What happened to the January Rush
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My rush started right before thanksgiving, about two weeks out. RIDICULOUS until Christmas then it just dropped off to regulars. This group didn't even make it to new years. Lol0
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Next week i think we will notice a decline0
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agree totally.i now drive past 3 new l£10 a month gyms to get to my significantly more costly contracted gym.when contract is over,i shall be moving on too.minniestar55 wrote: »My gym isn't as packed as it used to be in Jan, I think because 3 lower cost gyms have opened in the area. But the bootcamp I go to 3x week is bursting @ the seams.
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It's funny some people mentioning cheaper gyms as the reason for theirs not being crowded. Mine is pretty costly (no contracts, though), but they have EVERYTHING and I use the heck out of it, as do a lot of people. There's a cheaper one down the road - mostly cardio machines and some free wights, I think - and they're empty!0
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I go very early (3am M-F, 5am S-S), there are more people than usual (which really isn't many at these times anyway) 4-5 besides me, usually 1 or 2 besides me. Pretty much have my pick of anything always, and I like it like that. Plus I have my exercising out of the way very early.0
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I go to LaFitness and I go after work (after 3:30p) and it is still as empty as it was in December. I thought it was only my gym.0
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Mine hasn't been as busy as I thought it would be, the spin class hasn't even been full and that's normally full even without the January rush!0
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My gym has been busier, but not ridiculous. I have only had to wait for the squat rack once, and I talked with the guys using it and they let me know as soon as they were done.0
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My pool is full since everyone is back from Christmas vacation. It will get worse, going towards spring we have what is called "the swim suit tryout crowd". They want to hit the beaches in June in form. My yoga class has also doubled. This in Italy.0
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Mine was a bit more crowded than usual for a week day at 10am today.0
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I have serious anxiety about being out around people, so we go to PlanetFitness late at night. We leave home between 8:30 and 9 and do our workout while there are very few people there. So far we'd not seen much of a jump. Last night, though, nearly every single treadmill (and they have two very long rows of them) were FULL when we got there at 8:50. We did the 30-minute circuit once and there were a couple of people that came in, which was unusual. Thankfully the treadmills had cleared some by the time we were ready for our walk, but for the first time ever people got onto the treadmills directly next to him and next to me while we were walking. When I saw how many people were in there I nearly turned around and went back to the car. I think tonight we're going to try going an hour later and see how it is. I can't handle crowded.0
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I'm at my gym by 5:30 in the morning, and it seems like the cardio machines are definitely more full, but same amount of people in the freeweight area. However, the locker room has become a nightmare. I've been counting down until March, as terrible as that sounds!0
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My private gym sold to a large commercial gym a couple months ago, and the new owners brought in a bunch of new machines and, to fit in with the rest of their gyms, cut out all the family friendly activities, like Mommy & Baby Swim Class, and Family KickBoxing, and Dad & Daughter Workout Night. Instead of the usual January madness, the place is a ghost town, and I'm guessing all the families who used to pay full memberships because it was family friendly just didn't renew this year.0
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They're all here on MFP, in full force - asking about bulletproof coffee, garcinia, green tea, and how many pounds they can lose in the next 10 days. Being in the gym takes too much work.0
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My gym is at home but I have seen my tenants down there more than they have been the past several months. Of course, it could be because they can't go running now since winter finally hit us and they can use my home gym for free.0
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I had about 8 weeks break from my gym - I hurt my knee (again) - and my doctor told me to give it a rest until New Years, so when I got back I was expecting usual January Rush, but suprisingly it was only my old gym acquaintances
. It seems to be a global trend (I'm from Cracow, Poland), but no complains from me 0 -
When I go around lunch time there really isn't anyone there but in the evening after work its packed! hard to find an open treadmill.0
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MiloBloom83 wrote: »
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the gyms i drive past still look the same, the gym i'll be joining looks relatively unbusy0
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Gym was packed on the 4th and 5th. Then I guess the resolutioners were too sore to return the rest of the week. Weirdly enough, we had a lot of sign ups, but for some reason the gym isn't that much busier, with the exception of group classes which makes sense since females are the majority of the class attendees and we signed up more women than men this year.
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The 11am crowd is huge, but not nearly so much at 5am. Not sure why...0
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SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage wrote: »They're all here on MFP, in full force - asking about bulletproof coffee, garcinia, green tea, and how many pounds they can lose in the next 10 days. Being in the gym takes too much work.
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SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage wrote: »They're all here on MFP, in full force - asking about bulletproof coffee, garcinia, green tea, and how many pounds they can lose in the next 10 days. Being in the gym takes too much work.
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It's been an absolute nightmare at my gym these last couple of weeks. Last night I was lucky enough to be the last person allowed in before they started doing "one out, one in".
It's driving me insane. The place has been full of people who don't have a clue what they're doing but are trying to look like they do. One guy the other day was doing bicep curls with a couple of dumbells whilst standing right in front of the chest press so nobody could use it. Then there are all these weedy young boys in their late teens, early twenties hanging around in the free weights section who never actually appear to be doing anything besides getting in the way and hoarding (but never actually using) all the weights I want to use. Grr!
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I used to attend a gym that always got hit hard in January. Things were back to normal by the second or third week of January.0
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Here, take some people from my gym...0
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Resolutioners... They just don't make 'em like they used to...0
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