Roxilla

So I’ve been at Zone Fitness in Lifestyles on Kloof for about two months now, and while I really love this gym, and it’s all nice and shiny, there are a few things that piss me off. Nothing too major, just usual things you always come across that make you wonder what the hell people think.

Here are some of the most annoying things at gym:

1. People who read while they’re cycling
I’m sorry, I know some people think this makes sense, but really – if you can focus on reading, then you’re not doing it right. Exercise is meant to be hard, and you’re meant to be getting your heart-rate up and sweating and suffering – if you can calmly read, then clearly you’re not even trying to work out!

2. People who wander around chatting and phaffing
Generally, the skinny chicks who don’t need to be there, these people spend more time talking to their friends, doing a few crunches and just arbing around the place with not a shimmer of sweat in sight. Sometimes they cycle, but they usually get off in 10 minutes or less. Annoying.

3. People who train without towels
This is just plain wrong – in fact, gyms should issue spot fines for people who don’t bring towels. Nothing is worse than getting on to a machine that’s been sweated on, it sucks!

4. Waiting for the damn stepper or anything else you need to use
I’ve found a way to get around this one. I used to prefer to warm up on the treadmill, but at 5pm they’re always booked up. And when I used to go on the stepper (which was after treadmill and after bike) it was always busy. So now I go on whatever is free when I start, which seems to be the stepper – and I do the circuit while I wait for other stuff to be free, and do my cardio in bits. Still, full gyms are annoying and I hate training at the end of the day.

5. Out of order signs on at least one machine in the circuit, every time
Yes, things break. Or to be specific, people break things. And yes, the gym puts up signs – but again, when gyms get too busy, people always break things. Zone isn’t a huge gym, and it sucks that they’re being so hardcore about getting more members… if it’s busy now, I hate to see how summer’s going to be.

Those are the things that annoy me most, the boy has some of his own peeves at gym, one of which is people who put the treadmill on the incline and hold on to the hand-bars. Thank god I’ve gotten past that stage, hehe… but he has a point. Now I just try and avoid the damn things altogether – I way prefer the stepper anyway, and it burns far more calories!

Today was a good session, am going to have to skip tomorrow though as I have a movie date, but will go for a run if it’s not raining. Then Friday is our work braai, so will have to miss gym again. Sigh… oh well, will put in a good session on Saturday!