1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fitness Disrupted, a production of My Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: I am Tom Holland and this is Fitness Disrupted. I 3 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: just got back from spring break. Amazing. I focus on 4 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: collecting experiences for myself and my family, and every year 5 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: we tried to go to a different place, generally a 6 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: warm place. I would much rather be warm than cold, 7 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: especially at this age. But amazing, incredible and podcast topic 8 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: weird its ugly head as I was there, and it's 9 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: one that I've had on my list. It's one that 10 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 1: I've done a similar type show that I will reference 11 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: shortly in the past, and it goes to Hotel Jim etiquette, 12 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: Hotel Jim etiquette and also tips are gonna throw in 13 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: some tips there. Always try to focus on the positive, 14 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: but this is this is a topic that needs discussion, 15 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: so that is what today's show is about. And I 16 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: am someone who travels really, really frequently, especially obviously before COVID, 17 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: but even during COVID, I was traveling. I travel as 18 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: a fitness advisor, the fitness advisor for a major um 19 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: fitness company, so frequently on the road doing TV for them, 20 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: you know, home shopping channels stuff, as well as some 21 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: reality TV lectures, conventions, things like that, and then you 22 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,119 Speaker 1: know my racing. I still race fifty three years old, 23 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 1: still doing what I've been doing for thirty some odd years, 24 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 1: and that's iron Man triathlons and marathons and getting into 25 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: the ultra marathon world a little bit more of those, 26 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: and then just events that I also create for myself, 27 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: like the run across the Grand Canyon and back, which 28 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: I'm going to do again, I think pretty soon. So 29 00:01:57,880 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: I said, a lot of time on the road and 30 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: in hotel. Jim's still exercising, right, And then finally, as 31 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: I just said, uh, you know with family, So going 32 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: on vacation with my family, and also I have two 33 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: kids who travel frequently for sports. So lots of time 34 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: on the road, lots of time in hotels, and lots 35 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: of time in hotel gyms. Let me say this again. 36 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: I did a similar podcast Jim pet Peeves, and it 37 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: goes to kind of the way we should be comporting 38 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: ourselves when we're in the gym, and there are differences, 39 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: which is why I said, you know, this is a 40 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: great topic as well. There are differences between your gyms 41 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: and hotel gyms, and I'll get into that shortly as well. 42 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: So we need to talk about this stuff. And you know, 43 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 1: when I did that podcast on Jim pet Peeves, I 44 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 1: received messages and people were offended at certain people. Some 45 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: people were offended, and I don't argue those are the offenders. 46 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: Those are the offenders. This is pretty cut and dried people. 47 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 1: This is pretty black and white when I get into 48 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you four specifics. There are many more, 49 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: but they all kind of come back to the same theme. 50 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,799 Speaker 1: Al Right, So if when you listen to this podcast 51 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: you two are offended, God to kind of ask yourself 52 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: why based on the reasons I give. Okay, and again, 53 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: I have spent my the better part of my life 54 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: in a gym, working in a gym, owning a gym, 55 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: training people, teaching classes. You know, this is this, This 56 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: has been my life for many years. I have a 57 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: unique perspective on it. I'm not just someone I just 58 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: watch Holy Cow kind of a I watched a video 59 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: last night about a fitness X I had to do 60 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: some research and I want that almost hour back. Oh 61 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: my gosh, this person was just so much garbage. That's 62 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: so much garbage. So my point is this, this person 63 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: wasn't qualified to be talking about the subject that we're 64 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: talking about. All right, I am. I've spent a lot 65 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: of a lot of hours and days and weeks and 66 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: years in all aspects of the gym. So when we 67 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: come back from this break and I get into it, 68 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: then it's gonna help you as well. I always want 69 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: you to have the actionable stuff. So if you are 70 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 1: someone who travels frequently, or you're someone who's just gotten 71 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: into a fitness program or back into one, and you 72 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: want to stick with it when you travel, you want 73 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 1: to keep it going, right, how do you do that? 74 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: And how do you do it when you're in a 75 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: place like a hotel gym where you might not have 76 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: you won't have what you normally have. Okay, quick break. 