<human>: Hi,

I always had a problem with motivation for doing sports and that's probably why I got fat. Although I went running for a while I usually stopped doing it for a long time if I didn't get the chance of doing it for a week, for example getting a cold, which just happens at least twice a year for me, or I got a rash between the legs (you know there's some friction there when you're fat). I also went to the gym for a while but the expensive membership (30 Euros/month at my closest gym) and the distance I had to drive to get there (about 30 minutes, which already adds up to an hour lost) kept me from going after a while.
In other words it wasn't even the sports themselves keeping me from doing it but all the overhead you have to do and things that got in between.

I'm proud that since this spring I've managed to go jogging every other day for half a year now. Even though i had a break because I took a trip to the US for 3 weeks I picked it up right away after coming back. I got a rash between the legs and I discovered that just applying a lot of Nivea body lotion before jogging eliminates the problem completely. Later I got some knee problems in the right knee, I paused for two weeks and then discovered that running with a midfoot strike is much better for my knee. In other words I overcame these problems this time, instead of giving up.

Further I though about signing up for the gym, but as I didn't have enough money I just ordered some dumbbells, because this year I finally thought to myself that any small workout is better than a big workout at a gym which I'm not following through with. So I ordered a 40 Euro dumbbell set and I'm doing some biceps curls and some triceps training and a bit of shoulder. It's not much, but it is something.

I haven't lost weight this year, but I have definitely lost fat and gained muscle, which anybody who has seen me without clothes has noticed.

Summarize the given text in a few sentences.
<bot>: It's better to buy some gear to do something, anything, than to buy a gym membership you're not using.