There are plenty of perks to working out regularly, but for many of us, they simply do not match the satisfaction that comes with not moving from the couch and eating the entire contents of a pint of ice cream in front of the TV. Of course, exercise gives you endorphins, as Elle Woods famously taught us. However, the process of getting off one's behind, putting on exercise clothes, and going to the actual gym can feel like a Sisyphean undertaking. It doesn't matter how many good-looking people…

If you're like me, “exercise more” makes an annual appearance on my mental list of New Year's resolutions. And like so many New Year's resolutions, there is some meaningful change for a few weeks until I decide to go back to old habits. When it comes to working out, everyone always says it's about finding the right method of exercise for you, but for many, the right method of exercise looks more like sitting on the couch binging my favorite comfort TV show. At least there is some movement as I…

There are rules at the gym , but you wouldn't know it by the way these people tried to work out. Let me tell you a story. The year was 2011, and a brand new Planet Fitness opened up in my area. It was so cheap back then that even as high schoolers, my friends and I could pay monthly to go work out . Gym class? Nah, we couldn't be bothered. We felt like we were adults, and we wanted to work out like them. It didn't matter that we didn't know how to use any of the machines; we'll figure it out as…