Overcrowded Gym - here's a new one on me!

Yeah. Wow. Gee, Hollis, I've never seen that side of you.

FWIW...don't be hatin' the "resoluters". They're trying to make a positive change in their lifestyles, and maybe for some of them it'll stick. That's good, right? Runnergirl calls them "resolosers." I've had a similar conversation with her...don't hate the playa, hate the game (your comment about the gym taking on more members than they can handle is valid).

I don't hate the resolo-losers.  Just the ones who don't even stick with it more than a month and make my workouts miserable.  Kudos to those who really will make a lifestyle change.  Those who don't stick with it- don't even bother.  Just my opinion. 

I am trying to ban my gym for awhile...no I'm not bitter they started taking the saddles off the spin bikes so we can't use them outside of class.  I'm not bitter that I can hardly get a lap line.  I'm not bitter that it takes me DOUBLE the time to workout because all the machines/dumbells are taken and I have to wait.  No I'm not bitter that I can't find an empty locker in the locker room, and have to circle the lot waiting for someone to leave to get a spot.  And lastly, I'm not bitter that most of the New Year's Resoll-Losers don't have gym ediquette. Bitter and irritated?  Hardly

I will say that I think the Family Y here has taken on too many members.  I mean it was already crowded to begin with after they remodeled, and now it's just a fire hazard!!

But the plus side is...more guys at the gym, right? 

Correction- more overweight older men.

Where's all that church lady bible-studying kindness from you that we used to read about in these threads? Have I been away that much?? LOL Definitely don't hate the playa, hate the game....and from the sounds of it, it seems like you go to a Y!

C'mon...spread the Christian way. C'mon! Caring. Honesty. Responsiblity. Respect!

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Man!

I'm not hatin', but that pic is HARSH.

That oughtta be some team's challenge avatar. *shiver*

I never said I Hated these people, I just said that's irritating.  Deifnitely inteferring with my tri training. 

Yeah, but maybe by taking a bike in a Spin class or a spot in a lane, *you're* interferring with
*their* resolutions. The gym is a cimmunal place...it doesn't exist for the benefit of a single person. There's no sense in getting worked up about it being crowded, it'll only get you tense and raise your blood pressure. Go with the flow...be flexible. 

Oh...and you sort of did say you hate them:

"I don't hate the resolo-losers.  Just the ones who don't even stick with it more than a month and make my workouts miserable." 

......or blind. But vision loss comes with the old age...it's one in the same.

Another plus to working out at the azzcrack of dawn and working out outside in rain, sleet, snow, fire and brimstone, etc.  I have noticed the pool gets a bit more crowded these days, but most of em are better swimmers than I am so probably tri folk getting ready for the season (though I doubt that is the case with some of the doggie paddlers in there)

Ok- you caught me.  Just a reminder- this thread is not about me so let's get back to its original  intent.

heh...good point. Just trying to keep you on your toes.  

Simple fact is that the folks who sign up and stop coming are, in essence, subsidising the memberships of those who are hardcore year-rounders. They crowd the place for a month and a half or so, then disappear. Some few of them manage to stick it out and replace the few hardcores who move on.

It's a cycle, like the seasons on the farm. Or gnat blooms.