It's that time of year again : (

[Crankin]

This is a funny thread. Instructors have names for all of those cliques and it's been the same at every gym i have belonged to or worked at. The only group that intimidates me now is the Pilates clique. At my gym, it's a good mix between outdoor cyclists and people who just do spin. If you go at night or early AM, you avoid the talky non-roadies. Most are nice, but we have our names for a few.
I ran on the treadmill today. I don't know how you guys do it. I want to seriously improve, but I can barely manage 9 minutes at 6mph. I did a total of 26 minutes, though, at a very slow speed... I hate feeling unfit.

[Dogmama]

Night and Day. Morning classes = people who want to work out & get out. Nobody is picking up anybody. Talking is allowed, but just casual stuff - no heavy time-wasting conversation.

Evenings = rabid. One guy grabs paper towels and "saves" the good spin bikes for his friends, even though it is against the rules. You have to get there 30 minutes early to get a good bike. People are rude. Women come in with gobs of makeup, dangling earrings, gobs of perfume.