The local Gold’s Gym seems to attract affluent young men and women who view the gym as part fashion show/workout. There is one guy I see who wears the most immaculate workout wear-I’ve seen him bringing in his exercise costume (tights) on a hanger from the local drycleaner! The walls are all mirrors-so that these hunks and babes can check themselves out as they are pumping iron.
Of course,it couldbe worse…at least people wipe off the equipment after they use it!
What gotpasswords said. I mean the one in Chantilly, VA.
Bingo! I’m knew someone else would get that.
You can get things to use while you swim. I’ve seen them a number of times in swim catalogs and such. I don’t remember how much they run, but I know I’ve seen radios and tape players for water use. I’ve never used one, and for my workouts I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t want to, but they are out there. They are a bit ore expensive then the normal stuff, but I’m pretty sure they come in under $40-50.
Yeesh.
The crowd I see isn’t that bad, but I don’t even get to the gym until 9 PM, so maybe they’re near me too. The crowd I do see makes me cringe, though.
Are there gyms out there that don’t have mirrors all over?
They are absolutely essential!
I always face the mirror whenever doing any work with free weights, especially with dumbbells – how else can I see if I have decent form? For example, if I’m doing shoulder presses, the mirror lets me see when the bars are at ear-level; likewise, when I am doing chest flys, I can see when my arms are back far enough.
Oh, and they do allow one to obliquely observe those girls in spandex without being too obvious (one or two degrees of indirection).