Hi there,

I have been considering this alot recently, I spend alot of time alone due to my job plus im getting into some bad habits so was thinking about joining a gym. I dont really do a great deal during my days at workdue to various reasons so by joining up it might give me a chance to meet some new people and fill some of the voids in my day as well as giving me some well needed motivation.

I'm 27, about 5ft9 and weigh about 10.5stone. Im a very unfit previous smoker, I rarely do any excercise and want to not only get fitter but also to sort out my eating habits and give myself a more shapely body.

There is a few things that I wondered before I start signing up to this that and the other and thats the following....

How much roughly should I be looking at spending a month?

How do I know what machines I should be using, for how long and how often?

Should I improve my eating habits before using the gym or start everything off together?

Im guessing its not an easy thing to try to explain but any tips or pointers would be very much appreciated.

Paul