Business would be great through December and January, but it would be ideal to have that kind of income year round. I’ll be honest with you, my life goal is to one day own my own gym. What if the gym rats, gym bros, personal trainers, squat girls, powerlifters, crossfitters, and all other demographics of the gym, took one New Years resolutioner under their wing and showed them the ropes? What if we properly taught them how to do a back squat or corrected their curl form? What if we told them they shouldn’t be doing the same workout Sunday through Monday? What do you think would happen? Maybe we could just go to an always crowded gym because that’s the norm. If they weren’t shunned away maybe they wouldn’t be the people that leave the gym crowded for a few weeks. I want to embrace the New Years resolutioners and make them gym regulars. I would guess that they quit showing up because of negative side remarks and not feeling welcome. Not to be seen again until the next New Year. (Duh.) These people usually leave the gym packed for the first few weeks of the New Year and then slowly drift away. So for starters, what are the New Years resolutioners? Well, the New Years resolutioners are the people that join the gym after the New Year to fulfill their New Years resolutions. I have, in summary, been an asshole to the New Years resolutioners. I have been the guy that laughed at the new guy at the gym when he tried to bicep curl the leg extension machine. I have been the guy that got annoyed that someone was doing a full arm workout in the only squat rack in the gym. I have been the guy that shunned the New Years resolutioners. ![]() It’s important to know these rules before you get to the gym in order to make it a more productive environment for everyone.Before I get started, I would like to start out by saying that I have been the exact person that I am calling out in this post. The New Year (gympocalypse) is unique because this is the period of time when most new members join. Everyone starts somewhere and no one has the right to claim their reason for joining a gym is superior to anyone else’s. There’s no place for a “here come all those dam resolutioners” mentality at the gym. Is someone using this bar or were they just too “busy” to clean up after themselves? It’s confusing and somewhat annoying to approach a bar loaded up with weights. When you’re done using free weights, put them away in their proper place. No one likes to workout around the stinky person, and in a confined gym, that stinky person does a lot of damage to the entire gym. You should also wear deodorant and practice good general hygiene. Always wash your gym clothes before wearing them again. Yes the gym is kind of a disgusting place when you think about it (try not to dwell on it for too long), but this does not give you the right to go to the gym wearing dirty clothes. It makes no sense to do bicep curls (or other isolation exercises) on a squat rack when you can just as easily do them anywhere else. Gyms have a limited amount of squat racks but an almost infinite amount of space to do bicep curls in. There are not too many exceptions to this rule and curling in the squat rack is definitely not one of them! The squat rack is a magnet for non-squat exercisers because it’s placed directly in front of a mirror and has easy access to a bar and plenty of weight. Get wireless headphones, turn your music on, and put your phone in away until you’re done working out. This isn’t only selfish, it also makes your workout much less effective as rest periods increase, intensity decreases, and duration becomes ineffectively long. Don’t use your cell phone while sitting on equipment between sets. ![]() It only becomes an issue when your cell phone use prolongs the time you occupy equipment. No one really cares if you use your cell phone at the gym. Instead, use a jump rope or body weight exercises in conjunction with gym equipment to increase intensity without inconveniencing others. Avoid taking more than one machine at a time during heavy traffic. When the gym is crowded, these supersets are impossible to do without inconveniencing a lot of people. Supersets are a great way to increase intensity.
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