77 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 1: When we come back hotel jim etiquette and tips, we'll 78 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: be right back there, all right, talking about hotel jim 79 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 1: tips etiquette, just basically what's it's all about. And let 80 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:21,359 Speaker 1: me start by saying, I don't spend as much time 81 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: or yeah, as much time in the hotel gym as uh. 82 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: I just don't spend a lot of time in it 83 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: because if I'm traveling, especially for vacation, that's what I'm 84 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: trying to say, if I'm on vacation, I don't want 85 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:37,679 Speaker 1: to be in the gym for an hour or two hours, 86 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: which pretty much not any more anyway. But if I'm 87 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: in a beautiful place on spring break, I'm going to 88 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 1: mix it up. And that is going to be one 89 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: of the top themes of today's show in many ways. 90 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 1: But I get outside, especially on spring break in a 91 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 1: you know, beautiful location, I want to explore. That's not 92 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: to a that I'm not in the gym because there's 93 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: certain things I want to work on my shoulders and 94 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: use some different equipment and you know, i might be 95 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: training for something specific, but I'm going to do more 96 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 1: stuff outside. So when I was on spring break just 97 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: a short while ago in a beautiful location Caribbean, I 98 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: swam a handful of times and it was five open 99 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: water swims, amazing, And there was a pool by the way. 100 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:27,799 Speaker 1: There are people swimming in the pool, and that's fine. 101 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: I didn't swim in the pool like the most incredible 102 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: temperature water seeing fish like that's that's me. Now again, 103 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,239 Speaker 1: I'm not saying you can't swim in the hotel pool. 104 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: And I watched some people who obviously were swimmers get 105 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: up in the morning and get in there. Awesome, But 106 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:53,359 Speaker 1: I want to be seeing and experiencing as much of 107 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: the place I am with my movement, with my exercise. Okay, 108 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: so swimming it a handful of runs, a handful of runs. 109 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: And I also want to say that, you know, this 110 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: is family time. I mean when I'm traveling for work, 111 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:12,559 Speaker 1: it's different. But I will get up for anyone else 112 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: and get outside. And whether that's the swim or the 113 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: gym or the run, I don't want to take time 114 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: away from my family either. It's family time and it 115 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: serves that purpose and so many others as well. There's 116 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: nothing like seeing eight foreign place, wake up right, just 117 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: getting outside right. I like to do it right before sunrise, 118 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: not door, because you know, generally you want to be 119 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: safe and it's a strange location. Uh, and you always 120 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: want to be safe. And um, I don't think I've 121 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: done that show yet, but I've done parts of it. Um, 122 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: just right before sunrise, sun's coming up, you're out for 123 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: a walk or a swim or run. Amazing, amazing. I 124 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: did the final day, did one of my longest runs, 125 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: and you know, I was home before anyone was awake. 126 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: And you watch you know, the the just everything. It's incredible. 127 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: So that's one great time I do it. And I 128 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: also do it right for dinner when everyone's kind of 129 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: you know, you're back from the beach. People are getting dressed, reading, 130 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: doing whatever. But there's like that hour before before taking showers, 131 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: getting ready to go out, another perfect time to do it, 132 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: and you're not really missing the family time, all right. 133 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: So I wanted to qualify that too. I want to 134 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: see where I am and I want to spend time 135 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: with my family, all right. That goes to the hotel 136 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,079 Speaker 1: gyms for me, something I want to talk about, right. 137 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: I Also, I'm doing so much stuff outside, whether it's 138 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:49,079 Speaker 1: body weight bands, so I've talked about that before. I 139 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: generally bring with me just a handful of things that 140 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 1: I can use if and when I need to, and 141 00:08:55,360 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: those include resistance bands, maybe a jump rope, and the 142 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 1: jump rope a lot. I rarely use it, but I 143 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,439 Speaker 1: still bring it, and it's so small it doesn't matter. 