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opened the app today to see a RO prescription right in my face

Stay classy PF

I like this machine but every time I come off it, I feel super light headed and like I’m close to passing out. I see folks with 45 plates doing sets and I’m just like “how?”

I breath in going down, breath out going up when exerting. I do it slow and controlled. I can’t seem to figure it out.

Any tips?

For lat pulldowns, I usually use either the pin machine , which I really like for a number or reasons, or the cable station, but I had to use another gym today, and the location had a bunch of plate loaded iso equipment my location doesn’t have. We do have an iso supine chest press, which I love, so I tried this. The path felt odd, but the weirdest part, I was pulling about 130 lbs more than I can on the pin loaded machine or cable. Is that really just the leverage of the longer arms or what’s the story with these? For context, i typically do 2-3 sets and aim for failure , typically ends up in the 8-10 range for me because I tried to lift heavy. So that’s what I did today.

For reference: I'm 60 and never was a gym guy. I joined PF 5 months ago with the goal of losing weight and improving my cardio. I've got 2 bad hips and had already lost about 30 pounds in the previous 2 years.

I've strictly been using a stationary bike for working out 6 days a week. My orthopedic surgeon said treadmills will accelerate my hip problems.

In 5 months, I've doubled my workout time and more than doubled the calories burned.

And I've lost a couple more pounds as well. If I lose another 10 pounds, I might get to have abs again. Lol.

Anyway, I'm kinda bragging here because I live alone and don't have anyone who can appreciate the work I'm doing. So, thanks in advance for indulging me.

Any tips for adding to my workout are always appreciated.

I love PF for their great rates and the vast availability of locations (I travel a lot), but this saddened and sickened me.

The Wasilla, AK location replaced all of their cardio equipment this summer. All of the old equipment was out in the parking lot during the revamp. I kept seeing it wondering what they did with the old equipment. It seemed like a great opportunity to give back to youth athletic programs or local schools.

A short while after the revamp, I was helping a friend clear some detritus from land he was clearing when I saw the picture above at the local landfill.

Do better for the planet, Planet Fitness.

So a furniture store closed by my house and someone opened a hole in the wall gym and all their machines are from PF, can you just buy their old equipment? This gym didn’t even cover up the PF logos or QR codes lol. I want to get a stretching cage, out of the 5 gyms I go to only my home gym has one. I wouldn’t mind a stretching bench either, my 2 favorites for stretching. Oh and if you’re curious, they’re charging $35 ‘a month or $250 a year. I told them paying up front for the year is risky because what happens if they close before that lol

One says 5 pounds and inside it says 6.25 pounds

Did a 10K this morning.