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A while back I posted about a rumour I’d heard that someone was starting a chain of clothing optional gyms. Some of you expressed concern about hygiene. To be honest, it should be no different to a regular gym. You have to work out with a towel on the equipment already so it will be no less safe.

Well I can now report a bit more information. I’ve been in touch with the guy who is opening the gyms. They are men only gyms as he felt like women had women only space but we don’t so it was a gap in the market. I haven’t had any full details yet whether it will be clothing optional times or separate clothed and nude areas.

What I do know is that the website will be up early in the new year and gyms are already close to opening in New York, London and here in Australia. I can’t wait. It will be interesting to see what the market will be like and the public response but I do know that I’ll be giving it a go!

This week I started working out with my new training partner and after three sessions I’m really happy. We are probably going to take a couple of weeks to settle into a good routine of what we are doing but it’s already done wonders for motivation for me. When there is someone waiting for me to turn up, there’s not even a moment’s thought about not going. I just get up and go. Fingers crossed it all keeps happening.

Today I heard from someone I know that someone already has council approval to open a clothing optional gym in Sydney and has already started construction of a clothing optional gym in Melbourne.

As long term readers would know I love the idea of working out nude. A lot of people commented on my friend’s facebook post about it that it was unhygienic and unsanitary, but I would argue that yes, there are no clothes to catch the sweat where it might normally catch it, but we should all be working out on a towel anyway so that argument isn’t that valid.

Someone else countered that it would end up like a gay sauna. I doubt it somehow. In a clothing optional environment the staff would be extra vigilant about keeping an eye out and I don’t think the genuine nudists who would use the facility would be in it for that. They might enjoy the exhibitionist element but I doubt there would be a bunch of people trying to get it on over a cross trainer.

I genuinely hope it happens and it’s located somewhere I can conveniently use it.

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Those of you who have been reading for a while know that for the last year or more I’ve been getting frustrated at my lack of discipline in the gym and my eating habits are no better. For the first time in my life I’m understanding how people become overweight and don’t get rid of it.

I got a bit lazy and as a result I feel more sluggish, which of course leads to being more lazy and so on it goes. This morning I woke up with a sore shoulder. How on earth do I injure myself in my sleep? It’s getting very depressing and frustrating. With only 3 weeks left til I’m at Burning Man, Vegas and NYC I wanted to feel great and look good but I don’t know how that’s going to happen. I’m also fighting a cold and a sore throat so I can’t really go to the gym and push myself. Any motivational tips will be much appreciated.

As we all know I’m quite the advocate for nudity. I think many more people should be comfortable nude and being seen nude. Not in an exhibitionistic way, but in locker rooms etc I really can’t understand those people getting changed under a towel or in a wet shower cubicle.

There is a limit however. There are a breed of gym users, usually in the older age bracket who are quite comfortable with their nudity, too comfortable. I know people want to be dry before getting dressed but there is never a need to stand nude with your foot on the bench using the gym hair dryers to blow dry your balls. Never. Ever.

I’m not sure what has happened, but in the last week I’ve been enjoying the gym again. I’ve been 5 times in 9 days, even including a good workout on Sunday! Sorry to anyone committed to a day of rest but if the inspiration hits, I need to take it.

I’m hoping this will translate to feeling better at aerial silks class too as for the first half of the year I’ve been struggling with strength which affects your confidence and ability. I know I’m already feeling better from a health perspective as well, even after just over a week of being back into it.

To go with the post, enjoy the images of the beefcake beauties I’m using as inspiration.

Ever since the guy I used to train at the gym with got a new job and stopped training in the city my workouts have been less effective and also less fun. I enjoy having someone to work out with me and push me. So, I’m putting the call out to anyone who might be looking for a training partner. I do weight training 3-4 times a week (when I am motivated) and I’m trying to put on a bit more muscle while keeping the fat at bay.

Anyone who is interested please email me or comment with your real email address and let’s see what we can do! I am a member of Fitness First. Yes, they are the McDonalds of gyms but they are convenient. Now if only we could get them to allow nude workouts.

Well, interestingly, after a good week at the gym last week, ever since I posted my self imposed aussieBum challenge I haven’t actually made it to the gym once this week. Granted I’ve been fighting a mild flu and have been sleeping in but I’ve been dying to go and work out. Thankfully I’m winning the battle with the illness and also with my lack of motivation in recent months. Yay for me?

I’m going to get my “before” photo this weekend and kick start this thing.

