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

lilRicki

Seriously, some people make me sad. The same people that are making me procrastinate going back to the gym this week because I have been gone a little over a month and will be made to feel unwelcome and uncomfortable. Thank you for helping me realize that I was correct.

stop using that as your excuse...

Well said sir!

that's ma'am to you...Ricky with a "y" is masculine lol

Showgirlbody

I'm dreading my kick box and zumba classes. I barely make it in time from work so if they are going to have a sign in sheet to be able to go in, then I am screwed. And the air in the room gets thick and smells with too many people and you run into all the people that go the wrong way or have no rhythm. lol Fun in January.

christine24t

I've been sick the past few days and decided to try and go and do some weights today. Stepped foot in my gym, saw the queue of 5 people for the leg press and 11, yes, 11 people waiting for the lat pulldown machine and only managed a few free weight and core exercises before I couldn't hack it and I walked back out. I have no issue with people committed to making a better life for themselves and working hard, but one guy I saw took a 6 minute break between sets when somebody else could have used that machine before he got back on, instead he just sat on it. Frustrated as hell.

You should just ask if you can use it! If someone's sitting on a machine, I just say, "Hey, would you mind if I use that?" It's not a big deal to ask.

juliecat1

I'm dreading my kick box and zumba classes. I barely make it in time from work so if they are going to have a sign in sheet to be able to go in, then I am screwed. And the air in the room gets thick and smells with too many people and you run into all the people that go the wrong way or have no rhythm. lol Fun in January.

good luck with Zumba! There were people doing the class outside the classroom today! lol. It was insane! The weight room has been fairly empty thus far. Treadmills and bikes are impossible to get on. I use the Precor Adaptive Motion which scares most of the newbs. Id see them get on it, take a few strides and then get off. In their shiny white tennis shoes and new work out gear :bigsmile: I honestly do wish them well but Id like my bikes back!

BEERRUNNER

Update: I was at the gym yesterday and I am happy to report there were some nice thick ladies working out there!!! Lots of Eye candy!!!!! I hope those fine young ladies stick around for the long term!!:bigsmile:

There was a fine Polish woman next to me ont he treadmill keeping up with ma pace we were going step for step........I found that sexy!!

EuroDriver12

haha yeah actuly all the regulars yesterday were joking around! the gym was packed with new people n we know that about 99% of them wont even last till the end of the month!

EuroDriver12

Update: I was at the gym yesterday and I am happy to report there were some nice thick ladies working out there!!! Lots of Eye candy!!!!! I hope those fine young ladies stick around for the long term!!:bigsmile:

There was a fine Polish woman next to me ont he treadmill keeping up with ma pace we were going step for step........I found that sexy!!

quit checkin out girls n steering at them when they are working out! guys like u is why they created a "womens ONLY" section in our gym! ur going to ruin it for urself!

juscallmeb

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

agreed

KimmieBrie

Seriously, some people make me sad. The same people that are making me procrastinate going back to the gym this week because I have been gone a little over a month and will be made to feel unwelcome and uncomfortable. Thank you for helping me realize that I was correct.

stop using that as your excuse...

Agreed. Concentrate on yourself. Go to the gym, do your workout. The more you do it, the less unwelcome and uncomfortable you'll feel. The only one preventing you from getting up and doing it is you.

BEERRUNNER

Update: I was at the gym yesterday and I am happy to report there were some nice thick ladies working out there!!! Lots of Eye candy!!!!! I hope those fine young ladies stick around for the long term!!:bigsmile:

There was a fine Polish woman next to me ont he treadmill keeping up with ma pace we were going step for step........I found that sexy!!

quit checkin out girls n steering at them when they are working out! guys like u is why they created a "womens ONLY" section in our gym! ur going to ruin it for urself!

HAHAHAHHA im just jokin broski!

BEERRUNNER

Well said babycakes!!

ShapeUpSidney

I'm almost happy that I'm still battling the flu, because I can't deal with the gym for next week or so. When will March roll around?

MsKittyCAT

My gym parking lot has never been so full. I consider the trek from the last parking space in the farthest row as part of my warm up, lol.

doornumber03

i have to go at like 8:30 at night now....I actually saw 2 women last night sitting there on the bikes just talking away....not pedaling or anything. Felt like saying, umm, you actually have to do it.

Ibjames

you have to expect the crowd, I just hate it when they don't know etiquette, you are waiting for a machine, they are talking, taking super long breaks, you want to get in and get out, you are there often, you want to get out, they are there, hanging out, you know they won't be there in a couple months but it still pisses you off the same

keep the heart rate up, get pumping on that machine, lets go!

or they are standing in front of the dumbbells, hogging up the walking space, but that is new people and old alike.. ok.. rant over

BEERRUNNER

i have to go at like 8:30 at night now....I actually saw 2 women last night sitting there on the bikes just talking away....not pedaling or anything. Felt like saying, umm, you actually have to do it.

Yeap! I saw alot of that going on........ladies on treadmills going REAL slow and holding on to the bars!?!?!?!

BEERRUNNER

Bump this bad boy!

BEERRUNNER

bwahahahaha:devil:

SewerUrchin

I'm afraid I'm one of those dreadful resolution people who are so unwelcome in gyms. I've been losing weight through dieting and half-arsed exercise since last autumn, and figured that, as I've landed a job, I'd join a gym. I'm clad in cheap gym clothes, I only go at about 6.5-7mph on the treadmill for about forty minutes at a time, I don't know how all the machines work, so have to ask, and, most importantly, I exist. Know what that means? While my gym is huge and therefore there's always at least one of each machine available, there's a chance that, one day, I might delay someone in using their machine of choice. I know, I know. I can't live with myself. If anyone needs me, I'll be sitting at home, injecting lard directly into my arteries.

Seriously though, while it's ultimately your job to pull your finger out and force yourself to go to the gym, I can see why stuff like this would be demotivating; on my first gym session, I felt quite scared that everyone was going to see me trying to figure out how everything works, and either laugh at me or roll their eyes and think "get out of my gym, fatty, the gym is only for adonis types". I persevered anyway (because this is costing me a bloody fortune so I may as well use it), and I'm sorry if I have less stamina than you at the moment and such, but I'll improve in time. And I can see why people who've just joined a gym would see a thread like this and be put off and quit, feeling like a mere nuisance when they already feel bad enough compared to the average gym-goer. I mean, I was chatting to a girl who had her first session yesterday, and she said she felt guilty for not power walking fast enough on the treadmill because everyone else was running and she thought they'd think she was just a time-waster. Everyone has to start somewhere. I told her that, like me, she's not as full-on with her training as everyone else yet, but if she keeps at it, she eventually will be. Plus, she pays for a membership just like everyone else. We both have a right to be there, regardless of whether we "hog the treadmill" or "don't cycle on a high enough effort setting". I understand being annoyed at people who seem to think that just being in a gym makes them healthy even if they barely do anything, but you know what? Tough. When you go to a shop and there's a massive queue, do you automatically blame the other shoppers too? You're all in the same boat. Give it time. After a while, many of the much-loathed new starters will lose hope and give up, and you'll have your favourite machine in the corner back. At least they tried.