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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 833693" data-attributes="member: 50197">I cancelled my gym membership 2 years ago after they told me I couldn't wear jeans in the gym. They didn't tell me that when I had joined a couple months prior. Anyway, in the meantime My A1C has gone up and my waistline has gone out. The daily walk through the neighborhood isn't cutting it anymore. They just opened a new facility near me and so I swallowed my pride and went and joined. I did about 40 minutes on the treadmill at just under 4 mph. I could have done a lot more, but didn't want to push it the first time. I did 60 reps on the trapezoid machine at 50 lbs. Again, I could have done more, but stopped. I used to do about the same reps at 70 lbs 2 years ago. Then I did the curl machine. I'm hoping I just had it set wrong. I'm pretty sure I set it at 30 lbs and barely managed 10 reps before my arms started screaming at me. Surely I couldn't have gone downhill that much in the last 2 years? I will carefully check the weight setting next time, but if it was set correctly, I desperately need to work on my arms. If I can increase my arm strength, it should help me when I'm out taking pictures with my long lens, although my main goal is to bring my A1C and weight down.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 833693, member: 50197"] I cancelled my gym membership 2 years ago after they told me I couldn't wear jeans in the gym. They didn't tell me that when I had joined a couple months prior. Anyway, in the meantime My A1C has gone up and my waistline has gone out. The daily walk through the neighborhood isn't cutting it anymore. They just opened a new facility near me and so I swallowed my pride and went and joined. I did about 40 minutes on the treadmill at just under 4 mph. I could have done a lot more, but didn't want to push it the first time. I did 60 reps on the trapezoid machine at 50 lbs. Again, I could have done more, but stopped. I used to do about the same reps at 70 lbs 2 years ago. Then I did the curl machine. I'm hoping I just had it set wrong. I'm pretty sure I set it at 30 lbs and barely managed 10 reps before my arms started screaming at me. Surely I couldn't have gone downhill that much in the last 2 years? I will carefully check the weight setting next time, but if it was set correctly, I desperately need to work on my arms. If I can increase my arm strength, it should help me when I'm out taking pictures with my long lens, although my main goal is to bring my A1C and weight down. [/QUOTE]

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