so how crowded is your gym with newbies?

Thank God y'all were expecting me! I hate to be a surprise to people. Now get off YOUR machine so I can get my time in......And do you mind if I clear the weights off the bar your not using so I can actually do something here? Sheesh, i'm glad that all of y'all walked out of the womb being the gym gurus that you are. Try using some of this knowledge that all of y'all hold so tightly to your chest and actually HELP someone that may be trying to actually get healthy. That is all, carry on.

You all know that people aren't "complaining" about new people at the gym, right?

It's stating a fact. The gym is insanely busy from January through Feb, sometimes March. It happens every year. I've seen it for a bout 18 years now at big gyms, small gyms, and in between.

It happens.

Uhhh I am! I can't stand it! It's like watching a smoker give up smoking for a day for the 900th time.

My gym doesn't seem to have many regulars let alone newbies. I actually joined the gym before the Christmas holidays to help keep me stable and sensible over the holidays. I did start with a new trainer on January 2nd though and I have to say it has been awesome! He is sensible and enthusiastic without coming across like a sales person trying to sell me a car. He is also studying to be a phsyiotherapist so that is helpful since I have had back surgery and problems with my shoulder, and tight hamstrings and hips. I am happy with my progress even though I haven't lost much of anything yet. I have however gained a lot of energy that I didn't have before and I am looking forward to tomorrow instead of dreading it like I used.
Rai

I can't stand it! It's like watching a smoker give up smoking for a day for the 900th time.

:laugh:

I think it's a good thing for people to have goals and to work toward a plan to achieve.

Today's quote from my Dave Ramsey desk calendar is this:

"If your goals are going to work, they must be specific. You can't just have a goal of helping people. You have to break your goal don ad define what "helping people" means. If you can't tell that your goal has been met, then it is not specific enough. Goals must be measurable. Develop a process to measure where you are now and where you are going to go from here. If your goals are too vague, they are still dreams."

The point is, it's one thing to dream and hope, it's another thing to get out there and DO IT. So for all those people who are giving it another shot and trying..I commend them honestly. I have started over many times, but this time it is for real and the new year was a great motivator for me. I work out at home in the elliptical. But even if I was going to the gym, I wouldn't feel ashamed. I would hate to be considered a "Revolutionist" or whatever. But in my heart I know what my goals are, I have a plan and I know where I want to be.

Labels don't define me..my action and success will speak for themselves...and same goes for anyone willing to put effort into a new goal for the New Year.

When I intend to use the treadmill or the like, I have been trying to go during my lunch break (around 2pm). It's not that busy.

As for the classes I've taken since Jan 1, the one really popular class was surprisingly not complete chaos. The other class is new and is still growing and I was hoping to see some newbies but I didn't see any.

Anyways, very rarely do I get annoyed by "newbies." Usually, the worst offenders tend to be people who have been going to the gym for ages and view it like their second home--I don't want to imagine what their first home looks and smells like.

ehh it's pretty bad. I work second shift and go at 12pm before work and it's packed. I have had to park in the back the last few days I usually get parking in the front. The locker room is horrid. It's literally jammed packed--took me like 5 mins to find a damn locker today. :mad:

I'm one of the newbies who just joined, and I was a bit anxious after I read this thread :P. But I'm not going to give up, I can't believe I haven't joined before, it's so great!

Now just crowded with the 'Resolutionists' (love it, might steal the term...haha) but also with PTs! They're all hovering around asking people, 'have you thought about personal training? Do you want me to show you how that machine works? Let me assist you with opening your wallet and spend hundreds of pounds on me telling you what you can eat and cannot eat and run on the treadmill as fast as you can like a hamster.'

Rant over.

lol. a bit busier than usual. some new faces, a bit difficult for the old hands though, as everyone kind of tries to do their own thing so for the first time in months I had to tell a fellow gymmer that I was using the machine.

Though the weirdest new thing I saw were posters for the restaurant attached to the gym, the text was "keep calm and have a weed burger" - it's Amsterdam so, you know, it's not THAT weird. But they meant seaweed.