144 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: And by the way, there are times when you know, 145 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: I bring the bands and the jump rope and a 146 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 1: couple other things with the bands, you know, I also 147 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: have the little thing that goes over the door. So 148 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: I can really get into great work out with those bands. 149 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: But there are times when I never use them. Then 150 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: I'll do other things that I will go to the 151 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: hotel gym, or I will do bodyweight stuff. But it 152 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. It's with me if and when I need it, 153 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 1: all right, So just another example of not even getting 154 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: to the hotel gym. Sometimes I will use that stuff 155 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 1: right in my room. And oftentimes that's when I'm traveling 156 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: for work, right, and this goes for winter and summer. 157 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 1: You know, I'll get out and run in the winter 158 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: traveling for hockey with kids and you know, cold places 159 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: to love that as well. But I will bring a 160 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 1: small straight bag filled with stuff that I can use 161 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: also just bands, right for band work, legwork, stuff like 162 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: that really compact, really small, really light equipment that I 163 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: can use. And a ball like uh, you know the ball, 164 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: the massage ball with a little points on it to 165 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:23,079 Speaker 1: kind of roll out any type muscles and things like that. 166 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 1: I bring that as well, all right. So I'm just 167 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: talking about things before we even get to the hotel, Jim, right, 168 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: because this is all part of your overall program and 169 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: plan and variation, all right. There's no better way to 170 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 1: see where you are than by foot or by bike 171 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: or in the water, right, And so let's get to 172 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: the gym. So that's all the stuff that you can 173 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: do and should do and prepare for. It's all about preparation, 174 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: whether it comes to food or exercise, you know, when 175 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: you're traveling, thinking ahead. And let me say this, Oh 176 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 1: my gosh, how often do I talk about the incredible 177 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: technology available to us that wasn't when I first started, 178 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: when I was a kid, when I first started in 179 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: this industry. As well, I will go online and google 180 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 1: the hotel jim that I'm staying in and look at 181 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: the pictures. Not necessarily the pictures that the gym or 182 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:27,959 Speaker 1: the hotel provides, although those are helpful, but there's different 183 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 1: websites and people who will upload pictures of what is 184 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: exactly in the gym, and you can also look at 185 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: the dates to see, if you know, was it five 186 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: years ago or five weeks ago or five days ago. 187 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: And so it is almost never that I go to 188 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: a hotel gym without knowing exactly what is in there. 189 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: And if you're someone who you know needs to bring 190 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: bite shoes and wants to know what kind of bike 191 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,559 Speaker 1: is in there. You don't even have to call the hotel. 192 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: You can just look online. So that's another tip. Google 193 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: the name of the hotel and just say fitness center 194 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: or gym and you will see what is there, all right. 195 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: So this gym for this spring break was one of 196 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: the best, if not the best Jim I've had available 197 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 1: to me while traveling. Who's two floors. It was filled 198 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: with equipment and like you know, amazing with floor to 199 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 1: ceiling windows. So if you were on the second floor, 200 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: which was where the cardio generally was, you could be 201 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:39,959 Speaker 1: looking right out at the incredible you know, beach and 202 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: just incredible view. I still want to be outside, but 203 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: if I had to be in, this was the gym 204 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,959 Speaker 1: and this was the view, all right. So it's incredible. 205 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: So much equipment, including like six or eight stationary bikes, 206 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 1: I mean really really well appointed, all right, but that's rare, 207 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 1: but that's rare, but even given at the idea for 208 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: this podcast came up because of what I experienced and saw, 209 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 1: all right. So one positive thing, hugely positive thing that 210 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,199 Speaker 1: I want to start with is that there were so 211 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 1: many people working out and doing so many different things 212 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: and maybe really happy and people that I would argue 213 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: because I have been in this industry really long time 214 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:28,559 Speaker 1: that weren't in the gyms before. And one really obvious 215 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: difference was that people were a handful of people we're 216 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: working out to their phones to videos to work out 