Am I becoming a gym rat?

As it still very icy and bad outside for walking I am going more and more often to the gym as I try to get in some exercise. In the beginning I didn't like it at all but now its starts to something that I look forward to do. I really prefer walking as exercise but when that is not so easy this is a good alternative, I just wish I have the patience to stay longer each time I visit.

The gym rat in his new outfit

II started with fairly light weight resistance in the machines but now I moved up the resistance a bit as it starts to get easier to make each exercise, it feels quite good so far. Its a bit daunting when you see the very high resistance levels some of the other member of the gym use, but I am trying to go slow and steady.

I don't aim to be this strong but I wish to be more fit

It would be nice to have some friend to train with, not there yet so I feel a bit lonely. Mostly I listen to some audio books while training now. It is much more fun to exercise together with someone. I used to play a lot of badminton before, but all I knew stopped playing when Covid came. Will see if I can find some new exercise friends somewhere.

Exercising with friends