reading in gym ????????

Fatloss08 · 02-12-2008 11:03am #1

whats with people reading while exercising ??????

seen this woman a few times in the gym , all decked out in her gym clothes etc but doing like 5 or 10 spins a min on the bike

or even slower , didnt seem like it would give any advantage

plus i wanted to use a bike and she was the only one who didnt make an effort on it

then got off and left , nothing else

is that pointless ????????

brianthebard · 02-12-2008 11:06am

Yeah its completely pointless. Some people want to say they went to the gym for the sake of it or something, I don't really understand it.

Fatloss08 · 02-12-2008 11:22am

i want to walk up to them and say " what the fcuk are you doing " some are so far up there own arses its unreal

Malteaser! · 02-12-2008 11:32am

Haha, I"ve never seen anyone reading in the gym!! Madness!!

Axni · 02-12-2008 11:33am

Fatloss08 wrote: »

i want to walk up to them and say " what the fcuk are you doing " some are so far up there own arses its unreal

That's a little unfair. She's using the equipment, which is exactly what she pays her membership for, just the same as you. How on earth do you know she is "up her own arse". That's quite frankly ridiculously speculative.

I agree that if you're cycling at a pace that allows you to read Heat it's pretty ineffective, but there's no need to be so judgemental about it. Chances are she's unaware of what would be effective especially if she's reading another womans magazine with all their faddy diet tip and excercise routines featuring tins of beans as weights:rolleyes:.

Fatloss08 · 02-12-2008 11:38am

Axni wrote: »

That's a little unfair. She's using the equipment, which is exactly what she pays her membership for, just the same as you. How on earth do you know she is "up her own arse". That's quite frankly ridiculously speculative.

I agree that if you're cycling at a pace that allows you to read Heat it's pretty ineffective, but there's no need to be so judgemental about it. Chances are she's unaware of what would be effective especially if she's reading another womans magazine with all their faddy diet tip and excercise routines featuring tins of beans as weights:rolleyes:.

i guess ur one of them

its un-acceptable , when ur queing for a machine and she's dodling for 20 mins cycling a grand distance of .5km and burned a total of 8 cals

when i would need it more

reading a boring novel , not a now magazine , but a bleedin novel 100 pages

TerrorFirmer · 02-12-2008 11:44am

Personally I think it's all you guys that are unreal - what the hell's wrong with reading a book while cycling? It doesn't impede your cycling in any way unless you're doing high intensity - I mean it'd be one thing if someone was there doing bicep curls while intently reading Jane Austen but this is....well, normal. I read all the time when I cycle, I do fairly low intensity but I'm quite sure it easily exceeds

20 mins cycling a grand distance of .5km and burned a total of 8 cals

Are you going to tell me now everyone doing low intensity cardio which allows this sort of 'madness' to take place (IN MY GYM???!!1'\) should be thrown out of the gym?

You saw one person being lazy while reading big whoop, the same person would probably do the same thing whether they were reading or not. Not everyone does really intensive training, most people - particularly women which you've mentioned - do low intensity stuff. Nothing wrong whatsoever with cycling and read in my......this is a most unfortunate pun....book.

Talk about the most pointless rant ever....

Axni · 02-12-2008 11:47am

Fatloss08 wrote: »

i guess ur one of them

its un-acceptable , when ur queing for a machine and she's dodling for 20 mins cycling a grand distance of .5km and burned a total of 8 cals

when i would need it more

reading a boring novel , not a now magazine , but a bleedin novel 100 pages

You guess wrong.

I'm very passionate about getting my female friends and relatives into weight-training but for some reason a lot of them are reluctant. They aren't sure what they're doing and are worried about other gym users seeing and snickering at them doing "the wrong thing" - precisely the attitude evident in your post. I keep making the point that those who train seriously will seldom have any interest in what others are doing since they're generally focused on their own goals.

Next time you find yourself in that predicament why not do some other form or cardio or suggest to your gym staff that they place a time restriction on the machines if it bothers you that much.

I stand by my observation that regardless of the quality of her workout she has as much right to use the machine as you do.