217 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: programs that were on their phones. Now I'm not sure 218 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: which apps or you know, was it YouTube was in 219 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 1: an app? Um, I'm not sure what they were watching specifically, 220 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 1: but I could see there were workouts and they were 221 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 1: falling along, and that's awesome, but that came with problems 222 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,599 Speaker 1: that caused some problems. Okay, too shortly, all right, but 223 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: huge positive more people all ages, teenagers all the way 224 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: up to people my age and older. Uh, and so 225 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: that's great, but that's yet another reason we need to 226 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:17,079 Speaker 1: do what I'm going to get to the etiquette right 227 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 1: because a lot of people and it's normally not as 228 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: nice as this, Jim. Okay, so what's the difference. You know, 229 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: I did that podcast Pet Peeves talking about the regular gym. 230 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: Basically is etiquette what you should be doing in a 231 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: regular gym. Well, this is even more important when you 232 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: travel because why there's generally less stuff, there's less equipment, 233 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: and that's a huge problem when there's more people, and 234 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: if you're in a hotel gym like on business, it's 235 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: like this tiny hole in the wall right with like 236 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: a bike from X and a couple of sets of 237 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: dumbells with a couple missing, and it's it's just limited 238 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: at asked right. And then there's less space, and it 239 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: is a huge part of the problem is the amount 240 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: of space you have and where you position yourself within 241 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: that space, get to that shortly, and then finally less time. 242 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: Who wants to be in there right when you're on vacation, 243 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: you want to get in and get out. For the 244 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: most part, I watched people work out pretty long and listen, 245 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: I'll get up super early if I'm training for like 246 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: an iron Man, and get in not as longer workout, 247 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 1: like crazy long workout that I would do at home, 248 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 1: but we'll get up super early and get in a 249 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 1: longer workout generally not gonna waste the good part of 250 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: the day, or I won't waste a good part of 251 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: the day inside. But less stuff, less space, less time, 252 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: so even more important that we follow these etiquette rules. 253 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: And so there were four things I want to focus 254 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: on that I witnessed in this gym, and I've witnessed 255 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: them before, but that you wrinkle is people working out 256 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 1: to their phones, and that created not a new category 257 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 1: of problem, but it just intensified it. All Right, what 258 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: do I mean by that? Tell you right after the 259 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: short break and we will be right back and we're 260 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: back talking about hotel gym etiquetting tips again. Spent much 261 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 1: of my life in the gym, and much of my 262 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: life traveling, and much of my life in gym's on 263 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: the road, and it's just the same rules apply to 264 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: hotel gyms. They're just as I said before the break, 265 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 1: they're even more important that we follow them. Okay, so 266 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: get right into it. Four specific major faux pause. I 267 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: witnessed this pass spring break and have witness for many years. Okay, 268 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: and these are just start you thinking. And I don't 269 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 1: you know it, talked about it at the beginning of 270 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: the podcast. People getting offended, and that is the last 271 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: thing I am. If you've listened to my podcast, if 272 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 1: you know my philosophy towards life, I'm as positive as 273 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: they get. But we need to discuss these things. And 274 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,880 Speaker 1: so you know, again, if you're taking offense to any 275 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: of these, if you're doing these things. Essentially, I want 276 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,880 Speaker 1: you to reconsider, I want you to think why. Okay, 277 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: So one of the most egregious issues was with dumbbells. Okay, 278 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: there was one set of dumbells, one dumbell rack, I 279 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: should say, and one set of each one. So we're 280 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 1: talking like fives, eights, tens, fifteen, twenties maybe gosh, I 281 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: don't even go that heavy anymore. Probably ended at forties 282 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: or fifties. One small rack. So in this beautifully appointed, 283 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: humongous two floor jim with like crazy amount of cardio 284 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: and everything else, one set of dumbells, one dumboll rack. 285 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: And so what happened? Someone took the fifteen upstairs. There 286 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,159 Speaker 1: was a space you could work out two upstairs, so 287 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 1: mostly cardio, and