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Easy Steps To Avoiding Gym Rage
By Gary Matthews
Have you heard about this recently? Many of us go through this
at our local gym or fitness centre on a regular basis and are
become increasingly frustrated. It usually starts as a group of
trainees chat away their experiences of the day on a bench or at
a piece of equipment for fifteen minutes while you are waiting to
use it.
Or someone is standing directly in front of the barbell rack doing
tiny lateral raises when you want to get at the really big weights.
Or casuals using equipment favoured by the regulars and often
looked at like pieces of personal furniture for their own use.
All this builds up stress especially between the months of
January and April when the newcomers hit the gyms and fitness
centres in an attempt to lose the weight gained over the
Christmas and New Year period.
In trying to realise their New Years resolutions they overcrowd
the aerobics area and take over the weight room leaving
weights lying around and causing queues for equipment.
Regulars of the gym experience these problems and tempers
start to flare in a phenomenon becoming known as
"Gym Rage"
During this testing time, all gym-goers, both new and
experienced and the employees of the fitness clubs know that
the newcomers usually only last until April and after that their
good intentions run out. To help you through this stressful time
have a look at and follow some of the hints below:
¡¤ Stand at the back of the aerobics class when
you first start, as you will usually find the hard-core
regulars will be down the front.
¡¤ Their are no rules that govern how many
members a gym can sign up, causing some fitness
centres to become overcrowded with everybody
wanting to use them in the morning and afternoon on
their way to and from work.
So try to plan your visit to the gym a little earlier than
usual or later in the day or evening. There is only one
effective way to beat the January to April rush and that
is to workout out late at night after 7.00pm
¡¤ Talking on your cell phone whilst you are
working out, this will tie up a machine or piece of
equipment for a long time causing problems. It¡¯s
recommended that you turn off your cell phone whilst at the
gym.
¡¤ Don't hog the machines; try not to go over the
time limits set on the particular machine you are using.
If there is a time limit please stick to it. The thing that
annoys most people is the way people sit on a
machine knocking out set after set.
By performing one set to muscular failure and moving
on will free up the machines for use by the next
person.
¡¤ Wipe the machines down after use, try not to
leave your sweat on the piece of equipment you have
just used, use a towel to separate yourself from the
machine while you make use of it and wipe it down
thoroughly after use.
¡¤ Don't drop the weights onto the ground and
don¡¯t clang them loudly as this is very off-putting to the other
members. Make sure you return the weights to there correct
place on the racks when you're finished with them even though
you might have found them lying on the floor.
¡¤ One thing you don't want to do is constantly
ask people if they've finished using a machine when
they're obviously still exercising on it. If anything the
trainee will try to sit on it longer just to annoy you. Be
patient; don't interrupt them while they are lifting, wait
until they finish their set first.
¡¤ A gym isn't a social club don¡¯t stand around in large
groups chatting especially if you have a machine in use, do your
talking in the locker room or at reception.
¡¤ Don¡¯t leave your towel or other personal items lying
around on a bench or piece of equipment if you are not using it.
Leave your training space as clean as the way you found it. If the
equipment is unattended for more than five minutes go ahead
and use it, but be prepared to share also, let people work in with
you if the difference in weight is not too large.
Leave enough space around you so that other people can
approach the weight rack and get the equipment they need.
¡¤ Don¡¯t scream when you are going for that personal
best lift, remember that the others around you are concentrating
on their own work out to and don't need to hear you screaming
out for attention. Exhaling loudly as you contract the muscles
during your set is fine.
¡¤ Don¡¯t hog the water fountain, only take a few mouthfuls
of water and then move away, don¡¯t fill up your huge water bottle
with cold water and leave warm drinking water for the rest of the
members.
¡¤ Follow the gyms code of conduct usually seen
on the walls of the gym or fitness centre, if trainees
are not following the code report it to management
don¡¯t take it into your own hands.
Do yourself a favour and put these simple steps to use the next
time you are in the gym and you will be in for a much more
pleasant experience.
About the Author
Gary Matthews is the author of the popular fitness eBooks Maximum Weight Loss and Maximum Weight Gain. Please visit http://www.maximumfitness.com right now for your 'free' weight loss or muscle building e-courses.
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