so how crowded is your gym with newbies?
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I don't mind it. Sure I have to wait for a rack, or a bench, but I think it's cool that they're out and getting started, and there's a proportion of them that will stick with it, and that's even cooler. Long live the resolutionists, I say.
After all, it's not like it's MY pool, or MY rack, or MY bench. If I want to get proprietorial over equipment, I guess I'll have to buy it for myself.0 -
This is my least favorite thing about gyms, and also, kind of about humanity. Because you KNOW that in a month, it's going to clear out.
I canceled my gym membership and take fitness classes at a place near my house so that I go every time and so that I know it won't be overcrowded, since you have to pre-register. I also belong to two yoga studios, so I can mix up times and go when I know it'll be less crowded.
I can't stand the resolution crowd!
We all had to start somewhere. Dont forget that we were like that once too. You should be encouraging, not discouraging, just saying
I agree with you 100% if only 50% of them continue after a few weeks at least they are trying!
I am looking forward to meeting some new people just starting out on there weight loss journey.
I am very polite but I will tell someone after they are finished with a piece of equipment " the towels and spray are over there."0 -
I really don't understand why people joining the gym is a BAD thing. *shakes head*
I still think ya'll should ENCOURAGE them and maybe they'll stay instead of dropping off once they forget their new year resolution. If the people at my gym hadn't been friendly I wouldn't have lost that first 30lbs!!!!
I don't think anyone is saying it's a bad thing. This happens every year. The gym gets busy for a few weeks, and then tapers off to the normals. I've seen it about 18 times now.
No one is saying it's bad. They're just stating what happens, every year. I joined a gym for the 1st time in Spring, and was taken back by how many people joined and then dropped out at the 1st new year there.0 -
I'm one of the newbies at my gym. :-x I switched to Planet Fitness instead of my ladies' gym that I've gone to for almost 2 years now... so I'm one that people are looking at judgmentally. Or would be if it weren't the judgement free zone.
LOVE PF! I started at one when I lived in Syracuse, NY, and waited very impatiently for one to open where I live in Michigan now for almost 4 years before we finally got one. I signed up before they were even open!
To the OP, I went straight from work (got to the machines around 5:30) and there were some of everything open in the cardio. Weight machines were hit and miss and the circuit was mostly empty. I was shocked because PF deals are unbelievable so I figured that, like last year, there'd be a swarm of people. Maybe it'll take another few days! The more the merrier as long as everyone's respectful...and the guy who happened to be on the machine I was going to use before me wiped it down in front of me then wished me a good workout!0 -
in one breath you say the pool ISNT a lap pool and in the next you say some new person is in your way from swimming laps...and then complain that this ~new person~ is some loser because he has the nerve to grace your presence and not be a expert swimmer! how about cheer him on because he is trying to learn. you complain that ~new~ people are coming in to your gym but out of the other side of your mouth you say....i just came back.0
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I work out at the Anytime Fitness by my office during my lunch breaks. There was not one new face there, but I think that is because in the middle of the afternoon, this particular gym is always nearly empty. Now, if I worked out at 5:00-8:00 p.m., I guarantee the place would be crowded during those hours.0
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I'm one of the newbies at my gym. :-x I switched to Planet Fitness instead of my ladies' gym that I've gone to for almost 2 years now... so I'm one that people are looking at judgmentally. Or would be if it weren't the judgement free zone.
LOVE PF! I started at one when I lived in Syracuse, NY, and waited very impatiently for one to open where I live in Michigan now for almost 4 years before we finally got one. I signed up before they were even open!
To the OP, I went straight from work (got to the machines around 5:30) and there were some of everything open in the cardio. Weight machines were hit and miss and the circuit was mostly empty. I was shocked because PF deals are unbelievable so I figured that, like last year, there'd be a swarm of people. Maybe it'll take another few days! The more the merrier as long as everyone's respectful...and the guy who happened to be on the machine I was going to use before me wiped it down in front of me then wished me a good workout!
