Give me my gym back

[Anonymous]

I love that people are starting anew. That's what the new year is all about. And they should be encouraged. I do think the poster who gave some suggestions about how clubs can manage it more made some very good points, too.

Look, people have to start somewhere. We should support them. I still remember when I started doing triathlons and I went to a well-respected shop in the Annandale/Springfield area looking to upgrade my gear. I walked in and was looking for help and overheard two staff guys bitching about all the "newbie tri chicks" that have been coming in to gear up (one of a couple of other examples). Walked right back out. I ended up giving it up b/c I found out the community is just not that encouraging (in my experience). Don't be those guys. Be helpful. Be patient. Be empathetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to work in a gym, trust me the people we made fun of were not the new years people it was the people like you.

+1 my best friend in my early 20s was the aerobics director at our local gym. She couldn't STAND the Bs that thought they owned the gym and looked down on the folks coming to the gym for the first time. January and February were her least favorite months of the year at work because of all the kvetching she had to deal with from the nasty "I can't stand resolutioners" women. It's also extra pathetic seeing women trying to recreate the cool kid clubs in adulthood. Newsflash, no one cares that you've been going to the 6:30 PM Wednesday Turbokick class every week for the last 5 years. It doesn't make you special and it doesn't make the instructor your bestie who cares more about you than Susan who just started this week.

Anyone trying to make an improvement to their health and well being should be applauded. Yes, most will be gone by March but some of them won't, some of them will stick around and keep working out and hopefully improve their health and/or physical fitness. And the people that don't stay this year might make it stick next year.

So take your "OMG I can't wait until my favorite spin class is just us regs again" crap and stick it in your cellulite free buttocks.

Everything about this post is awesome. (And true!)

[Anonymous]

I work out at a weightlifting gym so we have new comers all year - some on a temporary basis from another gym and coach and others taking up the sport of Olympic weightlifting for the first time. No one ever dogs newcomers there. And the gym is a good mix of male and female. I’ve been in Sessions where I’m the only guy and there is none women. Others there’s two women and 11 men.

I work out at a local globo gym sometimes too. I’m usually cleaning and in some cases pressing more than some deadlift. It doesn’t matter to me as long as they’re not bothering anyone else. Now doing curls on the squat platform is annoying as hell, but what are you gonna do?

[Anonymous]

I admittedly get annoyed by how crowded the gym in January is, but I can't hate on people for trying to better themselves. what DOES ignore me is that many of these 'newbies' have no sense of gym etiquette. I'm looking at you, girl walking .5 miles on the treadmill while loudly yakking about your sex life.