[sw104]

> Having to physically go to a gym gives you lots of excuses not to go vs having VR in the living room. The travel time is also a time sink.

It's often argued that the act of physically going to the place is what makes you do it. Personally, I know that I probably get more use out of the static bike at my gym than most people get out of the Peloton collecting dust in their own home.

The path of least resistance also curves around working out within the confines of your own home. If you struggle going for a run or going to the gym, putting on the clothes and forcing yourself out of the door is 99% of the act.

There's a similar parallel with working from home. Sometimes the change of environment and the mood of that environment is what compels people to move between resting/exercising/working mode.

Of course, for the gym in particular, it does also depend on what the journey to the gym is like as well as other factors (weather, traffic etc.)

[chaostheory]

Maybe it’s different for different people, especially ones in different generations? As in older generations tend to favor face to face, and different activities for different locations. I don’t feel that totally applies for the younger generations because the internet arrived during our formative years.

Personally, the only time gyms were effective for me was when I was forced into the office.

Now, my productivity is greater working remotely, and so is my discipline when it comes to working out at home. Probably because I have more time to do things like sleep, where normally it would get eaten up by a long commute.

The only real pro that I see for going to the gym is to meet new people.