The PF in Syracuse is pretty nice. I just spent two weeks in Syracuse on business in November, used that club almost every day I was there.0 -
I have to say I have only ever seen one person on their phone - well chatting on his hands free - on the early shift ... But dude is drop dead GORGEOUS so I kinda let him off and just smile at him. A lot.
(And try not to fall off the rowing machine while staring at him) ....
Sorry, where was I .. Oh yes phones bad.
Actually saw a staff member at my gym tell someone who was talking on his phone while using the elliptical on Tuesday that he had to confine his phone use to the lobby area. That was kind of refreshing.0 -
youre a jerk. those people are trying to make their lives better and you're in here judging them where they can see it. No wonder so many people are scared to go.
Yeah, I really dislike posts like this. Makes me want to push off a goal I had about joining a gym later this year back further. And no, it isn't because I'm lazy. I workout at home. It's just I am very self-conscious and have a bit of social anxiety. The gym was both a physical and mental step forward in conquering two things at once, but then I see threads like this (mostly during the New Year but they still pop up throughout the rest of the year)...and I think maybe I shouldn't go after all.0 -
Not busy at all, but I go to the YMCA. Non-trendy gym FTW0
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In November I was one of 120 or so people on my sex, and my age "band" in the gym I go to, by the end of December I was one of 500, in January I am currently one of 625 (and increasing) They use something called Fitlinxx to keep track of your progress, which I think is great
This is my first January at this gym and I was surprised to see just how many people have joined since before Christmas. Like many others I am so happy to "fit in" at the gym as I was also one of the very few very overweight people there working out at the time I go.0 -
My gym is a Bowflex, a Gazelle Glider and a Treadmill on my Third Floor. As far as I know, nobody has been up there for weeks. 0
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No one will read this comment, but I am so sad when I read posts like this.
Do none of you remember what it was like when you first entered the gym and a "newbie".
To be honest, I would be ashamed of myself if I wrote comments like this.
No wonder humanity is going down the drain.
Instead of *****ing on a site about how someone might take up your precious gym equipment - why not help them.
Do you have any idea how damn lucky you are that you have a membership!!
Get your head out of your *kitten* and look around.0 -
I joined mid December so count myself as a newbie. It's been quieter this week but then I've been in about 3pm so out of peak times. I think the first zumba class of the on Monday night is going to be packed out. My place is no contract and doing cheap monthly rates so I'd be very surprised if they'd not have a massive takeup on new members. I'm new, everyone has been great to me and I only use my phone for my music and couch to 5k app, no calls or texts!0
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I was a newbie in Jan 2011 so, YES, I CAN poop on people. If they are still around in May I'll apologize to all (both of) them : )
**why did MFP edit my original word for poop??0 -
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I finally felt at home! There were so many fat people there I loved it! I hope they stay it was nice to be surrounded by people that are my size rather then being the biggest one in the gym!
Haha! Me too! 0 -
A few more people than normal this morning....but the university students aren't back yet..that should change things starting this weekend.0
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A friend of mine calls them Resolutionists. You know them - the people who make a New Years Resolution to lose weight and join a gym only to quit after a few weeks.
My first day back at my gym was last night. I saw a few new faces but not enough that I had to wait on a machine. But I also realize that my gym is at a rehab hospital and the average age is higher, so I'm guessing there were more newbies in the morning.
No newbies in the pool last night. But we're in a deep freeze at the moment (-9F last night - BRRR!) so I'm guessing a lot of people chose not to leave their house in that weather!
The new people in the pool bother me more - they don't pay attention to where people are and that makes it tougher to swim laps. and if gets too crowded I won't swim laps. It's a really small pool with an older clientele so it's not really a lap pool, and there have been complaints about one guy who only thinks he can swim - we call him The Splasher. lol
how nice. I bet people there were people who thought you were a resolutionist,too when you first started.
my gym was the usual mix of people shopping,walking dogs,riding bikes and driving cars,buses and trucks.0 -
Yesterday, the gym was packed - it's a small, grotty whole of a gym, and there were a good 25 people. Today, there was 3. Including me.
