Brian Engelen

Evan,

I think I'm the only member that rides to my gym. The guy at the front desk
asked me why I always ride my bike. Why??? (so I?m all warmed-up and ready
to go hard on the Exercycle?)

After talking with him for a while I realized he rode his bike to work due
to the high cost of owning a car.

Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Evan MacKenzie
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 7:57 AM
To: Heather VanValkenburg; obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] OT- Social Hour at the Squat Rack

Losers.

I've always wanted to do this, but never have.
You walk up to someone in the gym and ask them "Hey, what what they are
training for?" I'd bet you 9 out of ten would look at you dumbfounded
because they don't want to admit that it's just vanity (That, and they don't
know what dumbfounded or vanity mean). Then you say, "No, I mean, what sport
do you do that you are lifting weights for? Are you a cyclist, do you play
football or soccer, you know?"

"Uh, I'm just here to lift weights."

"So you don't actually do anything then?"

"Uh, I guess not."

My wife and I started going to spin class last fall when the days got
shorter (boring!). The instructor was complaining because when the Hillsboro
Aquatic Center (which has a pool, weight room and other fitness stuff) was
closed DURING THE SUMMER, he didn't have anywhere to work out. He said he
has a bike that he occasionally rides to the gym, but apparently the thought
of doing something other than driving to the gym to work out was completely
foreign to him. What kind of society do we live in that people think like
this? That is SO WRONG!

OK, that's the end of my Thursday morning rant.

-Evan
 
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Heather VanValkenburg
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:53 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] OT- Social Hour at the Squat Rack

Enough about number sizes and onto a very serious issue...

WHAT'S WITH ALL THE GUYS (I don't see women doing this) AT THE GYM THAT COME

TO JUST HANG OUT? Seriously, they come in, they hang out and talk to their
buddies, (usually in the way), they LOOK like they might be there to
workout, since they are wearing the approprite workout attire, but they
don't lift a single weight. I mean, you don't just accidentally drop by the
gym to hang out, right? What's up with that?

Does this happen where you work out?

Are you one of THEM?

What should we call THEM?

-Heather VanValkenburg

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