first spin class

[mimitabby]

While visiting a sick friend the other day we saw on their TV a news story about a guy who went ballistic during spin class because he didn't like the other guy's enthusiastic yelling and grunting. He attacked the guy and gave him a good shiner.
It wasn't my spin class.

[Possegal]

i think that was in NYC and at the gym a co-worker of mine belongs to. he wasn't there at the time though. another co-worker, i have heard, got yelled at in his spin class for being one of those enthusiastic yellers. i've had a class or two with a guy (why does it always seem to be guys?) who whooped and hollered and cheered and mostly, it just made me laugh. but i can see someone complaining about it. getting into a brawl, well that's another story. i thought exercise was a stress reliever? not for this guy i guess.

[Zen]

I heard that one too.

my club is down to just one spin instructor that I like. I thought I'd at least give another one a try but when she played Britney Spears latest debacle I got off the bike and was going to cut out. Then I thought no, I really want to take a spin class so I put my mp3 on and stayed in the class. I doubt anyone but the instructor knew it.

[mimitabby]

that's pretty gross, Zen.
(sigh)

[Zen]

WTH?
What's gross?
cheesus.

[Zeek]

Methinks Mimi means the fact that the instructor played Brittany's latest song was gross.

[mimitabby]

hello Zen?
I would see red if my spin teacher played a Britney Spears video.

[teigyr]

There's a guy in one class that I've been to that seems nice enough but he is a loud breather. Even in the warm up you can hear him all the way across the room. He powerfully breathes through his mouth and moisture DOES go flying He also tends to shake his head a lot so sweat goes flying too.

Sometimes I think some men have no decorum.

Of course the women...there are women who sit in the back and talk loudly...and go on and on and on even as the instructor says things like "at this level you shouldn't be able to say more than three words". And like I care about what mall they are going to? They don't even follow the instructor cues, they just sit on the bike and pedal and talk.

Maybe it's just me. I AM easily annoyed sometimes

[Zeek]

Maybe it's just me. I AM easily annoyed sometimes

Oh lord join the club sister! Especially when that time 'o the month rolls around...

[mimitabby]

today my class which is usually 3 women and 10 guys turned into 8 women and 5 guys. very interesting. there was less heavy puffing and stuff, that's for sure. WOmen are tougher?

[teigyr]

Either that or women don't make quite the bodily noises that men do.

Of course, I'm sure that could be debated!

[Starfish]

There's a guy in one class that I've been to that seems nice enough but he is a loud breather. Even in the warm up you can hear him all the way across the room.

I have to say, I can't imagine what you guys would think of me. When I'm working really hard, like on a cardio machine or in spinning, I really try to focus my breath and breathe with my diaphragm, rather than lapsing into panting. But, really, it takes a certain amount of force to really breathe in and out with the diaphragm when your whole body is screaming to just gasp for oxygen.

I know for sure my breathing is really loud under those circumstances. It never occurred to me that anyone would be offended. I'm not offended or bothered by that in others, in the gym, either. I mean, there is no getting around that working out is a really, well, physical thing, with physical noises and so forth.

Hope this doesn't rub any of you the wrong way...but then, I'm one of those who is actually nude in the locker room rather than putting a handkerchief-sized towel over myself just to get from the locker to the shower, and after reading another thread on TE, I have heard this referred to as "parading naked."

Oops, I see I kinda went off, here. I just don't mind loud breathing in a class.

[mimitabby]

Star, i don't mind, it's just kind of amusing sometimes. The only thing I've minded so far is the bad music and the habit of certain people to come in 20 minutes before class and put a towel on a bike to reserve it; then they come in 10 minutes late.... grrrr

[Zen]

Of course the women...there are women who sit in the back and talk loudly...and go on and on and on even as the instructor says things like "at this level you shouldn't be able to say more than three words". And like I care about what mall they are going to? They don't even follow the instructor cues, they just sit on the bike and pedal and talk.

Maybe it's just me. I AM easily annoyed sometimes

It's not just you. I wonder why these women even come to class. It's rude to the instructor and it disturbs my concentration. I'm there for a reason and it ain't tea time.

Now where's that naked parade?

[Starfish]

Now where's that naked parade?

Alas, now that I have moved towns, and no longer have access to a gym with steam room, hot tub and sauna, I just shower at home. Private showings only, these days!