weirdos...
The creepiest / most annoying thing happened to me at the gym yesterday...
[background]I HAVE to run at least 1/2 hour every day to feel better about myself so I frequent the precor machine. I like to read while I run on machines. I HAVE to read while I run or else it feels like forever.
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There was a dude on the machine next to me ferociously working his precor mumbling and grunting something to himself. Not wanting to make direct eye contact, I assumed he was singing along to an IPOD or something. It almost sounded like he was singing:
'That's the sound of the men working on the train... OH AH OH AH'
I assumed wrong. He was motivating himself.. chanting in a low voice, almost whisper... 'energy... energy... burn the fat burn the fat... oh ah oh ah...burn the fat there you go there you go...'
withOUT a break. Over and over.. repeated this, and various other lines to himself.
I couldn't take it. I tried my HARDEST to concentrate on my reading (and running) but I just couldn't do it. It was as if this guy was leaning over me chanting in my ear. I couldn't absorb a single word from my book because of this distraction. A few times I let out an EXHAUSTED sigh while glancing sideways at him, but to no avail.
I *almost* felt like THIS GUY
I thought about asking him to quite down but I realized people have full on conversations with each other while running side by side, so how is this any different? He just chose to have a conversation with his motivation.
Not at all creepy.
I just had to give up and switch to an exercise bike. I HATE exercise bikes, but at least I could get some peace and quiet to read... and to burn some fat... burn some fat... oh ah oh ah ah...
weirdo.
[background]I HAVE to run at least 1/2 hour every day to feel better about myself so I frequent the precor machine. I like to read while I run on machines. I HAVE to read while I run or else it feels like forever.
[/background]
There was a dude on the machine next to me ferociously working his precor mumbling and grunting something to himself. Not wanting to make direct eye contact, I assumed he was singing along to an IPOD or something. It almost sounded like he was singing:
'That's the sound of the men working on the train... OH AH OH AH'
I assumed wrong. He was motivating himself.. chanting in a low voice, almost whisper... 'energy... energy... burn the fat burn the fat... oh ah oh ah...burn the fat there you go there you go...'
withOUT a break. Over and over.. repeated this, and various other lines to himself.
I couldn't take it. I tried my HARDEST to concentrate on my reading (and running) but I just couldn't do it. It was as if this guy was leaning over me chanting in my ear. I couldn't absorb a single word from my book because of this distraction. A few times I let out an EXHAUSTED sigh while glancing sideways at him, but to no avail.
I *almost* felt like THIS GUY
I thought about asking him to quite down but I realized people have full on conversations with each other while running side by side, so how is this any different? He just chose to have a conversation with his motivation.
Not at all creepy.
I just had to give up and switch to an exercise bike. I HATE exercise bikes, but at least I could get some peace and quiet to read... and to burn some fat... burn some fat... oh ah oh ah ah...
weirdo.
