Learning new exercises in the gym is very much learning new skills. I am horrified often when I get new members who may have trained other places before us, and their knowledge of training is very limited to say the least.
In my view, this is a dereliction of duty of the training/gym in my book. Every time someone comes into the gym, they need to be shown how to train right, especially in the early stages,
Exercise form can go out the window from time for a couple of reasons too, trying to use too much weight or trying to do an exercise that you may not be quite capable of yet, due to your level of experience (which will only get better over time).
The main benefit of learning new skills is not only keeping your mind fresh and never getting bored, but it offers a brand new levels of results you perhaps wouldn’t have achieved by doing the “same old thing” all the time.
The main point of coming to a gym, apart from being in an encouraging environment that will elevate your mood and willpower greatly, is to do things the RIGHT WAY and not waste any of your valuable time.
It’s not about the time you spend at the gym, its what you DO when you are there. That’s when you results multiply quickly and you realise that joining the gym has been very much a great decision in your life.
