Worst week of the year to be at the gym

[Anonymous]

Ugh, classes at my gym tonight were awful. Crowded people who have no sense of space.

I'm all for people bettering themselves, but all of them showing up all at once with terrible etiquette is so annoying.

Generally the news who become regulars don't start in the beginning of January. They start in April or July or October. Those are the people who continue to show up. Everyone knows the January signups don't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As some one that has rarely missed a gym morning for years I can't imagine ever not encouraging people to get in there and workout. So many of them are already nervous and intimidated and these attitudes just feed into it.

If it's a major issue for anyone then go at 5 am. I've never had a problem then!

You rock. Thanks for this. I am older and overweight and I could tell stories about the crap I've had to put up with at the nicer gym in my area. Some of the worst behavior came from the personal trainers.

[Anonymous]

I think it's great when people start working out. I constantly encourage people to get more exercise. But I encourage this all year round. 1/01 is a completely arbitrary date to start working out, and most gyms can't really handle the crowd when you add a bunch of new exercisers and a bunch of lapsed people to the ones who are there all year round. I imagine regular church goers feel the same about people who only show up on Christmas and Easter, though those people also help support the church financially year-round.

At the very least, if you do choose to start 1/01, follow the gym etiquette and be courteous of others. (Some regulars could use a refresher course too.)

[Anonymous]

OP, people like you are why I have a treadmill in the basement. Sigh.

[Anonymous]

OP here. This is what I love about DCUM. I simply stated a fact that gyms are more crowded this week. I don't like competing for space during an hour of the day that is sacred to me, so I'll sit it out for a few days and do my fitness at home. Somehow, some people read WAY too much into this and I get called a fat shamer, a bitch, and an all-around horrible person. Several of you got it, so thanks for that. I hope everyone had a great workout yesterday and has another one today.

[Anonymous]

#firstworldproblems

Just expect it for January. It comes with the gym lifestyle. There are seasons to everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. This is what I love about DCUM. I simply stated a fact that gyms are more crowded this week. I don't like competing for space during an hour of the day that is sacred to me, so I'll sit it out for a few days and do my fitness at home. Somehow, some people read WAY too much into this and I get called a fat shamer, a bitch, and an all-around horrible person. Several of you got it, so thanks for that. I hope everyone had a great workout yesterday and has another one today.

1. Nobody gives a fuck when or where you work out.
2. Since nobody gives a fuck about when or where you work out you didn't need to post anything.
3. Your post was sanctimonious and you deserved the replies you received. Next time keep it to yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. This is what I love about DCUM. I simply stated a fact that gyms are more crowded this week. I don't like competing for space during an hour of the day that is sacred to me, so I'll sit it out for a few days and do my fitness at home. Somehow, some people read WAY too much into this and I get called a fat shamer, a bitch, and an all-around horrible person. Several of you got it, so thanks for that. I hope everyone had a great workout yesterday and has another one today.

1. Nobody gives a fuck when or where you work out.
2. Since nobody gives a fuck about when or where you work out you didn't need to post anything.
3. Your post was sanctimonious and you deserved the replies you received. Next time keep it to yourself.

Not OP, but jfc maybe now that you're showing up at the gym you can get out some of your insanely pent up anger. Stick with it into February, March, and beyond.

[and yeah, sorry, but OP is right]

[Anonymous]

17:20, some advice:

1. Then don't read it.
2. See Item 1 above.
3. I know sanctimonious, and that wasn't even close.

I hope Jeff boots your a$$ for using profanity in this otherwise wholesome forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:17:20, some advice:

1. Then don't read it.
2. See Item 1 above.
3. I know sanctimonious, and that wasn't even close.

I hope Jeff boots your a$$ for using profanity in this otherwise wholesome forum.

People will disagree with you, if you can't handle it then don't post to a public forum.

[Anonymous]

I've been surprised that my gym hasn't been much more crowded this week - especially Monday! I thought for sure Monday would be a madhouse. I'd say it was 10 - 20% more crowded than normal, but not bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. This is what I love about DCUM. I simply stated a fact that gyms are more crowded this week. I don't like competing for space during an hour of the day that is sacred to me, so I'll sit it out for a few days and do my fitness at home. Somehow, some people read WAY too much into this and I get called a fat shamer, a bitch, and an all-around horrible person. Several of you got it, so thanks for that. I hope everyone had a great workout yesterday and has another one today.

If you can find DCUM online and have the technical knowledge to post, then we assume you also have some semblance of intelligence and knew what your post would trigger.

So, no excuses.

[Anonymous]

This happens every year, OP. Every year someone who actually goes to the gym all year posts the same thing, because when something annoys you, the natural thing is to vent about it in hopes of finding like-minded people to agree, say it sucks, and then we all move on.

And every year, someone gets all pissy because they think the OP is fat-shaming.

Nobody who actually goes to the gym regularly gives a crap how much you weigh. We actually think it is awesome when people decide to make healthy changes. Inwardly, we applaud when someone decides to get in shape, lose weight, etc. We would just be happier if all of those people didn't suddenly decide to get their collective sh*t together on 1/02. We're not fat-shaming; we're cliche-shaming.

If someone who went to church 52 weeks a year made a post on Christmas saying, "damn, church was crowded today" I would post something saying, "Sorry bro, I mostly skip it but I feel the need to go on Christmas." I wouldn't jump right to "they are Christian-shaming me" or "they don't think I should be there." They're wondering where the heck I was the other 50 weeks. (I was at the gym.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This happens every year, OP. Every year someone who actually goes to the gym all year posts the same thing, because when something annoys you, the natural thing is to vent about it in hopes of finding like-minded people to agree, say it sucks, and then we all move on.

And every year, someone gets all pissy because they think the OP is fat-shaming.

Nobody who actually goes to the gym regularly gives a crap how much you weigh. We actually think it is awesome when people decide to make healthy changes. Inwardly, we applaud when someone decides to get in shape, lose weight, etc. We would just be happier if all of those people didn't suddenly decide to get their collective sh*t together on 1/02. We're not fat-shaming; we're cliche-shaming.

If someone who went to church 52 weeks a year made a post on Christmas saying, "damn, church was crowded today" I would post something saying, "Sorry bro, I mostly skip it but I feel the need to go on Christmas." I wouldn't jump right to "they are Christian-shaming me" or "they don't think I should be there." They're wondering where the heck I was the other 50 weeks. (I was at the gym.)

Nobody accused the OP of "fat shaming". The OP was simply being called out for making a douchey post. Here is the the Op in its entirety:

"I was leaving the house this morning and was about to grab my workout gear. Then it hit me - all the New Year's Resolution peeps would be out in full force this week. So I'll just work out at home in the evenings this week and go back to the gym next week after they've all broken their resolutions."

Where in any of this post is anyone to believe that the OP thinks "it is awesome when people decide to make healthy changes."? Where in that post does the OP imply "Inwardly, we applaud when someone decides to get in shape, lose weight, etc."?

The OP just went on to bitch about how her "sacred workout" (her words) was going to be inconvenienced for an entire week. There was no empathy, no encouragement. There was only resentment over a brief and trivial inconvenience.

Perhaps the OP could have offered some etiquette tips for the "resolutioners" that might help the week run more smoothly and make everyone happier?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Wow, some people need to be more welcoming and understanding. You guys are very prejudiced and selfish. Model good behavior and inform others of the rules courteously.

You clearly do not work out regularly in a gym nor have ever worked at one. The sudden influx of gym goers in January is obnoxious and just a huge pain in the ass to those of us who have better lifestyles all 12 months of the year

I am curious - how is it obnoxious?