Fitness thread

Anybody want to give some pointers to me and my friend who want to start getting in shape? I just don't know where to start, aside from eating healthy. As in, I'm not sure what kind if workout routine to pick up and how to introduce myself into this without getting extremely apathetic and sad after about a week in.

Tay sweety I'm so proud of you.

First piece of advice and something I found most important: If you are thinking about weights, HAVE A COUPLE OF SESSIONS WITH A PERSONAL TRAINER. The most important thing they can show a beginner is not what exercises to do, but HOW to do them. If you try jump right in to some technical moves and you do them wrong, you can really f'uck yourself up.

Start with easy exercises for the different muscle groups before you jump in to the harder ones, ie. start with goblet squats before you jump in to barbell squats, and overhead barbell press before you start to focus on each individual delt head. Just make sure you take enough time to ease yourselves in to it. When you first start, you're gonna burn and you're gonna burn hard.

As for getting apathetic and sad about a week in, it happens to everyone. When I first started going to the gym I had to drag myself there. I wasn't seeing results as fast as I wanted to and I was getting disillusioned. But the best I can say is stick at it, keep your friend on track and get him to keep you on track. After a while, it honestly becomes a lifestyle. I can't imagine a day without going to the gym, it's my relaxation technique. But I also know now that I have more experience how long a process it is, but also how freaking amazing it feels when you hit your milestones.