Jason Gay's 27 Rules To Conquer The Gym

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As we roll into 2012, many have a goal to lose weight and get in shape. This will involve a gym for most, as Jason Gay of the Wall Street Journal notes:

This is the time of year when even people who hate the gym think about going to the gym. Many of us are still digesting whole floors of gingerbread houses, and jeans that fit comfortably in October are now a denim humiliation.

My favorites are:

1 A gym is not designed to make you feel instantly better about yourself. If a gym wanted to make you feel instantly better about yourself, it would be a bar.

11 Gyms have two types of members: Members who wipe down the machines after using them, and the worst people in the universe.

25 Fact: Thinking about going to the gym burns between 0 and 0 calories.

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27 There is no secret. Exercise and lay off the fries. The end.