Anyone else dreading January?

NFL playoffs...how could anyone dread that.....

I usually see more deer than people when I'm out riding- not really expecting that to change much in January.

I do wish everyone starting out the new year right the best of luck- that was me last year.

Damn deer with their silly bicycling resolutions.

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I usually see more deer than people when I'm out riding- not really expecting that to change much in January.

I do wish everyone starting out the new year right the best of luck- that was me last year.

Damn deer with their silly bicycling resolutions.

And I bet they didn't have to wait half an hour to bike!

I'm dreading January because it is @!@!$#!@#%#@$^%!@$##!@ cold here in January.

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I would be working out at home during that time. No desire to have to wait for a half hour to walk on the treadmill

It's a damn shame no one has come up with a way that people can get in a walk without having to wait for a treadmill. Just a damn shame.

Where I live, we have places called sidewalks. I do my walking there. They're really cool, but they're taxpayer subsidized. :ohwell:

Wow, I bet you'd have to wait a long time to walk on one of these devices.

Where I live we have sidewalks too. They are covered with snow and ice from November to April, and many of them are on hills. If you want to do your working out there, you better have a lot of layers, a set of snow shoes or ice cleats, and a mouth guard for when you fall on your face...and a walker on standby for the broken hip.

All this thread has made me do is want to watch Groundhog Day.

Again.

Damn it.

All this thread has made me do is want to watch Groundhog Day.

Again.

Damn it.

I love seeing all the new people who join in January! You remind me of the Catholics I know who complain about those who attend mass only on Christmas day and Easter Sunday. I find that being happy for others and not making everything about me actually makes a happier me. Try it.

Last year at the gym people didn't come until March....

I'm not dreading January, but that's probably because I don't look for ridiculous reasons to be pessimistic about the future. Life is good.

Yes sir on this one! I don't make resolutions, I try to live each day the best I can.

I was thinking about this yesterday when there were 5 parking spots right next to the door of the gym. I'm not sure that the newbies crowd is as bad as we think (at least at my place) but that after Halloween the gym gets emptier and emptier and we get spoiled. Friday I was at the gym from 5:30 to 6:15 and was the only one in the room of about 30+ machines and weights. Literally the ONLY one! So I sang at the top of my lungs to my ipod while on the treadmill with wild abandon. I'd have danced if I thought i wouldn't fall off the dang thing.

I go between 3-3:30am. There's never anyone there

Not dreading January one bit. Looking forward to moving my fitness up a notch and hoping I can help someone else get fit like so many have helped me.

I live in a world where lines and overcrowding are just about everywhere. The seasonal upticks just mean people have money to spend and the economy is better.

It's all good.

Nah. I go early enough that the resolutioners don't stick it out for more than a week, and for people who are going to become regulars, sweet, maybe I can find a gym buddy.

NOT the new guy who had EVERY dang piece of equipment in the squat rack today - EZ-curl bar, dumbbells, women's bar and regular bar - to do his #@! curls for 30 minutes. AND gave me attitude when I asked to work in with the dumbbells. He has now replaced "sit on the bench and drink coffee guy" as my nemesis.

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Really? People are hating on the OP for this? No WAY.

I'm with you.

My gym has a Zumba line a mile long on normal days... During Jan & Feb it's INSANE. Then it dies down.

Yes, I encourage other to feel good and am proud of those with the new years resolutions to get their a$$es to the gym. But YES, OP... it messes up my routine for about 2 months. I feel ya.

Sounds like you could try something other than Zumba. Maybe take the time to switch up your routine? I've heard there are other things to do at the gym besides Zumba.

Yes, I hear they have a device that allows people to actually walk.

Sorry. I don't go to the gym to do something I can do freely outside; anytime. Point of my addition was to agree with the OP. It IS super crowded. Many times you've got ppl standing off on the sides waiting for a machine. It happens.

Not a fan. Doesn't mean I hate all newbies. We were all newbies. I just dislike the crowdedness. Im in So Cal. It gets hot enough here without extra bodies. Oh well... haters gonna hate, I guess.

No I get you., totally!It would be a tragedy to go outside for a few weeks in January in southern California.

I signed up for a pilates class in January, and I'm HOPING it'll be filled with New Years Resolution people so I can sort of hide out in the crowd! Then after a while the herd will thin and hopefully I'll have the confidence to not worry about standing out!