{"id":102,"date":"2005-01-22T10:17:47","date_gmt":"2005-01-22T10:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/?p=102"},"modified":"2005-01-22T10:17:47","modified_gmt":"2005-01-22T10:17:47","slug":"singing-on-the-mill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/archives\/102","title":{"rendered":"Singing on the &#8216;mill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not sure if I&#8217;ve said so before, but I&#8217;ve really stepped up my workout routine as of late.  My apartment complex has a <i>great<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/backhomeagain.com\/clubhouse.html#\">gym<\/a>, and it&#8217;s only about 500 feet away from my door.  Really convenient, especially on those cold cold days.  <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, going to the gym more has given me a fantastic opportunity to observe the interactions of those who are trying to (or already are) get in shape.  Here are some regularities I&#8217;ve noticed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Men who don&#8217;t know each other do not talk to one another.  In fact, eye contact is avoided at all costs.<\/li>\n<li>Couples who come to work out together <i>never<\/i> finish the workout together.  They&#8217;ll come in all cutesy and ready to exercise as a team&#8230;they&#8217;ll start out with a stretch, do a few of the lifting machines together, then all of a sudden one is on the bike and the other on the stairclimber.  It happens every time.  (I&#8217;m not making any comments about these peoples&#8217; relationships, but it&#8217;s just these sorts of interactions that designers should recognize, so that we can get to the root as to what is causing this (perhaps) unwanted separation)<\/li>\n<li>When you go in the dance room, <i>don&#8217;t you dare dance<\/i>.  (I have never, ever seen anybody dancing in there.  Perhaps I&#8217;ll give it a shot \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s all the regularities for now&#8230;I want to get to some different fun&#8230;STORYTIME!<\/p>\n<p>So when I got to the gym yesterday, I stepped up to the treadmill and started my warm-up jog.  To my right there was an empty treadmill (but it&#8217;s the crappy one), and to my left there was a girl who was at a more-than-medium pace listening to her iPod, we&#8217;ll call her Lala.  (This isn&#8217;t a story about workout room romance, so get it out of your head.)  After a few minutes, I&#8217;m jogging along, and all of a sudden I hear a *tweeeet*.  It seems a song Lala was singing in her head nearly slipped out of her mouth.  Not embarrassing, just a little jarring for me because it was unexpected.  Then, out of nowhere, Lala lets out an entire line of chorus of a song.  It was hard for me to keep my composure.  She ended up doing it again 3 or 4 times after that, and it was hard to not laugh, but I was successful.  <\/p>\n<p>I guess this is the downfall of getting a music player for running&#8230;sometimes you just <i>need<\/i> to belt out that tune you&#8217;re listening to, and in my experience, sometimes it&#8217;s just too hard to run <i>and<\/i> guard yourself from public humiliation at the same time&#8230;after all, a good run is really tiring.  In that case, props to Lala.  She got a good workout, and had no need to censor her singing&#8230;i&#8217;ll probably find myself in her shoes one day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not sure if I&#8217;ve said so before, but I&#8217;ve really stepped up my workout routine as of late. My apartment complex has a great gym, and it&#8217;s only about 500 feet away from my door. Really convenient, especially on those cold cold days. 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