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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I realize that this is a stupid question but please bear with me!

I am a member of a gym which I joined primarily for the classes and pool. I did a boot camp type thing recently there and enjoyed doing the circuits/lifting, etc. Lots of it is stuff I could in theory do on my own if I went to the weight room, but I feel like I'd need a list in front of me of the different exercises to do, or actually more like a youtube video with someone doing them just to remind me how they are. Plus a timer so I can make sure I do a minute or two minutes or whatever. But I don't see people doing exercise in the gym like this! I just don't feel very confident walking into the gym and picking up some kettlebells and lifting them. I'm not worried about looking silly (that is a given!), I'm worried about a) injuring myself because I'm doing it wrong; and b) just doing it wrong and seeing no benefits because of it.

Is there anything you can suggest that will help me to just go into the gym and go it alone?[/quote]

Well what I did was save all the YouTube videos and pictures of various exercises on my iPhone and just refer to them prior to exercising. If I wasn't sure of the proper body positioning, especially when lifting weights, I  would stop replay the video or look at the image  try it again while facing the mirror at the gym. I did that a couple of times until I didn't need it anymore. I took a clip board and kept a daily a log of my exercise routines and to track my progress until I didn't need it anymore. [/quote]

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