HAZLETON, Pa. \u2014 While some are resting and recovering after their New Year’s celebrations, others are getting a head start on their resolutions\u2014pumping some iron at Iron House Gym in Hazleton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Get to the gym five, six days a week, work hard, set reasonable attainable goals, getting older, so I’m trying to cut back a little bit, lose a little weight, stay strong, stay in shape,” said Michael Scatton of Drums. \u00a0<\/p>\n
During the first week or two of the new year, some new, fresh faces might be showing up, eager to accomplish their fitness goals.<\/p>\n
“Come in with a plan, don’t come in and think you’re going to be bench pressing 300lbs, and squatting 400, 500 lbs overnight, you’re not gonna be Arnold Schwarzenegger overnight; come in with a plan, work each body part, do your cardio, this is a long-term thing, this is a marathon not a race,” explained Scatton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gym-goers tell us the hardest part is consistency\u2014walking through the door when you don’t feel like it, are tired, or have little to no motivation.<\/p>\n
“Come three days a week, for an hour, that’s the thing, people think it’s so difficult, I have no time, but honestly, you have time, 24 hours in a day, 7 days a week, make it work,” said Jeremy Stock of Hazleton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While some gym-goers have been working out for many years, they understand that coming to the gym can be intimidating\u2014but don’t be afraid to ask for help.<\/p>\n
“Surround yourself with good people, always find people that have the same goals as you, everyone here’s friendly, which is awesome, good people is honestly the best advice I can give anyone,” said Stock.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The biggest thing is keeping those resolutions going throughout the entire year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAZLETON, Pa. \u2014 While some are resting and recovering after their New Year’s celebrations, others are getting a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":{"0":"post-382445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}