GYM ETIQUETTE
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James Joyner | Thursday, November 20, 2003 |
Paully Muller is annoyed by people who dress nicely for the gym but then hog the weight machines while socializing rather than working out.
[W]hen you are taking up a machine for 15 minutes, going through the motions of working out while you finish your story and your 500th rep at 2 lbs., it bugs me. Hi, I need to use those too, and to actually lift. I realize that not everyone knows their limits when it comes to physical exertion, and at least they are there, so they are motivated enough to go to the gym. Yippee! But the whole point of getting into shape is the effort you put in, and if there is no effort, why bother at all and tie up the equipment for someone who actually uses it?
Which reminds me of the classic sequence from Bull Durham,
You guys…you lollygag the ball around the infield. You lollygag your way down to first. You lollygag in and out of the dugout. You know what that makes you? Lollygaggers!
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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Quoting Bull Durham in an appropriate situation. I love it!
Tote that barge! Lift that bail! Gag that lolly!
Swwwwwwwwwwwwwwing it!
N'yuk n'yuk n'yuk!
In the gym, a girl can always tell which guys are married an which aren't: the married ones put things back where they got them from.
(Note to self: when you're thinking about posting on a subject, do it right away.)
Strangely, I do that too and am single. Maybe it's an Army thing.
I always put my weights away! I know I hate it when I have to go searching for the other 40 lb dumbbell or something. Not married (yet)....give it 6 months or so. :)
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