismissing it as a meme

it's just that every goddamn time someone mentions a personal problem, it's like, go to the gym. Like it's the end-all-be-all solution, and it's clearly not. Most people recommend that because they don't really wanna read the post - they just go for the default answer.

I do recommend going to the gym though, just not to alleviate a broken heart.
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I clearly stated it's not a solution to anything. There is no inherent solution to heartache or depression but for all we know, getting in shape is one of the most viable and widely applicable medicines against either. The amount of excuses in this thread is shocking.
 
Imp the Dimp said:
I clearly stated it's not a solution to anything. There is no inherent solution to heartache or depression but for all we know, getting in shape is one of the most viable and widely applicable medicines against either. The amount of excuses in this thread is shocking.
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Perhaps you didn't, but a lot of people in most threads about heartbreak do, and that's what i'm getting at. Those people all go straight for that answer, no matter the circumstances the person is in, the gym will fix it. It won't. It can help get your mind off of things because you're just getting distracted, not because the gym is magically curing you. It can definitely be a great option, but it's not the one true answer.
 
It doesn't have to be at a gym but exercising almost always makes me feel better when I'm feeling down. Even just going for a long walk does it.
 
I lean for "workout" instead of "hit the gym." Lots of people are SUPER intimidated by the gym. It's full of strangers and unfamiliar machines and noises they aren't used to. "Start working out to shift your focus to caring for yourself," is what the meme breaks down to for me.
 
Weightlifting threads are as predictable as circumcision threads at this point. We get it, you think gyms are a useless place filled with self absorbed simpletons. Keep in mind everyone has their ways how they relieve stress and try to better themselves. You may not see the point of a gym membership or question the intentions of those who do but there's no need to minimize something with positive benefits that many people enjoy.
 
Beer Monkey said:
I have a power rack at home. Deadlifts, squats, and presses 3x a week. Feels good, man.
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Living the dream. Since I don't expect to ever not live in a city I doubt I will ever have a power rack in a "house"

But I do ennjoy going to the gym and getting mental stimulation by seeing others. And if someone is doing a workout I haven't tried I might try doing it another day.
 
I'm in the NYC area and all I really care about are indoor pools. Primarily during the winter time.

Only downside is I'm barely in NYC (edge of yonkers) which places me in an uncomfortable spot and I can't find any good cheap gyms that have indoor pools. I love swimming and would just do that nonstop.
 
I mean i get the logic behind it - being miserable, do the one thing that makes you feel even more miserable, making you temporarily forget the other thing you're miserable about.

But i'd still prefer hitting the bottle i think. And some drunken sex with a stranger. Yea, that's my advice for me when i feel miserable.
 
I'm now a gym addict, and I will say that fitness is definitely the solution to many problems.

It doesn't have to be done through the gym but exercising for fitness is incredibly important.

Frankly fitness should be in everyone's lives.
 
I used to be 15.5 stone. I'm now under 10 stone, 60kg.

Reason? I eat properly and I walk everywhere. I walk to work and back, I walk into town, I walk to my local tesco, etc. I can't actually remember the last time I used my car. On average, I do about 10 miles of walking a day.
 
I think the better advice is exercise at home with a couple dumbbells or outside (e.g. biking, walking). Then if it's something you still enjoy or will stick to after a month or two, see about joining a gym. So many people get gym memberships and only go once or twice then stop for dozens of reasons.
 
The whole point of going to the gym is to build confidence again, because sometimes after a break up you just feel like crap.

It's even more effective if you've been made to feel weak or fat shamed so seeing those pounds shred (with an effective diet) boosts your ego for a while.

Doesn't even have to be a gym, will yourself into bodyweights or purchase free weights with adjustable plates and find videos on the types of workouts you can do with them.
 
Exercise gives you the serotonin boost you need after a major event like a breakup, it's good advice. Doesn't necessarily have to be the gym either, you could do yoga or start jogging.
 
Cool Guy Sami said:
Exercise gives you the serotonin boost you need after a major event like a breakup, it's good advice. Doesn't necessarily have to be the gym either, you could do yoga or start jogging.
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Yup, the general idea behind the advice is to get fitter, which has numerous benefits to both your physical and mental health.
 
I always hear that the gym is the solution to everything, that you go to the gym and it'll magically make you feel better. But I have never once felt better after I went to the gym. It just makes me feel sore and exhausted and miserable.
 
Hot the gym is the wromg advce. Pick up a physical activity is the correct advice. That activity could be the gym but people should be telling youto go out and be active while doing somethimg you actually enjoy. If you have a love of soccer grab a ball, find a park and play more. Something thatbyou enjoy and is productive and good for you isnthe best advice..
 
ColdPizza said:
$10 a month is expensive when it comes to your health?
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Not everywhere is 10 quid a month you know. Closest one to me is 50 a month with a 6 month minimum commitment.

50 isn't expensive to me but it is to some people.

I've done the gym thing. Not a fan personally.

I run, I've weights(barely use also not a fan) and I've a rower (cost me 150 solid purchase)

Gym isn't the answer, staying busy is. Doesn't need to be physical activities
 
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