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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.[/quote]

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

I am curious - how is it obnoxious?  [/quote]

Not pp or OP, but think of it this way... do you commute to work on the road? Or metro/public transportation?

Let's say on January 1st, a rather arbitrary day, a HUGE amount of people decided to change their commute to the exact mode you were using. It causes a whole bunch of new congestion, all at once, for no real reason. And because these people haven't been doing it before (hitting the highway, using Metro, whatever you use), they have really terrible etiquette. They don't signal, they don't know how to merge, they drive slow in the left lane, they stand on the wrong side of the escalator, they rush in when you're trying to get out. They put their bags everywhere.

It's different than a few newbies at a steady pace throughout the year. The new, huge, sudden influx of people who don't know what they're doing clogging up everything (machines, classes, etc) while also having terrible etiquette... that's annoying as hell.

It's not like you think those people should quit their jobs, and it's not like people think you shouldn't work out. It's the rapid congestion & massive cluelessness.
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And you just walked into a gym on day one and knew exactly what your routine was going to be? You just knew where everything was? You just knew what your body was/wasn't capable of? Or did your workout adjust over time as you acclimated to the gym and its flow?

I'm sure you weren't clueless at all your first week in a gym. Again, the empathy is overwhelming. [/quote]

You're not getting it. It's not the new-ness. It's the new-ness ALL AT ONCE WITH SO MANY PEOPLE.

Yes, everyone was new at some point - I didn't start working out in January. I started at a random time in the middle of the year. There's a major difference between stragglers of newbies slowly sustained over 12 months, and a massive influx all at once in January. Is this really that difficult for you to comprehend?

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I get it, you are inconvenienced. What you don't get is how petty you sound. We all know that this is a temporary issue. Get over it.[/quote]

We get it, you're joined a gym on January 1st a few times, and always quit. And it's easier to to blame others for pointing this tendency out, than to take responsibility for yourself. [/quote]

Ummmm, no. I've traditionally been a runner and have joined gyms that have had pools to vary my training and give my knees a break. I have gone year round and have never been bothered by "crowded" conditions. Since I run outside I don't need the treadmills. I just needed the pool, the floor and a some free weights. But other than the pool, there was little the gym provided that I could not do at home. [/quote]

That's nice. Good for you. But some of us who are also runners, who also run outside, also cross-train and use a variety of equipment to keep our bodies in shape. Amazing how you call people out for their lack of empathy and "pettiness," but you're really only concerned with your own personal routine and your own personal lack habit of being affected. [/quote]

Of course I am only concerned about my routine. But I adjust my routine as the conditions warrant. I don't get all pissy because my favorite bench is taken for the moment. I figure it out and modify. None of us are so finely tuned that other exercises can't be used instead. The problem with many of the people complaining is that they lack the ability to mix up their routine on the fly and receive the same benefits. If the machines are taken try pull ups. If you are clever there are no fewer than ten pull up variations that range from easier to extremely difficult. One could do an entire workout based on push-ups and pull-ups alone. So no, I don't get upset at crowded conditions because I know enough to adapt. [/quote]

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