There should be a protocol on how close you can work out next to another person at 4:30AM in an almost deserted fitness center. First let me tell you this gym is big, the section I'm referring to is just the aerobic equipment and has over two hundred machines. There must be over 50 treadmills in five rows(across must be 50 yds). Today I arrive and as normal there are no more than two other people there when I arrive, they are no where near me because they are on the stair climber and elliptical machine.

 

I get on my normal treadmill and start running, 10 minutes later a guy starts walking one treadmill away from me and then his buddy comes in, following by another guy, so now we have four people running next to each other when there are 4 fucking empty rows of treadmills . You're probably thinking what's the fucking big deal. Well these guys are fucking loud talkers. Even with my mp3 player almost maxed out with volume, I could hear these guys rambling on. Running on the dreadmill is hard enough without listening to three boring mutherfuckers walking, and drinking coffee next to me. I can see one guy walking at a 20 minute pace and another guy at 18min pace and they had to fucking hold on to the railing while doing this pace. What the fuck do they do when they walk elsewhere. Those are the same type of guys that probably get next to you while you're pissing in a urinal when there are 6 fucking unused urinals they could have gone.

Run and piss outside.  Problem solved.

 

You're welcome.

Treadmills are not like urinals.  I don't know much but I now that.

 

Good point.  I used a simile when I should have used a metaphor.

 

Treadmills are urinals.

Maybe there is something special about the location of those treadmills.  My gym has a couple of choice spots, one by the door, so you get a cool breeze every time someone opens the door, and the other with a view of the swimming pool.

These are the same guys that have to drive right next to you in the left lane on the freeway for miles even when there are no other cars in sight.

Treadmills are not like urinals.  Why?  Because every time notmywife skips 8 empty treadmills and pulls up right next to me, I can forget about HRM-based training for that day. 

 

You should forget about HRM-based training every day.

 

Dude, unlike other men, women ARE allowed to saddle up next to men and use the adjacent urinal should the show up in a men's restroom.

 One of the girls in my sorority was actually capable of peeing into a urinal.  Stupid drunk party tricks.  Good kegels.

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