Time limits on machines..

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  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    I do love running outside, I just have no way of tracking how far I go as it's usually a sporadic jog around the park near me. And I want to know exactly where I am at. And yup, I'll just have to go at slow times!

    www.mapmyrun.com
  • Krissy366
    Krissy366 Posts: 458 Member
    Rules are stupid. I do not follow any rules. I make my own Rules.
    Twenty minute limit on a cardio machine is ignorant....and I really hope you tell them so.

    If more people complain about the time limit then having to wait for a machine, then majority rules.....they should remove the rule of time limit.
    At least democracy used to rule.....not sure anymore.

    It's not a democracy - it's a business. And the business is setting the rules - likely because other members who pay to be there complain that they can't get in a workout because people hog the machines. 20 minutes is not a reasonable time limit, but cardio equipment time limits during peak hours are not unusual in many gyms.
  • saragato
    saragato Posts: 1,154
    I'd be finding a new gym. How is a serious runner supposed to get a decent run in?? They need to be investing in some new machines it sounds like. I stay on whatever cardio equipment I choose that day for at least 45min.

    A serious runner would run outside.

    Not where I live. It's not safe to run outside for months of the year. (Excessive snow, ice, and -40 C/F, plus wind chill at times.)

    It's not safe to run outside where I live any month of the year, but then again I live in an area that harbors drug dealers, wife beaters, thugs, and thieves of every age. If I have to go outside at night I bring a boxcutter with me. That aside where I live gets well into the 90s by this time and couple that with humidity it makes it awful to even walk on a jogging trail.

    Basically you have to work with what you've got. I know the gym I used to go to (I think it's called Spectrum) had an indoor running track. It was always busy with people jogging or running laps since, like I said, a lot of this city isn't safe to be outside in. That and 80% of the city has no sidewalks. We had about a half a dozen or so pedestrians hurt or killed last year because they have to walk on the road.
  • BigDaddyBRC
    BigDaddyBRC Posts: 2,395 Member
    Running on a treadmill versus running outside....GYM LOSES.
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    20 minute time limit? Are you serious? I don't know anybody who uses a machine for only 20 minutes! I'd be finding another gym, that's dumb.

    Our gym doesn't really have a time limit because there are like 2730482734 machines, but I think technically it's 30 minutes (if it's super busy). I've never seen all the machines full though, our cardio area is freaking huge.

    Also, to whoever said a serious runner would run outside: I consider myself a serious runner but I also do not have the option to run outside a lot of the time. I can't exactly take my son along with me on runs, and the gym has child care, so during the week, that is where I have to run. Also, in the summer, when it's triple digits for months at a time, running outside is next to impossible for me. Of course, running outside is always the best, but it's not logistically feasible all the time.
  • natvanessa
    natvanessa Posts: 230 Member
    I do love running outside, I just have no way of tracking how far I go as it's usually a sporadic jog around the park near me. And I want to know exactly where I am at. And yup, I'll just have to go at slow times!

    If you have a smartphone check out the app called "MapMyRun". It logs how far you run, how fast, and your pace (MPH). It's amazing!
  • Jain
    Jain Posts: 861 Member
    The time limit at my gym is 15mins, but only at busy times. Other than that you can stay on as ling as you want. I tend to go mid morning so never have a problem.
  • msjersey73
    msjersey73 Posts: 182 Member
    Rules are stupid. I do not follow any rules. I make my own Rules.
    Twenty minute limit on a cardio machine is ignorant....and I really hope you tell them so.

    If more people complain about the time limit then having to wait for a machine, then majority rules.....they should remove the rule of time limit.
    At least democracy used to rule.....not sure anymore.

    It's not a democracy - it's a business. And the business is setting the rules - likely because other members who pay to be there complain that they can't get in a workout because people hog the machines. 20 minutes is not a reasonable time limit, but cardio equipment time limits during peak hours are not unusual in many gyms.
    The Business will do what the majority of the customers want.
  • the_journeyman
    the_journeyman Posts: 1,877 Member
    This is why I run on the TRACK at my gym. No time limit, and if you're going to run a 5K, I've not seen too many of them run on treadmills.

    JM
  • 2143661
    2143661 Posts: 566 Member
    How is a serious runner supposed to get a decent run in??

    You can always run outside.

    My thoughts exactly...isn't that was serious runners already do? hmm

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