Chris is a friend of mine that I’ve been chatting to online for a while now. He’s been in DNA and done a few modelling gigs around the UK, but with his full time job and some personal stuff he hadn’t been in as good a shape as he’d like so over the last six months he’s been “supersizing” himself.

I think you’ll agree, the transformation is spectacular! He’s been blogging his progress and how he’s achieved it at Supersize Chris which is full of information for those of you wanting to do the same. Who knows, maybe I’ll get off my lazy arse and do something about my diet and training. Do we think posting photos of my progress would hold me accountable enough to keep it going?

Long time readers of this blog would be aware that I’ve always thought that a nude gym would be a fantastic idea and if I could work out nude I’d probably work out a lot more regularly than the slack arse efforts I’ve been putting in lately.

Well I’ve now found out from a couple of different sources that those lucky Parisians have the “Centre International de Sejour de Paris” which has a smallish gym open 5 times a week for naturists, that also includes their pool. Fantastic! So jealous. Any readers that use the gym nude I’d love to hear from you.

Those readers in L.A. who fancy a nude workout can always call Trainer Rick who I interviewed on the blog a little while back. Anyone wanting to train with Rick, nude or not, can contact him at rickbodyla@aol.com

Adam Reynolds is an Aussie boy trying to make it in the U.S. He’s now working with celebrity nutritionists and making a name for himself in the fitness and health industry. His blog, fittingly called The Healthy Boy, is full of posts explaining those things that we all hear about but don’t really understand, like good fats and bad fats, why alcohol will ruin your work in the gym, which foods are full of pesticides and which aren’t.

Besides being cute, Adam is obviously very knowledgeable and friendly as all hell. A couple of emails backwards and forwards yesterday and he’s trying to motivate this ridiculously lazy butt of mine into action. Head on over The Healthy Boy and read up on all the good and bad stuff. One thing I read on the site that I loved was that weights are as good as cardio at burning fat, when done properly! YAY! I hate cardio.

I had a workout yesterday morning with a reader who responded to my post about needing a gym partner. Unfortunately our schedules and goals are different which doesn’t make for big success for either of us. So I’m still on the lookout. There is a guy that I’ve seen there a fair bit lately that I am trying to work up the courage to ask if he needs a training partner.

When I first met my previous training buddy, I was so nervous about asking him, it was like asking someone out on a date, but with no sex payoff in the end. But thanks to him, I have made some of the gains I wanted to. So, if you are the guy with the stubble and the shaved head who works out at the same time as me, usually in footy shorts, feel free to do the asking!

It’s been well documented on this blog that I struggle with motivation in the gym. For a few months after losing my training partner at the gym I managed to train hard by myself but for the last month or so I’ve been so incredibly lacking in discipline it’s stupid. It’s also frustrating.

I think it’s got a lot to do with all the other stuff going on in life, Dad’s heart attack, the tension around the house and work not being enjoyable. Now that Dad is on the mend after having a stent put in, some of the problems with work are being resolved and the housing situation has an end in sight, things will improve but I’m putting a call out.

If you need a training partner, want to build a bit of muscle and happen to live in Sydney, comment on here and let me know. Serious offers will all be considered. And P.S. I do walk through the locker room with my towel in my hand.

On friday night at one of the Skinnydipping group’s dips, a friend that I haven’t seen in several months turned up. I knew he’d been training hard through facebook updates and some new photos, but when he turned up he looked incredible. He’s been training 7 days a week doing weights, martial arts, cross-fit and other bits and pieces.

Why is it that some people are so good at finding the motivation and discipline to do that kind of training? Does it come from their own set of insecurities or maybe a form of obsessive compulsion? Sadly my obsession seems to be with skipping the gym and eating badly. Two or three years ago I was even handed the best motivation to get in shape in the form of a photo shoot for aussieBum and that apparently still wasn’t enough.

Should I hang around with these motivated people more? Probably not. My flatmate is another disciplined guy and after sharing with him since July, still no luck. I’m genuinely fascinated as to why some people have this kind of mind set and why others (ie me) do not. Any trainers out there willing to offer advice in this realm, feel free to comment with said advice.

I haven’t been to the gym at all this week which is almost a crime in the lead up to mardi gras, but I think I’ve popped a rib slightly at class on monday and I also have no way of getting there until I replace my car.

Scott Herman is a model and fitness instructor and I’m going out on a limb and guessing he’s in L.A. Watch him do the 300 workout I never got around to doing last week.  The fact that he even does it in the little leather undies from the movie is cute. Can I get in shape for Mardi Gras in 30 hours or so by watching someone else workout?