Ready for the New Year Resolution's gym attack?
nyla2120
Posts: 370 Member
The gym is going to be really rough for the next few weeks........
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My gym doesn't really reopen properly for another two weeks. But I'm into group fitness classes. They are staggering the classes returning since shutting down the week before Christmas.
It probably does depend on where you go and the sort of gym it is as to how attractive it will look to those people setting up their New Year's Resolutions. A boring old community centre gym like I go to isn't going to be overrun with too many extras.0 -
Yeah maybe.
But there have already been threads on this...
Be nice to them, you were new once.
And you join date is about the same time as resolutioners (as is mine - 1/2/12).
If you cant be nice, find another time to go so its less crowded. Or work out at home if you can (jealous of you have a gym in your house)0 -
How about spending some extra time there and helping some of the Resolutioners, as you call them. Then maybe they will stick with it and become regulars and next year they can complain also. We all started somewhere.0
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everybody has to start somewhere.
So, yeah. I'm ready
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Yeah maybe.
But there have already been threads on this...
Be nice to them, you were new once.
And you join date is about the same time as resolutioners (as is mine - 1/2/12).
If you cant be nice, find another time to go so its less crowded. Or work out at home if you can (jealous of you have a gym in your house)
So that means I can't post my own? And I never said I would be mean to anyone. Also my join date on here, doesn't represent the time I started working out.0 -
My gym reopens tomorrow morning at 6.15am ... and I can't wait ... if there are newbies there are newbies I'm sure I'll still be able to get a good workout.0
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everybody has to start somewhere.
So, yeah. I'm ready
I have nothing against people who are seriously dedicated. But in my experience the gym gets super crowded & everyone just sits on the machines not doing anything, playing with their phones, choosing songs on their ipods. Seriously dedicated people get all my respect.0 -
How about spending some extra time there and helping some of the Resolutioners, as you call them. Then maybe they will stick with it and become regulars and next year they can complain also. We all started somewhere.
Not a paid trainer, sorry.0 -
Why are people complaining about a busy gyms in january? I'm happy for all the people trying to become healthier and I will meet them with a smile and a helping hand.0
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It's ok, the gym is always full to the brim this time of year. By valentines day the majority will have 'thrown the towel in'
I go to the work gym, Sony just change my lunch time to the afternoon in between normal lunch and home time, it's so much quieter, and there are less shrieking girlies in their packs who, honestly, don't need to be in there, and have taken it up as a new year resolution with their friends and don't intend on keeping it
On the plus side, it is usually the best time to find someone new to become a gym buddy!0 -
It's ok, the gym is always full to the brim this time of year. By valentines day the majority will have 'thrown the towel in'
I go to the work gym, Sony just change my lunch time to the afternoon in between normal lunch and home time, it's so much quieter, and there are less shrieking girlies in their packs who, honestly, don't need to be in there, and have taken it up as a new year resolution with their friends and don't intend on keeping it
Yeah I try to go first thing in the morning before work like 6-7am. Hopefully most people will be working out later on in the day.0 -
Frustrating that the gym will be full, but Gym > Couch so welcome! 0
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I recently bought my own weights so I won't be enjoying the New Years Resolution bump. Just remember that it only lasts until mid-February and if some of those resolutionists stick with it and become awesome then that's a win.
Pro-tip from last year-- most newbies won't be there in the early afternoon. For some reason. (I've heard at other gyms it's first thing in the morning but mine is always packed from 5-7 a.m.)0 -
I was a newbie last January. Hopefully there are one or two in this year's group of newbies who have the success there in 2014 that I had in 2013.0
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Why are people complaining about a busy gyms in january? I'm happy for all the people trying to become healthier and I will meet them with a smile and a helping hand.
I'm very happy for people who want to be healthier in the new year. People like that I don't consider to new year resolutioners, I consider them to be people making a real lifestyle change. There is a huge difference.0 -
It's ok, the gym is always full to the brim this time of year. By valentines day the majority will have 'thrown the towel in'
I go to the work gym, Sony just change my lunch time to the afternoon in between normal lunch and home time, it's so much quieter, and there are less shrieking girlies in their packs who, honestly, don't need to be in there, and have taken it up as a new year resolution with their friends and don't intend on keeping it
On the plus side, it is usually the best time to find someone new to become a gym buddy!
You at SCEE?0 -
Your lucky, I would love to start that early! Have a 4 year old who would strongly disagree though lol!0
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Why are people complaining about a busy gyms in january? I'm happy for all the people trying to become healthier and I will meet them with a smile and a helping hand.
