Go away newbies (not really)

Dahllywood
Dahllywood Posts: 642 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I'm sorry, but I just CAN'T HANDLE the amount of people at my gym anymore. All of these new people with NY resolutions need to GTFO of my gym.

I'm really just kidding, I'm glad people are trying to be healthier and change their lifestyles. But cmon, I can't even hop on a frikkin treadmill anymore and my gym is always packed. >.<
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  • orangelobster
    orangelobster Posts: 151
    I'm sorry, but I just CAN'T HANDLE the amount of people at my gym anymore. All of these new people with NY resolutions need to GTFO of my gym.

    I'm really just kidding, I'm glad people are trying to be healthier and change their lifestyles. But cmon, I can't even hop on a frikkin treadmill anymore and my gym is always packed. >.<

    Give it a couple more weeks and you'll see the crowds thin out. It's the same thing at my gym.
  • browneyes97
    browneyes97 Posts: 98
    HAHAHA! I was thinking the same thing only about Kickboxing. I was partnered up with a newbie last class and I thought I wasn't getting as good of a work out as normal; but I came home and checked my Bodybugg and I burned more calories than usual!

    Pretty crazy!
  • apriltrainer
    apriltrainer Posts: 732 Member
    We were all newbies once! Sheez!

    I actually am a personal trainer but I tend to try and workout incognito...and work out alot at home. Lately I've gotten alot of clients due to New years resolutions and because I am so busy..I have to work out at the gym now instead of home.

    I love it when people who have been working out for a year or so, see me ,and think I'm a newbie. Today this one girl was sighing pretty loud when I asked if the empty spot next to hers was taken. You see I needed a place to warmup.

    I could tell ,since I am a pt..that she was giving me the..."get out of my way noob" look. Stomping in front of me to get weights while I was doing some arm circles just for the fun of it..hee hee.

    All the while she was giving me the evil eye for invading her "space".

    so then , I threw in some one arm pushups , a few handstand pushups, and made sure to do a couple deadhang pullups and one muscleup(because I can only do one muscle up!) to remind the "veterans" not to judge the "new" people they see at the gym.
  • KimLovesDon
    KimLovesDon Posts: 152 Member
    We were all newbies once! Sheez!

    I actually am a personal trainer but I tend to try and workout incognito...and work out alot at home. Lately I've gotten alot of clients due to New years resolutions and because I am so busy..I have to work out at the gym now instead of home.

    I love it when *kitten* holes who have been working out for a year or so, see me ,and think I'm a newbie. Today this one girl was sighing pretty loud when I asked if the empty spot next to hers was taken. You see I needed a place to warmup.

    I could tell ,since I am a pt..that she was giving me the..."get out of my way noob" look. Stomping in front of me to get weights while I was doing some arm circles just for the fun of it..hee hee.

    All the while she was giving me the evil eye for invading her "space".

    so then , I threw in some one arm pushups , a few handstand pushups, and made sure to do a couple deadhang pullups and one muscleup(because I can only do one muscle up!) to remind the "veterans" not to judge the "new" people they see at the gym.
    LOVE THIS!!!!! I'm fairly new at my gym, actually I'm a returnee. But sometimes I get those looks from the "beautiful people ". It's as if I shouldn't be allowed to try to better myself because I'm not a size 3.
  • jflori
    jflori Posts: 25
    This is so true! My school's gym is fairly small, and there's never enough equipment to go around in January. Can't wait till the new years resolutions people start giving up! :P
  • spamantha57
    spamantha57 Posts: 674 Member
    Haha... I used to think that every January & February. Just gotta hold out!
  • trudijoy
    trudijoy Posts: 1,685 Member
    i kinda get this - i hate the girls who go to the gym to say they went, and do their ten minute walk on the treadmill then their 30 min stand-around-and-gossip-but-don't-use-the-equipment-they-are-blocking session. luckily they never last
  • glitteredgrave
    glitteredgrave Posts: 194 Member
    It should clear out by March. Hopefully, lol.
  • Izzwoz
    Izzwoz Posts: 348 Member
    If it's YOUR gym, you should set up a "no new people" policy.
  • SageGoddess320
    SageGoddess320 Posts: 2,589 Member
    I'm sorry, but I just CAN'T HANDLE the amount of people at my gym anymore. All of these new people with NY resolutions need to GTFO of my gym.

    I'm really just kidding, I'm glad people are trying to be healthier and change their lifestyles. But cmon, I can't even hop on a frikkin treadmill anymore and my gym is always packed. >.<


    Everyone has to start somewhere. I'm sure the "regulars" were thinking the same thing about you.
  • theRubberBlubberWhale_Slinky
    theRubberBlubberWhale_Slinky Posts: 32 Member
    I'm sorry, but I just CAN'T HANDLE the amount of people at my gym anymore. All of these new people with NY resolutions need to GTFO of my gym.

    I'm really just kidding, I'm glad people are trying to be healthier and change their lifestyles. But cmon, I can't even hop on a frikkin treadmill anymore and my gym is always packed. >.<


    Everyone has to start somewhere. I'm sure the "regulars" were thinking the same thing about you.
    Exactly!
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    Go early in the morning or late at night to avoid the newbie crowd.
  • SugarBoomBoom
    SugarBoomBoom Posts: 67
    So, you were never new?

    One January, two years ago at Body Pump when I was a newbie I overheard two regulars moaning about the class being full because of "those Christmas Pudding People"! So offensive.

    Everyone has to start somewhere - lighten up. Live and let live. Or get a home gym.
  • Sophlilcady
    Sophlilcady Posts: 21 Member
    I'm a 'new years resolutioner' and have been working out 5 days a week, I'm lucky my gym is so friendly! One of the pts set up a workout for me (and will re check as often as needed) and my commitment is unwavering. I'm LOVING it.

