it is easier to overcome the stereotype “only dumb people go to gym” if you know a specific smart person who exercises;
for me, it is much easier to exercise while listening to music; note that the music best for exercise can be quite different from the music you listen when you want to relax; keep a separate playlist;
advantages of exercising at the gym: many machines and weights, all distractions removed;
advantages of exercising at home: you can listen to your favorite music, you can do something useful during the breaks (so you take longer breaks between the sets without wasting too much time);
sometimes it is better to exercise using your body weight (you do not need to buy lots of stuff), but sometimes the weights are great, too;
if you watch a movie and interrupt it every five minutes to do one set, at the end it will feel like “I spent the afternoon watching movies” rather than “I spent the afternoon exercising”´; by the way, you can do some exercises while watching the movie.
Some random things that helped me exercise:
it is easier to overcome the stereotype “only dumb people go to gym” if you know a specific smart person who exercises;
for me, it is much easier to exercise while listening to music; note that the music best for exercise can be quite different from the music you listen when you want to relax; keep a separate playlist;
advantages of exercising at the gym: many machines and weights, all distractions removed;
advantages of exercising at home: you can listen to your favorite music, you can do something useful during the breaks (so you take longer breaks between the sets without wasting too much time);
sometimes it is better to exercise using your body weight (you do not need to buy lots of stuff), but sometimes the weights are great, too;
if you watch a movie and interrupt it every five minutes to do one set, at the end it will feel like “I spent the afternoon watching movies” rather than “I spent the afternoon exercising”´; by the way, you can do some exercises while watching the movie.