Those resolutionists drop off fast.0 -
My gym is open 24/7 so its great to have new members to fill the place out. The more the merrier I say, I hate being the only one is the gym!0
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A friend of mine calls them Resolutionists. You know them - the people who make a New Years Resolution to lose weight and join a gym only to quit after a few weeks.
My first day back at my gym was last night. I saw a few new faces but not enough that I had to wait on a machine. But I also realize that my gym is at a rehab hospital and the average age is higher, so I'm guessing there were more newbies in the morning.
No newbies in the pool last night. But we're in a deep freeze at the moment (-9F last night - BRRR!) so I'm guessing a lot of people chose not to leave their house in that weather!
The new people in the pool bother me more - they don't pay attention to where people are and that makes it tougher to swim laps. and if gets too crowded I won't swim laps. It's a really small pool with an older clientele so it's not really a lap pool, and there have been complaints about one guy who only thinks he can swim - we call him The Splasher. lol
how nice. I bet people there were people who thought you were a resolutionist,too when you first started.
my gym was the usual mix of people shopping,walking dogs,riding bikes and driving cars,buses and trucks.
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I think those who are experienced gym members should put together a Gym Etiquette post.
If someone is new to a gym, they may not know about simple things like wiping down machines, phones, personal property, etc. It is intimidating to go into an unfamiliar setting, feeling awkward about yourself, seeing experienced folks all around you and trying to learn all at the same time.
Let's help the noobs!!!0 -
I haven't been at my gym long enough to know who is new and who is not. How many people here have started a lifestyle change, and ended up falling back into the same ole routine? Guilty. Sometimes it takes a few tries for it to really set in. The more supportive people are versus judgemental, the more likely people continue going and try to better themselves.0
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No one will read this comment, but I am so sad when I read posts like this.
Do none of you remember what it was like when you first entered the gym and a "newbie".
To be honest, I would be ashamed of myself if I wrote comments like this.
No wonder humanity is going down the drain.
Instead of *****ing on a site about how someone might take up your precious gym equipment - why not help them.
Do you have any idea how damn lucky you are that you have a membership!!
Get your head out of your *kitten* and look around.
I read your post and I couldn't agree more.0 -
Busier, but not to crowded. I've got 5 new clients since the 1st and expect a few more. But every year, for every 3 I get, just one stays.
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Ok this will Probably seem like a shameless attempt at self-promoting another thread. However, before anymore of you jump down eachother's throats for being judgmental or complain about resolutionists, please consider reading my post in this forum titled "Why do we get annoyed by Resolutionists". I think I've summed up a lot of the perspectives on both sides of this and I really believe based on what I've seen in this thread that it would provide some useful information to help us understand eachother rather than getting upset or turned off to gyms or whatever. I'd also like you kind folks to point out any points I might have missed. Rather than judging eachother maybe try understanding eachother first?
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/835861-why-do-we-get-annoyed-by-resolutionists0 -
No one will read this comment, but I am so sad when I read posts like this.
Do none of you remember what it was like when you first entered the gym and a "newbie".
To be honest, I would be ashamed of myself if I wrote comments like this.
No wonder humanity is going down the drain.
Instead of *****ing on a site about how someone might take up your precious gym equipment - why not help them.
Do you have any idea how damn lucky you are that you have a membership!!
Get your head out of your *kitten* and look around.
I read your post and I couldn't agree more.
i agree with this 100%... there is another thread where some girl is affraid to go to the gym, worried that others will be judging her and making fun of her... THIS IS WHY! do you know how many peole have atleast 1 false start before succeeding at weight loss or just a healthy lifestyle in general. id bet just about every one of us here have had failed attempts at one time or another! why are there threads like this that actually discourage "newbies" from taking that step and giving it a good try? are people this unhappy with thier own selves, thier own progress, thier own lives that they have to tear others down? my god, how about some encouragement for those who are trying to make a fresh start?0 -
it was a bit busier....but not bad, weight room was dead, cardio was so so...no issues with trying to get a machine , thought it would have been busier0
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