New here, any advice for easing back into weights after a long hiatus?

[sexy_accountant]

Hello everyone,
I used to train really regularly (3-5 days a week, 1 hour cardio, 1 hour weights approx.), when I was in college full-time. That was more than a year ago.

Now I'm working an office job and find myself working late a lot and generally feeling like garbage since I stopped going to the gym. I walk everywhere but thats really all the exercise I get. I miss weights tremendously.

I want to join a gym but I have no idea how to ease into my routine again. Would it be better to get a trainer for the first few weeks? I'd like to add more variety to what I was doing before too, since it was getting a bit stale.

I'm not looking forward to finding a new gym either. There's a Y near my house, would anyone care to share their experiences with the YMCA? I'm thinking of getting the summer membership because in September I'll be back in school.

Thanks in advance to anyone who replies.

[gouvernance]

I think you probably know enough to warrant drawing up your own schedule based on your previous workouts - and forget the personal trainer. i would decide how often you have time to train - how long you have available for each session and then take your previous programme and divide it down. Do some cardio and some weights. Saves you the cost of a personal trainer - with regard to the YMCA - can't comment - though others on site speak well of them.

[rockeo]

Hello everyone,
I used to train really regularly (3-5 days a week, 1 hour cardio, 1 hour weights approx.), when I was in college full-time. That was more than a year ago.

Now I'm working an office job and find myself working late a lot and generally feeling like garbage since I stopped going to the gym. I walk everywhere but thats really all the exercise I get. I miss weights tremendously.

I want to join a gym but I have no idea how to ease into my routine again. Would it be better to get a trainer for the first few weeks? I'd like to add more variety to what I was doing before too, since it was getting a bit stale.

I'm not looking forward to finding a new gym either. There's a Y near my house, would anyone care to share their experiences with the YMCA? I'm thinking of getting the summer membership because in September I'll be back in school.

Thanks in advance to anyone who replies.

hey ! i would just get some free weights and a bench, make some room whereever, and get down with your bad self, haha!. so you will have the ability to just workout at home after work, also you will see the weights and such and i know that drives me to workout. then its all about motavation, oh yeah!!!