Comments on: Sweatiquette http://30isthenewblack.com/2009/08/12/sweatiquette/ A lifestyle blog about fashion, women’s issues, dating, fashion, exercise and fitness, trying to make sense of a world obsessed by couples, calories and celebrities. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:12:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Gillian Nalletamby http://30isthenewblack.com/2009/08/12/sweatiquette/#comment-832 Gillian Nalletamby Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:30:12 +0000 http://30isthenewblack.com/2009/08/12/sweatiquette/#comment-832 Terry, thank you for your feedback. As someone who also has done the instructor course and team taught (although I didn't end up pursuing it as it took too much of my time outside a full time workload), I'm sure you understand the importance of a cool down such as returing the heart rate to a normal rate, preventing muscle pain, replenishing your fluids and so on. The whole idea of group classes in my opinion is to encourage gym members whether they are obese or not to attend regular classes and if they do not do the cool down and walk away fatigued, dizzy or experience muscle soreness the next day, then the chance of them returning is lower. And that's not helping the obesity problem either is it? The whole tone of the article was tongue in cheek. It wasn't meant to be taken seriously as any guide or meant to offend. Terry, thank you for your feedback. As someone who also has done the instructor course and team taught (although I didn’t end up pursuing it as it took too much of my time outside a full time workload), I’m sure you understand the importance of a cool down such as returing the heart rate to a normal rate, preventing muscle pain, replenishing your fluids and so on.

The whole idea of group classes in my opinion is to encourage gym members whether they are obese or not to attend regular classes and if they do not do the cool down and walk away fatigued, dizzy or experience muscle soreness the next day, then the chance of them returning is lower. And that’s not helping the obesity problem either is it?

The whole tone of the article was tongue in cheek. It wasn’t meant to be taken seriously as any guide or meant to offend.

]]> By: Terry http://30isthenewblack.com/2009/08/12/sweatiquette/#comment-831 Terry Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:19:07 +0000 http://30isthenewblack.com/2009/08/12/sweatiquette/#comment-831 Loved the article Gillian but I do have to say that as a gym junkie for 30 years and a mother of 2 boys, making the effort to get up at 5.30am for a morning class means I deserve the right to walk out of a class half way through the cool down in order to beat traffic back home and get myself to work. At the end of the day there is no impact on other participants and as an ex instructor it is understood that it needs to happen for people to meet the ever increasing demands life brings. The benefits to my health far outweigh your words "don't bother attending". Comments like that certainly don't help today's obesity problem. Loved the article Gillian but I do have to say that as a gym junkie for 30 years and a mother of 2 boys, making the effort to get up at 5.30am for a morning class means I deserve the right to walk out of a class half way through the cool down in order to beat traffic back home and get myself to work. At the end of the day there is no impact on other participants and as an ex instructor it is understood that it needs to happen for people to meet the ever increasing demands life brings. The benefits to my health far outweigh your words “don’t bother attending”. Comments like that certainly don’t help today’s obesity problem.

]]> By: Alex http://30isthenewblack.com/2009/08/12/sweatiquette/#comment-750 Alex Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:40:23 +0000 http://30isthenewblack.com/2009/08/12/sweatiquette/#comment-750 Do you go to my gym? I can't stand when people mind bikes or equipment for their friends and they don't show up. It's so selfish. I totally agreed with all of this article. Do you go to my gym? I can’t stand when people mind bikes or equipment for their friends and they don’t show up. It’s so selfish. I totally agreed with all of this article.

]]> By: Sabrina http://30isthenewblack.com/2009/08/12/sweatiquette/#comment-749 Sabrina Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:48:23 +0000 http://30isthenewblack.com/2009/08/12/sweatiquette/#comment-749 This is really good Gillian. You've really captured the essence of the gym. Now you have to write one about catching trains! This is really good Gillian. You’ve really captured the essence of the gym. Now you have to write one about catching trains!

]]> By: Maria http://30isthenewblack.com/2009/08/12/sweatiquette/#comment-746 Maria Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:32:43 +0000 http://30isthenewblack.com/2009/08/12/sweatiquette/#comment-746 This is really funny. This is pretty much how it is at my gym every single time I go there. I should print this out and stick it on the bathroom door! This is really funny. This is pretty much how it is at my gym every single time I go there. I should print this out and stick it on the bathroom door!

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