    So if you're going to my gym (only likely if you're east of Melbourne, aus, lol) get used to me coz I ain't quitting!
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    I found a great solution to that.. Switch gyms.

    I find that the box gyms tend to be super crowded and full of new-year resolutionists, mainly because they are cheap and easy to access.

    My new gym is a wellness center, and they have a rule about no cellphones on the floor unless they are for music... and I have yet to see a person breaking those rules. It's awesome!
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    serious gym members go at 530am. at least that's when i go. you must be the other kind of gym member. the one that is worried about other peoples work outs.
  • irjeffb
    irjeffb Posts: 275 Member
    I started running about a year ago, and I much prefer to run outside. However, when it's 19 degrees out and windy (which it was the other night), I go to the gym and use the treadmill. I go there so rarely that people don't recognize me, and I got "the look" when I stepped onto the last available treadmill.

    I did 5k faster than the people on either side of me did 2 miles though.

    Sorry for crowding up the gym. :)


    ETA: I was thinking about this piece of it too: It's the people who pay for the membership, but rarely or never go who are the best for the gym financially. Even the NY resolutioners probably pay for the full year. :)

    I've had a membership at my gym for about 12 years, and I think I've probably been there about 50 times (total).
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    Check dependency on treadmill. Should be able to walk/run outside on your own by now.
  • Dahllywood
    Dahllywood Posts: 642 Member
    Haha I love all the feedback guys :D. (IT SHOULD be my gym, then I'd be rich!)

    Happy friday
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
    serious gym members go at 530am. at least that's when i go. you must be the other kind of gym member. the one that is worried about other peoples work outs.

    This. Though it helps working nights and being off of work in the early mornings. :bigsmile:
  • CGPrincessWarrior
    CGPrincessWarrior Posts: 76 Member
    I had been going to a gym for over a year and decided to try a new workout class in the new year just to switch things up. I was SO offended at the "newbie" remarks and being judged for being there that I never went back to that class. One lady walked in, looked at me and then said, "well I guess my bike is taken, hopefully this won't last long." I even offered to switch bikes and she of course was all "nice" and said no. We all start somewhere and I know I am guilty of making comments about the "resolutioners" but I would never say that out loud or act in a manor that would make someone want to quit. I never want to forget where I started and how far I've come. Everyone stars as a newbie.
  • _LA_
    _LA_ Posts: 111
    Lol! Fortunately, my gym has a gazillion cardio machines - it's the weight machines where I'm sometimes circling if I go during the wrong time of day :) If I were an after-work workouter I'd be in more trouble, I think. :)

    Good luck!

    And trainer lady..showing off doesn't make you look like you 'belong' there anymore. It just makes it look like you're showing off. FYI.
  • Athena53
    Athena53 Posts: 717 Member
    Yeah, I posted about this in another Board; the newbies seem to have trickled away at my gym. I try not to get too snarky- exercise is good and we can't have it both ways, trying to encourage couch potatoes to take up a fitness regime and then griping when they show up in the gym. If 1/10 of them "get it" and stay, that's good.

    Our gym offers a senior discount and I do find myself thinking, "if only that old guy would run instead of walk, he'd take less time and I could have that treadmill". Then I remember that I qualify for that discount this year.
  • jconnon
    jconnon Posts: 427 Member
    I'm sorry, but I just CAN'T HANDLE the amount of people at my gym anymore. All of these new people with NY resolutions need to GTFO of my gym.

    I'm really just kidding, I'm glad people are trying to be healthier and change their lifestyles. But cmon, I can't even hop on a frikkin treadmill anymore and my gym is always packed. >.<

    Thats why I prefer to workout at home :)
  • Lucia120382
    Lucia120382 Posts: 427
    Poor newbie if they see so happy and welcoming face there like yours. :tongue: :tongue:
    Give them another two weeks and they will gone, just be patient.
    But on the other hand be supportive, you never know how this change their life.
    Next time reserve your treadmill before hand.
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    some flower for you to keep you happy.
  • GorillaNJ
    GorillaNJ Posts: 4,024 Member
    serious gym members go at 530am. at least that's when i go. you must be the other kind of gym member. the one that is worried about other peoples work outs.

    Thats when I get there most the time... but twice a week i go after work, I do not care about the stupid cardio or even the weight lifting machines... it is that my gym has only one squat rack! I have asked them to get rid of one of the 4 smith machines or on one of the three "incline bench machines" and put in another rack... no such luck.

    Actually I switched to front squats for a bit until the crowd thins out
  • Iceman420
    Iceman420 Posts: 195
    We didn't have much of a New Year's crowd this year. Only 12 new people signed up. The people at my gym are mostly friendly, but we have a few jerks that think they own the equipment. They also think gyms should only be for "sexy" people. Thankfully these idiots only work out 3 times a week. I'm rarely there when they come in.
  • BeingKevin
    BeingKevin Posts: 109 Member
    I am not leaving - not now, not next week, not next month, not next year. You might want to get used to me.
  • palmerar
    palmerar Posts: 489 Member
    Check dependency on treadmill. Should be able to walk/run outside on your own by now.

    I would much prefer doing my cardio outside but the high temperature this week was about 12 degrees with the windchill at 10 below, not exactly safe being outside longer than 10-15 mins
  • Lifting_Knitter
    Lifting_Knitter Posts: 1,025 Member
    I am not leaving - not now, not next week, not next month, not next year. You might want to get used to me.

    ^^^ love this! :drinker: I started end of last year, they better get used to me!

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