Jaysoose · 02-12-2008 11:56am

Gotta agree with the above, what has it got to do with anybody else and i cant believe that there is only one bike in the gym. Get over it and focus on your own workout.

Fatloss08 · 02-12-2008 11:57am

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Personally I think it's all you guys that are unreal - what the hell's wrong with reading a book while cycling? It doesn't impede your cycling in any way unless you're doing high intensity - I mean it'd be one thing if someone was there doing bicep curls while intently reading Jane Austen but this is....well, normal. I read all the time when I cycle, I do fairly low intensity but I'm quite sure it easily exceeds

Are you going to tell me now everyone doing low intensity cardio which allows this sort of 'madness' to take place (IN MY GYM???!!1'\) should be thrown out of the gym?

You saw one person being lazy while reading big whoop, the same person would probably do the same thing whether they were reading or not. Not everyone does really intensive training, most people - particularly women which you've mentioned - do low intensity stuff. Nothing wrong whatsoever with cycling and read in my......this is a most unfortunate pun....book.

Talk about the most pointless rant ever....

if ur not gonna put effort get out simple

trust me her heart was normal , on her phone , really really slow

when others are dying to make the most of the equipment

wanna read while cycling ??? hang on the end of a bus

corkcomp · 02-12-2008 12:01pm

Fatloss08 wrote: »

if ur not gonna put effort get out simple

trust me her heart was normal , on her phone , really really slow

when others are dying to make the most of the equipment

wanna read while cycling ??? hang on the end of a bus

at least she is there making an effort. granted, it prob wont do a huge ammount of good but its better than sitting at home doing nothing at all, and afterall im sure she paid the gym membership like everyone else .. aerobic conditioning is also relative in that exercise that would be useless to some people will get other proples heart rate up nicely!!

Fatloss08 · 02-12-2008 12:03pm

and i know this comes across like im a fool etc

but at that particular time there was no other cardio machines , not a huge gym

i mean would u see a jogger read while doing it ??? or weight lifter ??

i though the whole idea of the gym is to get fit ?? u wont if ur that slow

also concentration on what ur doing

Canis Lupus · 02-12-2008 12:05pm

Lots of people read whilst cycling at a speed slower than walking pace in my gym.

Oddly enough they tend to be elderly or fat. Ultimately if they pay their way I couldn't give a toss.

TerrorFirmer · 02-12-2008 12:05pm

Fatloss08 wrote: »

if ur not gonna put effort get out simple

trust me her heart was normal , on her phone , really really slow

when others are dying to make the most of the equipment

wanna read while cycling ??? hang on the end of a bus

Well sorry just because her standards of fitness don't coincide with yours she should get out? I've got news for you - someone in the world (and this country also I'm sure) there are people that would probably look at you and think your workout is a waste of time or ineffective. Does that mean they have the remotest right to tell you that your wasting their gym time?

What anyone does in the gym is their own business. That aside, you have a serious attitude problem. Everyone should bust their ass 100% in the gym? That's not for you to say. I lift weights but I don't kill myself with it, but I do it at a decent pace that would definitely have me above amateur levels. Should I be told to sling my hook and stop wasting the other patrons time? Why should it be the same with cardio equipment? Is your gym the most hardcore in the country that people aren't allowed do low cardio work or something?

And don't even bother repeating that she was doing nothing just sitting there. She'd have done that anyway regardless most likely, it's nothing to do with the reading bit - but you've made the reading bit the crux of the issue. But the basic point remains that it's entirely possible to read and do light cardio at the same time - that is, cardio that's good for your system and thus a benefit from a trip to the gym.

Don't be expecting 'Warning: Gym Readers will be expulsed on sight' signs anytime soon.

corkcomp · 02-12-2008 12:06pm

Fatloss08 wrote: »

and i know this comes across like im a fool etc

but at that particular time there was no other cardio machines , not a huge gym

i mean would u see a jogger read while doing it ??? or weight lifter ??

i though the whole idea of the gym is to get fit ?? u wont if ur that slow

also concentration on what ur doing

i dont think there is any set "idea" of what a gym is meant to be used for? Obviouly your goals are weight reduction, other people might want to gain weight, others may want to maintain fitness .. i even know people who have no interest in fitness and join just as ahobby and to meet people .. If you get annoyed at everyone who isnt working their ass off in the gym you will waste a lot of your own valuable workout time

uprooted shane · 02-12-2008 12:11pm

there was a gym i was a member of a few years ago, and there was this girl who would be there about 5 times a week and she would read a mag on the steper! thing is though she was really giving it socks, so it didnt bother me!