Well, I have social anxiety so the more crowded it is the more anxious I get. I also imagine it's frustrating for people who have worked all day to have to wait in line for equipment that they can usually use with no issues.0 -
Ours started getting packed about 2 weeks ago. That's fine, as long as an arc-trainer is free. Treadmills have been packed. The arc-trainer is definitely more intimidating.0
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Yeah maybe.
But there have already been threads on this...
Be nice to them, you were new once.
And you join date is about the same time as resolutioners (as is mine - 1/2/12).
If you cant be nice, find another time to go so its less crowded. Or work out at home if you can (jealous of you have a gym in your house)
So that means I can't post my own? And I never said I would be mean to anyone. Also my join date on here, doesn't represent the time I started working out.
You're a peach.
Get off the high horse.
A lot of the 'resolutioners' dont know what they're doing in regards how to use the machines or gym etiquette. So if it bothers you so much, help them. Even though you aren't a paid trainer. Itll take a few minutes out of your day and make your gym time more tolerable once they learn0 -
I recently bought my own weights so I won't be enjoying the New Years Resolution bump. Just remember that it only lasts until mid-February and if some of those resolutionists stick with it and become awesome then that's a win.
Pro-tip from last year-- most newbies won't be there in the early afternoon. For some reason. (I've heard at other gyms it's first thing in the morning but mine is always packed from 5-7 a.m.)
Yeah I figure, if I can get through the next several weeks then only the serious people will be left & that will be awesome.0 -
I'm ready to workout at home for the next couple weeks, then I'll slowly start hitting my gym agian.0
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think of all the poor newbies who'll be spending half their time taking the heavy plates left by the lazy regulars off the machines they're trying to use, and queueing for a bench or machine occupied by the hogs that won't share or work in,
no wonder so many of them leave after a short time0 -
How about spending some extra time there and helping some of the Resolutioners, as you call them. Then maybe they will stick with it and become regulars and next year they can complain also. We all started somewhere.
Not a paid trainer, sorry.
Aren't you just a ray of sunshine.0 -
Yeah maybe.
But there have already been threads on this...
Be nice to them, you were new once.
And you join date is about the same time as resolutioners (as is mine - 1/2/12).
If you cant be nice, find another time to go so its less crowded. Or work out at home if you can (jealous of you have a gym in your house)
So that means I can't post my own? And I never said I would be mean to anyone. Also my join date on here, doesn't represent the time I started working out.
You're a peach.
Get off the high horse.
A lot of the 'resolutioners' dont know what they're doing in regards how to use the machines or gym etiquette. So if it bothers you so much, help them. Even though you aren't a paid trainer. Itll take a few minutes out of your day and make your gym time more tolerable once they learn
As are you. I have no issues asking people if they are done with a machine. I'm not going to actually help people work out is what I was referring to.0 -
It's ok, the gym is always full to the brim this time of year. By valentines day the majority will have 'thrown the towel in'
I go to the work gym, Sony just change my lunch time to the afternoon in between normal lunch and home time, it's so much quieter, and there are less shrieking girlies in their packs who, honestly, don't need to be in there, and have taken it up as a new year resolution with their friends and don't intend on keeping it
On the plus side, it is usually the best time to find someone new to become a gym buddy!
You at SCEE?
Nope, Adastral park Ipswich0 -
Your lucky, I would love to start that early! Have a 4 year old who would strongly disagree though lol!
The only reason I am able to go that early is because I go right after dropping my daughter to school.0 -
How about spending some extra time there and helping some of the Resolutioners, as you call them. Then maybe they will stick with it and become regulars and next year they can complain also. We all started somewhere.
Not a paid trainer, sorry.
Aren't you just a ray of sunshine.
Thanks sweetie.0 -
Why are people complaining about a busy gyms in january? I'm happy for all the people trying to become healthier and I will meet them with a smile and a helping hand.
I'm very happy for people who want to be healthier in the new year. People like that I don't consider to new year resolutioners, I consider them to be people making a real lifestyle change. There is a huge difference.
And how can you tell them appart? Everyone new in the gym today will be resolutioners trying to make a lifestyle change. Some will suceed and others will struggle and quit. They are still trying so be nice.0 -
think of all the poor newbies who'll be spending half their time taking the heavy plates left by the lazy regulars off the machines they're trying to use, and queueing for a bench or machine occupied by the hogs that won't share or work in,
no wonder so many of them leave after a short time
That's annoying to me as well. I don't understand how people don't put the weights back or wipe down equipment when they are finished. That just proper manners.0
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