If you want to talk, go to Starbucks!
How I long for the days of when people went to the gym to lift/pump iron and maybe get some cardio in. Instead, the gym has become another place to discuss politics, how you almost beat some MMA fighter in training (eyes were rolling when I heard this), or some other inanity. I thought the only sounds you were supposed to hear in the weight room were grunting, breathing, and the sound of plates and iron bars being racked. The gym isn’t the place for talking on the cell phone (it damn sure shouldn’t be in the weight room!) I see it more and more. Nor is the gym another " senior rec. room" I don’t want to hear about your liver spots, spider veins, or who’s regular and who isn’t. The gym is a temple, of sorts. A place to get ‘away from it all’, to relieve stress, anger, and frustration. It’s you and the task at hand. Now, don’t get me wrong, asking about reps & lifting techniques are one thing. But, if you’re going to take up space, discussing the latest stock to invest in…..take it somewhere else. For those of us (guys & gals, young & old) who go in with intense looks on our faces, psyching ourselves up…looking forward to the weight room the way some folks look forward to ‘all you can eat’ night…do you/we really wnat to hear about gardening, or some douchebag going through a divorce…over the phone?! While you/we got to concentrate on that last rep? Didn’t think so. I’m currently looking for one of those ‘old fashioned’ gymns where those who are serious about fitness go to lift, sweat, grunt & growl.
November 9, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Yeah they should put the starbucks in the gyms lol
November 9, 2009 at 1:13 pm
I’m right there with you. The other day I was at the gym at 4:00 am (not my normal time) and there were only 3 of us there. The two other guys weren’t working out together (or separately for that matter), but instead were having a conversation (yelling) from across the room from each other about some football game or something. This just made me irritated and I ended up having a great workout anyway.. My other pet peeve is when girls are running on the treadmill and their cell phone rings, they have an entire conversation while running… WHY do they even have their phone with them?
November 9, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Good blog! Pet peeve everywhere i go in a place of business.If it’s an emergency great, but otherwise excuse yourself and walk outdoors and talk on your cellphone.
When i am at bookstore aka a library that sells books..be quiet!
I get annoyed at gym noise.Guys dropping dumbbells.I mean you can lift them up with NO noise you can set them down with NO noise.A sprinter on a treadmill.Go run outdoors.A treadmill is NOT meant for a sprint.If i can hear that treadmill over the music, tv and intercom something is wrong.It is nice to vent-thanks!!