then like huge mirror on the back 288 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 1: wall where you could do whatever you wanted, you know, 289 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: some yoga, some stretching, whatever you wanted. So this person 290 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 1: took the fifteen. So I'm looking for the fifteen, can't 291 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 1: see it, can't find them, and you see like the 292 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 1: space in the rack where they should be. Now listen 293 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: from someone who owned a gym. People will steal everything, 294 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 1: including forty pound bars and more, walk right out the door. 295 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 1: Never saw it happen in my gym, but it is 296 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 1: incredible and so hotel gym's any people will take them 297 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:44,159 Speaker 1: back to their room. But this person took fifteens upstairs 298 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:52,159 Speaker 1: and was doing a video workout to his phone with 299 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: fifteen for an hour. Now every now and again I 300 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: would go upstairs to do something different, so strength day 301 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 1: for me when this happened. And I was mostly doing 302 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 1: strength inside. That's pretty much all I was doing is 303 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 1: doing all the other stuff outside. But I would go 304 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 1: up occasionally and you know, use some other stuff that 305 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:18,919 Speaker 1: was up there. But this person was not spending the 306 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 1: hour using the fifteen. They would he would do a 307 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 1: set and then there would be five ten minutes in 308 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 1: between where there were so many other exercises. So basically 309 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: took the equipment upstairs. If you actually counted how many 310 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 1: minutes he used the fifteens, it was a couple of 311 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: minutes out of an hour, and no one else could 312 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: use them. And fifteens are actually I do like a 313 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: crazy number of exercises with fifteens at this age. I 314 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: love them. Now many of you are probably saying you 315 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:59,439 Speaker 1: could have said to him, can I use those not 316 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: doing it? Let me say that right up front. I'm not. 317 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 1: There's so many other things and this is where I'll 318 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: end up that I can do in a hotel gym, 319 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: and I'm not there to confront people. I don't want 320 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: to have a bad experience. I'm on vacation. I could 321 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: have and if I really needed to for a specific reason, 322 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: I would have. It's not me. Let me just get 323 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: that right out of the way, and I shouldn't have to. 324 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:26,880 Speaker 1: I shouldn't have to, and that it's a huge part 325 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 1: this whole discussion. In the gym etiquette the Pet Peeves 326 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 1: podcast I did, I said, it's back to kindergarten people. 327 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 1: Sharing is caring. Okay, there's one set of something, you're 328 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: taking it for an hour, and there were so many 329 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 1: other people in that gym, and I would argue many 330 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 1: who would have used those No one else engaged with 331 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 1: this person either, and they had the dumbbells right in 332 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:01,680 Speaker 1: front of them, and were you know, faith wouldn't have 333 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: been a fun interaction. Let's leave it at that, all right, 334 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:07,679 Speaker 1: But sharing is caring. We need to share the toys. 335 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:10,880 Speaker 1: We need to share the toys. Most of us want 336 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:12,400 Speaker 1: to get in and out, want to do our thing 337 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: and move on and enjoy the day or go to 338 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 1: work or depending on why you're traveling. And so you 339 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: can't do that. And I can hear some people saying, well, 340 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: that person got there first, right, guess what I get there? 341 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,679 Speaker 1: Think there's a couple of days because I get up 342 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: super early and the gym was open twenty four hours. 343 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 1: I was the first person in the gym, so I 344 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: could have done all that. I don't do that. It's 345 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: not my style. It's not who gets there first. And 346 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:45,680 Speaker 1: let me say this, when I'm in a normal gym, 347 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: many of you may think this is nuts. This is 348 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,159 Speaker 1: how much I believe sharing is caring, and how long 349 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 1: I've been in the gym. I will do. Let's say 350 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: I'm doing three sets of Dumbell curls with fifteen. I 351 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 1: will do one set and I will put it back 352 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: in the rack. Don't put it in front of me. 353 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 1: I put it back in the rack, and then I 354 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,919 Speaker 1: go do like abs or something else, or even if 355 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: I rest, I don't put it in front of me. 356 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: Someone else might want them right away. So I am 357 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 1: putting everything back after I use it, while I'm resting 358 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: or doing something else. That is uncommon