22 Problems Only Gym Goers Will Understand
Pumping iron, or pumping irritation?
The Gym. For some the gym is a sanctuary, a place where people can go and improve their physical and mental well-being through exercise. For others it's a frightening jungle, filled with weights stacked like trees, only disturbed by gorillas looking to finish a set so they can neck their banana protein shake. Then there are those who neither love nor loath it, the apathetic visitors to the gallery of iron, who seem more interested in just being seen at the gym than gaining any benefit from it. Whatever category you fall into, the gym has established itself as a new 'third place' in recent times. Whether it's the introduction of classes and programs such as Spin or Cross fit, or the promotion of weight training as a key part of the exercise Zeitgeist, gone are the days of gyms being solely occupied by Mr Olympia competitors. However the rise in the pop-culture-gym does not come without consequence. For where vanity gathers, parody follows, and just about every gym goer will have a funny story or a gripe regarding their own personal 'house of pain'. None the less there are some problems that just seem to keep occurring, some are mere annoying inconveniences and others...well...others will threaten the very fabric of your being...