Does anybody else get like this when they get in the gym? I was quite happily plodding along on my rower this morning when some bloke sat down next to me. Even as he was starting I could see that he was looking over at my display to check my strokes per minute. Just about every minute from then on he was looking over at split times.
Eventually I got a little pissed at this so started to speed up, he responded. I pushed even harder, my heart rate was really starting to max out at 102% of normal. He was still glancing over. In the end I decided enough was enough and went back to my start pace leaving him to his little victory. Of course after 5 minutes of rowing he had finished (pouring with sweat) whilst I still had another 10 minutes to go to finish my 5km. What I’d actually allowed this idiot to do was drag out a competitive edge that wrecked my work out, I was supposed to be in the fat burning zone not giving my heart a kicking!
I get the impression that some men are just complete and utter cocks as soon as they hit the gym, looking for people to compete against. They’re usually the type that spend 20 minutes looking in the mirror and chatting without doing any exercise as well. I hope I never turn into one of them.
February 1st, 2008 at 2:51 am
Yeah, I notice the same thing in the gym. A lot of times I just put my towel over the display, usually they get the message when you do that!
February 1st, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Never thought of doing that, I was going to go with the “f**k off” approach next time but your way sounds mmuch better!