and it will 359 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: lead to I think it's my fourth tip here. It's 360 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: connected sharing people. We are sharing, and in a hotel gym, 361 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: there's less stuff, less space, less time, all right, So 362 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: not okay? And this is tied into the video workout 363 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: because I watched someone else do the same thing different way. 364 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: It's different day video workout. Get a bunch of stuff, 365 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: put it all in front of them, and keep it 366 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 1: so no one else could use it. I can hear 367 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: you now many people going, well, that's what I do, Tom, 368 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: I have this great workout routine. I got this app, 369 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,159 Speaker 1: and I need eights and fives and twenties. I get it. 370 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: But this is gonna be my personal philosophy and take 371 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: on all this people. You can't necessarily do those workouts 372 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:11,679 Speaker 1: in a hotel, Jim. You've gotta change what you do 373 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 1: because we're all sharing it, right, we all want to 374 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 1: use it. So when variation is one of the most 375 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 1: important things to so many people's programs, to continue to 376 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 1: see results, to avoid the plateau, to avoid injury and 377 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: burnout and everything else, hotels him, it's a perfect time 378 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: to mix it up. I understand many of you are 379 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: following a program and you know or you have this 380 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: favorite you know, workout routine that you do. Life is 381 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 1: not fair now when you're no hotel Jim. You don't 382 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 1: hear many people say this, but it's true. There's sometimes 383 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: that I want to go do a two hour run 384 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: on a treadmill and a gym. Guess what, I don't 385 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 1: do it. You know why, because there's one treadmill and 386 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: other people waiting for it. I will run as long 387 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 1: as I can until someone walks in. Sometimes, but when 388 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:59,199 Speaker 1: there's limited equipment, you can't do what you want to 389 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:03,400 Speaker 1: do all the time. It hard for many do understanding grass. 390 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: But we are playing on the same field. All right. 391 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:11,199 Speaker 1: There you go, and I know many of you are 392 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 1: going to have an issue with that. Want you to 393 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:18,360 Speaker 1: think about it, all right. Sharing is caring number two. 394 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 1: So there's a cable crossover machine that's rare to find 395 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,919 Speaker 1: in a in a hotel gym, So cable crossover machines 396 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,119 Speaker 1: a big machine, right, and there's cables on either side, 397 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 1: so you can either use either side. Right, you can 398 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 1: do try sept press downs on one side, you can 399 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:38,439 Speaker 1: do cable crunches on the other side. So at the 400 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 1: very least there's two stations and then you could grab 401 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,239 Speaker 1: both and do chest cable crossovers things like that, right 402 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 1: stand in the middle of it. Well, I've seen this 403 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 1: many times in many gyms, but Hotel Jim even more egregious. 404 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: Someone took one of the two benches, put it in 405 00:24:56,080 --> 00:25:00,240 Speaker 1: the middle of the cable crossover machine because was a 406 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 1: mirror in front of it. I would argue and did 407 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: their exercises so no one could use the cable crossover 408 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,639 Speaker 1: machine while the person was in there. Again, I'm not 409 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,439 Speaker 1: going to get into should I told this person to 410 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: move and all that kind of stuff. All good, there 411 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:21,919 Speaker 1: are times and when I will I'm on vacation, I 412 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 1: could do so many other things. So this person was 413 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: taking away a minimum of because there's other stations around 414 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 1: this too, but let's say too so put the bench 415 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,479 Speaker 1: in the middle of the cable crossover machine and was 416 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 1: doing some dumbell work. And I'm going to bring in 417 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:42,360 Speaker 1: number four quickly because it's tied into this. Not only 418 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 1: were they in the cable crossover machine doing dumbell work, 419 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 1: so no one could use the cable crossover machine. The 420 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:54,640 Speaker 1: way he was positioned, he was on his phone, wasn't 421 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:59,200 Speaker 1: getting a lot of work done. Hotel Jim share, get 422 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: in and out, think about others around you, and move on. 423 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: Not even as they say this, like not crazy about 424 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: this topic because I like to accentuate the positive. But 425 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 1: this is it's good to know. It's good for everyone 426 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 1: to know, right, because I want everyone to be healthy 427 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: and happy and do what they need to do right. 428 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:28,359 Speaker 1: So don't move the bench into the cable crossover machine. 