First off I have no clothes you’d ever wear to a gym. I wear jeans and a t shirt pretty much daily (think Hank Hill). Second, I don’t get what you do there. I hated gym time in school (workout gym, not like throwing balls and running around gym, thats fun) and I don’t get what you do. Run on a treadmill and lift some weights? I feel like I could do all of that at home. Gym memberships are insanely expensive. Are home workouts actually effective? Does one even enjoy gym time?
It just depends on what your goals are.
Are you just wanting to burn off calories? You may as well go for a run in your neighborhood.
Are you wanting to build muscle? That’s what I used to do. The gym has a lot of equipment that I wouldn’t be able to have room for at home. All the variety of free weights, barbells, racks, etc.
They also have classes and trainers you can hire to help you reach a goal. There’s also basketball courts, tennis, and often swimming pools.
But really at the end of the day, you gotta have a goal in mind I’m order to plan an effective workout routine. Randomly running on treadmill or lifting whatever won’t do much.
Also I didn’t really wear anything special. Just a T-shirt and some sweat pants. I did pick up some shoes for the gym because my others were too squishy and causing me problems when doing squats.
Thats probably part of the problem, I hate goals (because it’s not possible to know what’ll happen in the future) but basically I figure it’d be smart to be somewhat in shape. I have an insanely fast metabolism that hasnt slowed down at all but I just would like to be able to lift heavy things and be stronger. And I don’t want to feel like shit when im old, that’s the biggest reason I figure I should start doing more.