Onslaught of New Gym Members

ritzvin

Mine doesn't seem much more crowded than usual in the 8-830a-ish just pre-work time slot. (Although they might just all be upstairs on the hampster wheels).

ritzvin

And it was pretty close to dead last Sunday morning

cwolfman13

ritzvin wrote: »

Mine doesn't seem much more crowded than usual in the 8-830a-ish just pre-work time slot. (Although they might just all be upstairs on the hampster wheels).

I would think by 8 or 8:30, most people working a standard schedule would already be at work?

fitnessguy266

MPDean wrote: »

Think of it as an exchange programme. Many "gym" types make their only visits to bars in December and the "bar" types make their only visits to gyms during January.

This is so true! I found myself enjoying a lot more "fun social time" at bars alot more in December....happens every year lol!

springlering62

Our yoga studio has been jammed since the beginning of the year.

I’m all for new members. Come on, try it out, I sincerely hope you stick around, but.....

A.) get your god damned feet off my mat. Don’t walk on MY mat, don’t stretch and put your feet on MY mat, don’t lean over it and drip your sweat on MY mat!!!!! I’m on the verge of flipping the switch next time this happens. MY mat is sacred territory and I feel likewise about YOUR mat and respect it thusly.

B.) Don’t show up for every. stinking. class. five to ten minutes late. It’s always the same couple of noobs that do this.

C.) When I show up ten minutes before class and look at you you and you, who all know that someone needs to make space, when I am finally forced to say,”y’all, someone’s gonna have to scoot over and gimme some room”, don’t look at me all huffy and snarky and reply “there’s already four mats on this row”. Honey, those rows are clearly marked for seven mats. Same to the guy who wants to overlap a row and take up like six spaces front back and side to side.

D.) (and to be fair, this isn’t obvious to noobs) when space is tight and I stagger on my mat so I’m a step or two behind you so we all have room to wing out our forward folds, don’t copy me and stand where I stand. I move back. They move back. So I move forward. They move forward. I pull my mat up or back a foot and so do they. *sigh*

E.) I don’t know what video you practiced to before you visited a studio, but enough with the orgasmic sounds during yoga.

springlering62

Oh wow. I feel so much better getting that off my chest !!!

rodnichols69

Are your resolution crowds gone? My gym was a ghost town this morning.

MaintainInTheMembrane

I hope all new people are welcomed at the gym and treated with encouragement and kindness.

Motorsheen

rodnichols69 wrote: »

Are your resolution crowds gone? My gym was a ghost town this morning.

The drop away date is typically Valentine's Day.

"This year, it's a brand new me !!!! ..... until Valentine's Day."

Motorsheen

MaintainInTheMembrane wrote: »

I hope all new people are welcomed at the gym and treated with encouragement and kindness.

I hope all of the new people at the gym rack their weights, actually use the gear instead of sitting there looking at their phones and that if they do break a sweat, wipe down the equipment; then, yes - "welcome!".

Chef_Barbell

rodnichols69 wrote: »

Are your resolution crowds gone? My gym was a ghost town this morning.

My gym is always crowded 365 days a year.

Chef_Barbell

MaintainInTheMembrane wrote: »

I hope all new people are welcomed at the gym and treated with encouragement and kindness.

How do you know who is new or not? 🤷🏼‍♀️🧐🤔

Katmary71

I've noticed the crowd is thinning out now. The ellipticals and treadmills still have more people but the weights aren't as crowded. The first weeks all the regulars disappeared but they're turning up again. It's sad seeing less people, I'm lucky last year's resolutions stuck.

Urun4me

I kind of like a filled gym. I don't like not being able to get a bench or having to wait for showers (which for me only happens during the absolute peak time and only for about 15 minutes), but I'd rather have more people than none. It's kind of a nice feeling to be running on the treadmill and have almost all of the treadmills and other cardio equipment taken. Plus the people watching is much more interesting with people who don't know what they're doing.