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mp3 player + fierce scowl + purple face + strange animal noises + heavy panting = perfect recipe for aloneness. <3
And, in a pinch, the awesome might of my stink eye has yet to fail to turn an overfriendly mother****er right 'round. ****, tryin' to talk to me, like we at Chuck. E. Cheese and it's your birthday. **** off.
mp3 player + fierce scowl + purple face + strange animal noises + heavy panting = perfect recipe for aloneness. <3
And, in a pinch, the awesome might of my stink eye has yet to fail to turn an overfriendly mother****er right 'round. ****, tryin' to talk to me, like we at Chuck. E. Cheese and it's your birthday. **** off.
Hmmm double entendre. Geez tribal you such a sissy haha. I bet the cracked up when they got you email. Probably thought you were an old man. Music in my opinion should be LOUD
There's this guy that swims at my pool who is kind of a skinny/fat guy. I say kind of because he's not exactly fat but he's not skinny/skinny either. He's got maybe 13% bodyfat sitting around his midsection, and the rest of him is pretty skinny. He isn't skeleton bony, but he doesn't have any muscle that would be at all respectable. He probably drinks wine and reads The New Yorker while he sits in his striped shirt with the top three buttons undone when he isn't swimming or eating overpriced carbs. Despite all the times I've seen him swim, he is still remarkably pale. He rarely changes his expression from "punch me-- I'm an asshole".
His swimming style is indicative that he never competed and that he swims for the exercise, which is common. And that is not to say he swims only the back and breast strokes, rather he swims only the freestyle. However, his arm movements, kicking pattern, and swimming rythym tells me he lives his life by the book. Challenge to him is figuring out what kind of accessories would look good in his apartment or what kind of crappy, vintage tee he would like to by from Abercrombie. His speed and lack of improvement tell me he embraces his failures.
When he leaves the pool deck his walk tells me that deep down, he knows he sucks. But he'd rather not face it and probably hates people who are better than him.
I sit in the guard chair wondering if Tribal comes to swim at my pool.
Hmmm double entendre. Geez tribal you such a sissy haha. I bet the cracked up when they got you email. Probably thought you were an old man. Music in my opinion should be LOUD
Actually there were previous complaints about the noise even before I joined the gym. Those playing the music loudly after I joined were of course in breach of previous instructions to keep the music down. Normally or at least 99% of the time my bark is worse than my bite.
I have come to know some of the instructors and they are not bad people.
I don't like music at all. I have an ipod that I listen to at night sometimes or in my car when I'm driving to work, but I never take it to the gym since I like listening to music in a controlled environment. I'm very hard of hearing, so when I'm hearing unknown sound, I tend to focus on the sound to determine what it is. So one day at the gym, the music suddenly changed to some rap music - not that I have anything against that type of music - and I suddenly had to look around to zero in on what sounded like an alarm. Then I realize it was the music and I was able to focus again. So basically, while at the gym, I don't hear anything. You could be talking to me, and I wouldn't hear it because over the years I've learned to zero out sounds completely and only focus again when I hear something unexpected of the current environment. I got several complaints over the years about people talking to me when they see me in public, but I always try my best to explain my situation.
Seeing some of your comments, one wonders whether gyms in general are customer-centric. The good gyms should listen to customer feedback and engage in customer consultation.
I train at home and have two very spirited kids (actually men, lol). They know I like music, so they pitched in and bought two of these speakers to put in my home garage gym:
There are two 15" woofers in each. I get the other 2morrow.
Son's are great! HEHEHE
Now, if I can figure out how to stay out of trouble with the Mrs and prevent the police being called while training, this would be a miracle. I had to use my ultimate male skills of knowing her for over 20 years, just to encourage her to allow them in the garage, lol.
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