Can I Lose Weight Without Joining a Gym?

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Do I need to join the gym or use machines to lose weight? I live in an area with plenty of outdoor activities such as mountain climbing and kayaking, but no access to the gym.

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Michael Collins: You can absolutely lose weight without joining a gym or using machines. Heck, in many ways the outdoors is even better than the gym! Fresh air, new challenges for your body, never ending variation can keep it fun.

At the end of the day, performing your chosen activity with a high level of intensity will affect positive change in the body. Whether you choose indoor or outdoor activity, it's all good. It's a great choice to have.

Of course there are benefits to each venue that the other may not have.

For instance, it's easier to measure progress in the gym because the variables stay consistent- you know exactly how much weight you're lifting, you know exactly how far you're running or riding on the cardio machines. It's easier to track how much work is actually being performed.

Outdoors, it is still possible to track progress, it's just a bit more difficult for certain activities. Also, in the outdoors, it may be tough to find a good amount of resistance to hit certain muscles.

The outdoors has an advantage in the endurance type activities. Maybe you'll choose to kayak on Monday, do uphill sprints on Wednesday and do some bodyweight exercises like pull ups on a tree branch on Saturday. Whatever you chose to do, push yourself to get the most out of it.

By the way, if you don't have access to any equipment, fear not! Eugene wrote up a great bodyweight exercise program that you can do to maximize fat loss in the Black Book of Secrets. There's no equipment needed for the program, and very little space required. (But delivers awesome results)

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Michael Collins