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January 18, 2006 / Wednesday
Strange-ish Day at the Gym
Went to the EA24hF this afternoon, and was handed a bottle of Black Cherry POWERade OPTION upon check-in. I put my stuff in a locker, and when I came back out, this oldish guy who's there every time I am and whom I've only ever seen using stacked weight machines was struggling to remove a plate from the leg press machine. I got some water, saw him still struggling, and went over to help him. He looked confused, like I shouldn't be able to lift plates or something. Later, when I needed to use the leg extension machine, there was a guy sitting on it with a cell phone to his ear and his trainer standing next to him, watching him gab. I rearranged my workout, did some dead lifts, and when I returned he was still sitting there, phone to his ear, trainer by his side. I went off to do some ab work, and when I returned again, same thing. Who has money to waste like that? Finally, he finished his conversation, did one lame set, and left. I hopped on the gab station leg extension machine, started my sets, and had my Depeche Mode interrupted by a loud repetitive booming sound. I looked up and there were big speakers and a portable cheesy karaoke machine fifteen feet away, blasting what turned out to be that annoying Hollaback song. This - is - bananas! B-a-n-a-n-a-s! I finished my set, did a little stretching, got my stuff, and headed out. When I left, the karaoke screen read, "Rapper's (Something-or-other)", and there were these two guys there with mics in their hands and silly grins on their faces. One of them started rapping to some dancey non-rap tune as I walked out the door. I felt bad for the people still in the gym. Perhaps today would have been a good day to take the hamster exercises outside.
January 18, 2006 05:44 PM | Gym:Music