Mod Post: The Ideal Gym

[pawnshopguy]

@magicaxeman I love this! A couple yoga studios I know do this where you can flip a disk to let the instructor know you’re comfortable being touched or adjusted or that you’re not

 

[lovefirst]

@magicaxeman That would be awesome. The one thing that keeps me from trying new things is the fact that I am amazing at injuring myself and after what happened to me back in January (which was entirely my own fault), I'm terrified of trying new things. I'm so scared I'll be doing (insert thing here that I don't know how to do and have never done before) and REALLY injure myself .

 

[outandabout]

@magicaxeman I am into this idea. I’d wear the purple band which means if you have professional training and experience please come talk to me, if you just wanna show off your bro knowledge leave me the f alone lol

 

[acer621]

@cowboyup149 Ooh, I like this one!

 

[flc7]

@acer621 there would always be one very nice treadmill available just for me and ample fans and no one would so much as look at me the entire time. also it would be within walking distance of where i live.

so a home gym LOL

 

[20yrslostinct]

@flc7 And SPACE between the treadmills so if someone got on the treadmill/elliptical/stairmaster beside me it wouldn't matter!

 

[dawn16]

@acer621 The ideal gym plays its music at TJ Maxx retail volume to have background noise that can easily be drowned out by headphones without killing my ears. People blasting music on speaker of any kind? Instant ban. TVs built into the cardio equipment only. None hanging from the walls.

 

[dazeeboo]

@dawn16 If I see a food commercial it’s all I can think about for the rest of my workout. I force myself to look away.

 

[childoftheking1997]

@dawn16 But you have to be able to turn the TVs on the cardio machines off. A bunch of the cardio equipment at my gym have TVs that can't be turned off if the equipment is in use. I end up flipping channels until I find one where the reception is so bad I get an error message.

 

[justanotherchristianteen]

@dawn16 the amount of times i hate-watched the current news simply because it was on a TV screen directly in my field of vision has to be astronomical

 

[dawn16]

@justanotherchristianteen Seriously!

I want to be able to watch TV at the gym though. I actually chose a gym by my old apartment because they had full cable available. I'd go watch hockey on the treadmill and didn't get cable at home

 

[capebuffalo]

@dawn16 Haha I used to do the same thing at my old apartment gym! Watched all of the sports or my tv shows while getting in some cardio.

 

[i_was_given_a_crown]

@acer621 I’d love to expand my garage gym. 2 of everything so that I could always workout with a partner. I’d like to think it would be a community gym where my friends could come workout whenever they wanted. No membership fee per-say but people would drop a few bucks here and there which would be used to upgrade and replace equipment as needed.

 

[juliaish]

@acer621 A referee to flag people who moan while they lift. If I wanted to hear a tennis match, I would attend one!

 

[lionessofchrist]

@juliaish Guilty grunter here. But there was no one but me in my home gym and those front squats took everything I had!

 

[juliaish]

@lionessofchrist Theres a time and a place. Personally, I prefer yoga at home so I can moan all I want when my muscles are releasing tension. Its typically pretty quiet at my gym, though, and having someone groan loudly for every set is rough! Like some people are far enough away that you can't see who it is, you just hear them.

 

[mfuller]

@lionessofchrist There was a guy who used to scream-grunt as loud as he could at my last gym.

You're at home! Make all the noise you want.
He was in public and I was embarrassed for him.

 

[moosyaka]

@mfuller There’s a guy who has been going to the gym at the same time as me who breathes SO LOUD. It’s not just out of breath, it’s like the type of breathing that I remember hearing in the birth video in high school. It’s so loud and so obnoxious and I hate itt

 

[ezopas]

@acer621 Really energetic instructors for zumba and dance cardio classes all the time!! Plus some of those hip thrust stations I see on instagram all set up so I don't have to run around the the gym looking for equipment.

 

[giuliano1987]

@ezopas My last gym had a hip thrust station that I swear no one but me used - it was heaven!