Day 24: Early to Bed, Early to Rise

Day two of 21 Days  of AM exercise was just a painful as day one. Why am I doing this?  At least I am committed.  This morning after my run Kelly and I talked about doing the 5:30 AM Spin class at our Gym.  Speaking of gym, I think I have two more months or so before I can cancel my membership.  Us talking about the gym, got me thinking about the gym and so I present:

Gym People Part 3: The Gossipers

We all know these people when we see them at the gym. They show up and do a 5 minute walk on the treadmill until their friends arrive.  As more and more people show they congregate in groups. They are dressed in workout clothes and spend an hour or more in the gym and yet somehow never break a sweat.  What’s more they usually look like they don’t need to be in the gym anyway.  I have watched them on many occasions at my own gym as a way to kill time during cardio. 

More often than not you can spot the Gossipers as soon as they walk through the door.  Once in they make a bee line to someone who is on usually on their phone.  After they hug each other, I guess in congratulations for improving their health, they stand around chat, maybe use the lightest weights while they talk and never do more than three to four reps.  After tiring themselves out on free weights they move to the machines where each one takes a turn doing the bare minimum that could conceivable be called a work out.  This goes on and on all while never shutting up. 

It’s is really annoying when they swarm around you like locusts buzzing about someone’s girlfriend or boyfriend, someone’s haircut, what they really think about someone else, who is doing what tonight, etc. Just shut up and work out already. 

The Gossipers make a mockery of everyone in the gym as they walk around carrying their never used towels and full water bottles from one group of people to another making sure they are seen. The only running that gets done is of the mouth.

After not doing anything for an hour they make their way to the juice bar where they are in dire need an after workout shake.  Meanwhile Crazy Treadmill Lady is still running.  Crazy Treadmill Lady doesn’t need an after workout shake, she can’t afford the calories, she is still trying to burn off a carrot she ate a week ago.  What Crazy Treadmill Lady doesn’t know is that apparently running you mouth burns more calories than anything else in the building. 

Then there is more hugging, I guess in promises to meet up tomorrow, same time, same place. Finally they leave only to be replaced by the next group that walks through the door. Yes, they irritate me and I probably shouldn’t let them.  It gives me one more excuse not to go to the gym.

Daily Recap:

Matt – 32 Min AM Jog

Kelly – 1 Hour Speed Walk