Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Shush!
This morning, I went to the gym for a swim. I've been falling behind on my training for the triathlon. I don't think it's a big deal because I still have another 3.5 weeks to train for it. That's plenty of time. In a related story, my goal has changed from "Finish in less than 1.5 hours" to "Finish."
I'm a member at Bally's. I'm a big fan of Bally's because I pay about $15 a month and I get full access to the weight rooms, cardio equipment and the pool. There's nothing more I need. (As it turns out, Bally's just filed for bankruptcy. I wonder if it has anything to do with charging people $15 a month when the competition is charging about 10 times that.)
Anyway, when I went to the gym this morning, it was quiet. Not just a little quiet, but library-quiet. It was downright eerie. As I was getting ready in the locker room, I figured out what the problem was. There was no music!
I'm no fan of the music they play at my gym. It's generally pretty crappy. I realize I have some odd tastes in music. I'm not asking for The Pixies or Sleater-Kinney. But something more modern than Bad Company and less annoying than J Lo would be a huge upgrade. But as bad as the music at the gym is, it was actually worse with no music. I'm as shocked as you.
It was just a bunch of people sitting around, lifting weights or running in place. You could hear every single conversation that people were having. And believe me, there are no exciting conversations among morning gym patrons. ("So, Myrtle, I think I got another liver spot.") What I found amusing, though, was that everyone was whispering. It's like years of being brow-beaten into being quiet at a library was having a pavlovian effect at the music-less gym. And that only made things creepier.
I don't know if the lack of music has anything to do with Bally's declaring bankruptcy, but I really hope they fix the problem soon. My mornings just aren't the same without Belinda Carlisle singing "nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah."
I'm a member at Bally's. I'm a big fan of Bally's because I pay about $15 a month and I get full access to the weight rooms, cardio equipment and the pool. There's nothing more I need. (As it turns out, Bally's just filed for bankruptcy. I wonder if it has anything to do with charging people $15 a month when the competition is charging about 10 times that.)
Anyway, when I went to the gym this morning, it was quiet. Not just a little quiet, but library-quiet. It was downright eerie. As I was getting ready in the locker room, I figured out what the problem was. There was no music!
I'm no fan of the music they play at my gym. It's generally pretty crappy. I realize I have some odd tastes in music. I'm not asking for The Pixies or Sleater-Kinney. But something more modern than Bad Company and less annoying than J Lo would be a huge upgrade. But as bad as the music at the gym is, it was actually worse with no music. I'm as shocked as you.
It was just a bunch of people sitting around, lifting weights or running in place. You could hear every single conversation that people were having. And believe me, there are no exciting conversations among morning gym patrons. ("So, Myrtle, I think I got another liver spot.") What I found amusing, though, was that everyone was whispering. It's like years of being brow-beaten into being quiet at a library was having a pavlovian effect at the music-less gym. And that only made things creepier.
I don't know if the lack of music has anything to do with Bally's declaring bankruptcy, but I really hope they fix the problem soon. My mornings just aren't the same without Belinda Carlisle singing "nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah."