429 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: And I've seen people do this with other things in 430 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 1: the cable crossover machine or in other machines, so that 431 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 1: the people cannot use that machine for what it's meant 432 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:41,719 Speaker 1: to be used for. And this goes to the space issue. 433 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 1: You need to be cognizant of where you are in 434 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 1: that room. And this was cavernous place, which made it 435 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 1: even more egregious because this person should have left it 436 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: where it was in front of the dumbell rack, all right, 437 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: And that segues into the next one. Try to keep 438 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:05,919 Speaker 1: these uh short, shorter, simple. So I talked about this 439 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 1: one in the gym pet Peeves, but even more important 440 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:17,359 Speaker 1: in the hotel gym. Don't exercise in front of things 441 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 1: like the dumbbell rack. So you can be the person 442 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 1: who takes the bench and puts it in the cable 443 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: crossover machine and then they can't use that. Well, this 444 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 1: is a really common one. People will take set of 445 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: dumbells off the one dumbbell rack, back up one inch 446 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 1: and start to exercise. Now, in certain gym's, hotel gyms 447 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 1: that are really small, you don't have a lot of options, 448 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 1: but you generally always have an option to back up. 449 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 1: And I watched more than one person stand in front 450 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 1: of it and do an entire routine. One person had 451 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: their phone out doing a workout directly in front of 452 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,879 Speaker 1: the dumbbell rack. So to get a dumbell or a 453 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 1: set of dumbbells, you had to interrupt their routine. And 454 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,679 Speaker 1: there were so many other places to do it, and 455 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:07,280 Speaker 1: they were doing things like split lunges with the bench 456 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 1: right in front. It wasn't a good use of space, people, 457 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,359 Speaker 1: It wasn't a good use of space, and it was 458 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,199 Speaker 1: putting everyone else out. And I would argue, there are 459 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,200 Speaker 1: people that go by and listen. I am the type 460 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 1: of person who, when I need to, I will obviously 461 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 1: say what I need to say, but there are many 462 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,959 Speaker 1: that won't. And so that's what this show is about. Two. 463 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: You know, I watched the teenagers in there, the younger 464 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 1: kids male and female, who definitely aren't going to engage 465 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 1: with these people, and I want them to get their 466 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 1: workouts in. This is about caring and sharing people and consideration, 467 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 1: all right. So for those of you who might not 468 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: be aware of what you're doing, that's what this show 469 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: is about. You go, whoops, I didn't realize. That's what 470 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 1: I hope. I hope I get more of those, although 471 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 1: I didn't get any of those messages for the direct 472 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 1: messages for my pet peeves. So where you situate your 473 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: health should be a consideration. And then with that new 474 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 1: phenomenon of people doing an entire thirty minutes sixty minute 475 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 1: workout to their phone, when you position yourself as I 476 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 1: watched these people do right in front of the one 477 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: small dumbell rack, that's a problem. I don't want to 478 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 1: have to interrupt you. And there was no reason to 479 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 1: do it right there. That was there was no reason 480 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 1: to do it right there. Know where you are in space, 481 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: you know that there are other people around you, and think, 482 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 1: what if someone needed the dumbells that are right in 483 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 1: front of me? Should I be standing here for an 484 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 1: hour blocking not only that but other things in the 485 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 1: small hotel. Jim, okay, en, you get it finally, and 486 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 1: I already got to this one or touched on it, 487 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 1: but it needs to be touched on again. On your phone, 488 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: it's never okay to be sitting in a machine for 489 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: a long, long period of time on your phone while 490 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 1: other people are waiting. Step back, step outside, do what 491 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 1: you need to do if you're texting things like that, 492 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:12,239 Speaker 1: and get back in. Let someone do a set. And 493 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 1: I talked about this, and this was what got one 494 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 1: person particularly riled is when in that Jim pet Peeves, 495 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:25,959 Speaker 1: I talked about walking up to a rope tricept cable 496 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 1: pressed down station and holding This happen to be dozens 497 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 1: and dozens of times in my lifetime because of all 498 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,520 Speaker 1: the time I've spending gym and someone coming up to 499 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:38,560 Speaker 1: me and saying I was using That person was like 500 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,600 Speaker 1: nowhere to be seen. When I walked up to it, 501 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: they said they were using it. My answer was I'm 502 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 1: using it now and you can have it when I'm finished. 