Fatloss08 · 02-12-2008 12:11pm

corkcomp wrote: »

i dont think there is any set "idea" of what a gym is meant to be used for? Obviouly your goals are weight reduction, other people might want to gain weight, others may want to maintain fitness .. i even know people who have no interest in fitness and join just as ahobby and to meet people .. If you get annoyed at everyone who isnt working their ass off in the gym you will waste a lot of your own valuable workout time

granted

but what there doing they dont need the gym , i dont see any benefit whatsoever as what your womans doing , seriously ud say the same if u saw it

ahh whatever rant over

Zamboni · 02-12-2008 12:28pm

In fairness, I'd say the same about tv screens in the gym.
What's that about? I don't get it.
But hey, they've paid a membership and good luck to them.
They can paint their nails on the reclining bike for all I care, I'm never going to use it :pac:

aye · 02-12-2008 12:32pm

Fatloss08 wrote: »

when i would need it more

reading a boring novel , not a now magazine , but a bleedin novel 100 pages

this is ridiculous.
why do you need it more? cos you go at a higher intensity. you dont know the person, she could be working out at a low intensity for medical issues, high blood pressure for instance.
seriously, if a kid was squatting lower weights than you, would you tell him to leave cos you can lift heavier.

Fatloss08 wrote: »

granted

but what there doing they dont need the gym , i dont see any benefit whatsoever as what your womans doing , seriously ud say the same if u saw it

well cycling while reading a magazine on the roads would not be the best idea.

eclectichoney · 02-12-2008 1:10pm

I've got to say, if I have an exam coming up, I've been known to read notes / journal articles for the first ten or fifteen minutes while I'm warming up on the bike.

Maybe evn if this individual wasn't reading, they would still be going at a 'low intensity' OP, so maybe it's this rather than the fact that they were reading per se, that is annoying you?

Each to their own etc. She might have been having one of those days where you just feel wrecked.

Roper · 02-12-2008 1:51pm

Fatloss08 wrote: »

if ur not gonna put effort get out simple

trust me her heart was normal , on her phone , really really slow

when others are dying to make the most of the equipment

wanna read while cycling ??? hang on the end of a bus

Yeah I agree she should do what other people want her to do.

Somewhere else in internet land, the following rant is taking place:
"I was trying to do some low intensity cardio today on the bike while catching up on my reading and this idiot wouldn't stop staring at me. It was like he was píssed that I was reading or something. Why do people feel the need to judge others by their standards. Also when I saw him squat earlier his form was really poor I wanted to go over to him and say 'do it right or get out simple!' "

celestial · 02-12-2008 2:37pm

I have seen a girl on more than one occasion in the gym reading away on a recumbent bike and not breaking a drop of sweat - and this is while wearing a GREY t-shirt. I marvelled at it a bit at the time but I'd never dream of starting a thread on boards about it - but I will take the time to respond to someone who did start a thread on it;)

As mentioned, don't presume that everyone in the gym needs to, wants to or is battling the bulge or wants to lose a few pounds - or that the gym is the preserve of people who do want to. Shock horror gym goer combines reading and exercise via a bike that doesn't move for nothing more than pleasure and enjoyment!!!!!

BossArky · 02-12-2008 3:22pm

I read in the gym everynow and again. Kill two birds with the one stone whilst warming up!

As a literature mod I find reading in the gym acceptable. If I was a fitness mod and was doing press ups in the library that would be a different story :pac:

Relevant · 02-12-2008 3:30pm

Many people have different goals. Some people just go to the gym to get out of the house and to relax. Once the new year kicks in there will be plenty of these people around for a few weeks!