NY Resolution people and packed gyms!!?!?!?!?

BEERRUNNER

OH OH its gonna be jam packed at the gym today full of new year resolutioners! I expect all the bike machines to be busy.....lucky for me they avoid the treadmills like the plague............ha!
SO.when does your gym start returning to normal?

HOPEFULLY theres some awesome eyecandy!:devil:

cardbucfan

OMG, I got to the gym early yesterday once I dropped my kids off at school (7:20) and it was pretty normal. Did the 8:15 spin class and it wasn't packed. I figured everybody was waiting until today to get started. Whoa, was I wrong! I walked out of the spin room and couldn't believe how packed the weight room was and the parking lot was like the day after Thanksgiving with folks shadowing you to your car to get your parking space. I will be glad when it's back to normal! (and I was VERY glad I get to the gym early!)

melaniecheeks

Just remember, fitness is for life, not just for January.

BEERRUNNER

OMG, I got to the gym early yesterday once I dropped my kids off at school (7:20) and it was pretty normal. Did the 8:15 spin class and it wasn't packed. I figured everybody was waiting until today to get started. Whoa, was I wrong! I walked out of the spin room and couldn't believe how packed the weight room was and the parking lot was like the day after Thanksgiving with folks shadowing you to your car to get your parking space. I will be glad when it's back to normal! (and I was VERY glad I get to the gym early!)

This is exactly how my old Ballys gym used to be every year for about a month or so.

Sugarchef

Things usually die down mid February. You have to give kudos to the new peeps that stick with it though.

jill___

I made a post like this yesterday! I just want my gym back!!!!

rissadiane

Luckily my gym was pretty much normal today, but I also went around 1, when I imagine a lot of people would be working or at school

LMHinson15

This was exactly the situation in my my gym this morning!!

Usually at 6:15 is empty. I usually have one empty treadmill on either side of me, but I was side by side with folks this morning.

For their own sakes I hope they keep it up!! But, if I get a little more breathing room in a couple of weeks I won't cry too many tears...

Neize

By mid February they usually start to drop off.

TWrecks1968

The rec center I work out with will be busy, but, thankfully, the roads will be empty, as usual, especially at 5:00 AM. LOL.

KateEMD

I have been working out at my apartment's sad little treadmill because I am afraid to go to the gym with all these new people. Well, that was a little extreme. I am not scared I just don't want to have to compete for my machines that I always used to have free reign of. I am heading there in 2 hours so we will see how it goes. Wish me luck!

lizziebeth1028

Omg, I hate having to wait for the equipment and treadmills because off all the people who will lose interest by February 1st are hogging all the machines!!!

Carfoodel

Mine's was a bit busier than normal today - but it was closed the last two days for the holidays so I expected more people would be there. still managed to get on all the machines without much hassle

RunHardBeStrong

Usually drops off at my gym beginning to mid Feb....

sportsforfun

I am definitely not looking forward to going today and waiting 1/2 an hour for every machine. It hasn't been bad up until today but I have a feeling today will not be pretty. And I don't think the new year brings out too much eye candy.

BEERRUNNER

Omg, I hate having to wait for the equipment and treadmills because off all the people who will lose interest by February 1st are hogging all the machines!!!

thats right babycakes!

Purpleflipflops

Hey, Hey Now! I started December 26th, don't group me with the newbies!

But I could really see how that would be a problem! I am lucky in the fact that my Gym seems pretty quiet, but I also go at around 7pm....

andezz99

I have a gym membership and also a full gym in my garage, I'll be spending more time in the garage this January until the excitement wears off at the gym.

weightwatcher4life

our local news interviewed the owner of a gym who stated that the past few days have been the busiest ever and people are joining like crazy... sad that those folks who only join for a bit don't do it for life for better health

Goal_Seeker_1988

The resoulution rush is usually over by March @ my gym. People seem to give up if they don't lose 50lbs in a month and get the body they want within a short period of time.

lilRicki

I noticed this last night! It was insane, but I was prepared...usually noobs don't like free weights or anything so I did mostly lifting last night. I do give them credit for trying, but this isn't my first year in a gym, it usually dies off around February. It's my hope that they found an exercise that they enjoy, because not everyone likes the gym, but statistics show they just fall off the wagon. Nothing is more painful than when someone walks up to you in a $300 work out outfit and asks you how to turn the elypticall on. Did you just buy the gear to fit in? Because I'm wearing $10 joggers and my fiance's beer t-shirt lol

scmatthews8

I think most people on this site(me included) were once in the shoes of the NY Resolutioner. Why criticize them for trying to change their lives? Statistics show that people won't continue, but how about the ones that do? If you really have a problem with it, find a new time to workout when the gym isn't packed(i.e. 5am, 10am, 3pm, 9pm etc.) By going at the crowded times you are only adding to the problem...

kimbly71

I am running inside until it gets a bit warmer and the gym was crammed with people yesterday. My husband was grumbling the whole time.....luckily he had planned an intense work out and was less stressed within about 20 minutes. My gym gets back to normal around the end of February. C'mon February!

lilRicki

I think most people on this site(me included) were once in the shoes of the NY Resolutioner. Why criticize them for trying to change their lives? Statistics show that people won't continue, but how about the ones that do? If you really have a problem with it, find a new time to workout when the gym isn't packed(i.e. 5am, 10am, 3pm, 9pm etc.) By going at the crowded times you are only adding to the problem...

we won't interrupt our regular routine, it will die out eventually...and even when I was new, it wasn't a new years resolution

christine24t

My gym was dead today at 8:30 in the morning! Less busy than normal lol

scmatthews8

Understood, but you did start out as a beginner correct? Is it possible that you annoyed some "regular" when you first started training? One of the contributors to people giving up is feeling judged by other members. One reason why planet fitness is so successful...

BEERRUNNER

Understood, but you did start out as a beginner correct? Is it possible that you annoyed some "regular" when you first started training? One of the contributors to people giving up is feeling judged by other members. One reason why planet fitness is so successful...

Oh oh I just joined Planet fitness.....

RedneckWmn

That is exactly why I'm avoiding the gym for probably the entire month. I'm going to give Insanity another go! People packing into the gym like that stresses me out!

RedneckWmn

I think most people on this site(me included) were once in the shoes of the NY Resolutioner. Why criticize them for trying to change their lives? Statistics show that people won't continue, but how about the ones that do? If you really have a problem with it, find a new time to workout when the gym isn't packed(i.e. 5am, 10am, 3pm, 9pm etc.) By going at the crowded times you are only adding to the problem...

we won't interrupt our regular routine, it will die out eventually...and even when I was new, it wasn't a new years resolution

Mine wasn't either!

LorinaLynn

Judging by how quiet my gym was at 9am this morning, no one around here had any resolutions about fitness. :laugh:

Yanicka1

well i hope the newbies will be in it for the long run. Tnat being said...those who pay but do not go must help lower my own membership price lol.