503 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 1: And it's got a lot of people riled, which is 504 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 1: not a lot one person in particular, but I know 505 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 1: the people like to take a bunch of machines and 506 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:01,320 Speaker 1: do their thing. It's not how it works. You need 507 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 1: to share. If you're not there, someone else can use 508 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 1: it now. Different for barbels and different things. As I 509 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,040 Speaker 1: say this out loud, I'm thinking, you know different places 510 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 1: where it might not apply, but by and large people 511 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 1: it does. And if there's one barbell in the gym 512 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 1: and you're taking breaks, listen, if you're doing fifteen minutes 513 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 1: NonStop by the barbell, good for you. But again it's 514 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 1: it's really hard to think of a case where you 515 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:32,400 Speaker 1: shouldn't put it down, get out, move aside, and let 516 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:40,840 Speaker 1: someone else use it, especially if you're taking rests. I 517 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 1: will get up. If I'm in a machine where there's 518 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 1: only a couple in a gym during my rest, I 519 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 1: generally go do something else. Okay, I'll do set of 520 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 1: chest press, then I'll go do some abs. I'll come back. 521 00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 1: But when you're on your phone and there's people standing 522 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,840 Speaker 1: around waiting and you say I was using that, No, no, 523 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 1: I'm holding it. I'm using it now, And I know 524 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 1: that that may sound harsh to some people. It goes 525 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:14,280 Speaker 1: back to kindergarten. We're all sharing the toys, all right. 526 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 1: I think be considerate and get a great workout in. 527 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,920 Speaker 1: But I'll say it one final time because it's so important. 528 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 1: One thing I love about traveling and working out a 529 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:29,560 Speaker 1: hotel gym is it forces me oftentimes to not do 530 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 1: my normal routine, to change, to stimulate and create different 531 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 1: stimuli on my muscles and cardiovascular system, to use something 532 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 1: I never would use, or to use something I you know, 533 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: a cable in a different way because there's only one 534 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,600 Speaker 1: handle that I normally don't use with that cable machine, 535 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 1: or to be creative with five pound dumbbells. Do you 536 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,320 Speaker 1: get my point? So we can't always do what we want. 537 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 1: We have to think about other are people when we're 538 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 1: in shared spaces, and this can be a positive. It 539 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:10,400 Speaker 1: is a positive. Now you have it. I'm too nice, 540 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:19,880 Speaker 1: see I. I'll leave it at that. I love traveling. 541 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,040 Speaker 1: I love it. I love spending time with family. I 542 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 1: love traveling for work. I love hotel gyms. I love 543 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:27,800 Speaker 1: everything about fitness, and I love everything about new experiences. 544 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,120 Speaker 1: And I want more people in the gems, and we 545 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 1: are seeing more people in the gyms, and that's why 546 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:36,360 Speaker 1: this show is important. So don't take offense. Just think 547 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,680 Speaker 1: if you want to yell at me. Tom h Fit 548 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 1: is Instagram. Tom age fit is my Twitter account. You 549 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 1: can message me through there. You can also go to 550 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 1: Fitness disrupted dot com email me through the site. And 551 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,239 Speaker 1: the newest book is the Micro Workout Plan, which is 552 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:55,400 Speaker 1: what I'm often doing when I travel and on spring break. 553 00:33:55,800 --> 00:34:02,200 Speaker 1: Shorter workouts, body weight, simple equipment. Stuff that works, especially 554 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:09,520 Speaker 1: when equipment is at a minimum. All right, again, remember 555 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:15,160 Speaker 1: there are three things we all control. How much we move, 556 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:20,160 Speaker 1: what we put into our mouths, and our attitudes. And 557 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:24,520 Speaker 1: that is awesome. I am Tom Holland, exercise physiologist, certified 558 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 1: sports nutritionists and lover of everything fitness. So let's all 559 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: do it together people, Let's all have fun, let's all 560 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:35,600 Speaker 1: get in a great workout, and let's all live our 561 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:40,800 Speaker 1: best lives. I'm Tom Holland. This is Fitness Disrupted. Believe 562 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:48,120 Speaker 1: in yourself. Fitness Disrupted is a production of I Heart Radio. 563 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:51,120 Speaker 1: For more podcasts from my Heart Radio, visit the I 564 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,719 Speaker 1: heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to 565 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:55,800 Speaker 1: your favorite shows.