Gretzky/Gym Pet Peeves

Hello all of my most loyal slaves, it is your ruler Jefafa again.  I know I am a few hours late but I would like to wish a happy 50th birthday to the greatest hockey player of all time, Wayne Gretzky.  99 turned 50 yesterday and it made my reflex on just how awesome he was and how many of his records will probably never be broken.  I hope Gretzky lives a long life because he is a Canadian icon.

Now on to a subject which has been bugging me a bit lately, the gym.  As my friends and family know, I am a fairly healthy guy. I try to live a healthy lifestyle where I eat the best I can and work out multiple times a week, not only to look good so I can attract a future mate, but so I can live a long and healthy life.  My goal is to live till I am 100 years old or even longer.  If I keep my healthy lifestyle and with advances in technology I think it is attainable.  Now onto the gym, there are some "quote" "unquote" rules of working out at the gym which some people don't seem to be following.  Probably my biggest pet peeve is how some people think that cause its the gym that they don't need to wash their clothes that often.  Well after a couple trips you should,  I don't know how many times I have been trying to bench press and I get a smell of the person next to me and I almost drop my weights.  PLEASE WASH YOUR CLOTHES!! Two other pet peeves of mine are people who don't put the weights away properly, I know it my take 2 extra seconds for you but it makes it even longer on me and I end up being at the gym a lot longer than I wish to be (especially if the stinky people are there). Also with the topic of grunting, I understand a little bit of grunting for that last rep or two.  But why do some people sound like they are dying? I don't need to hear you from across the gym.

Sadly this year I screwed up my quasi new years resolution.  Most years I take a few weeks to a month off of weightlifting 5-6 days a week and go down to 1 day a week.  I do this to give my mind and body a rest and recuperate.  Usually I do this every year in January and June cause that is when the gyms are the busiest, January cause of new years resolutions to work out and June cause the start of summer.  This year I decided to take a break the last 3 weeks of december because of finals and the holidays, so in January I started up again with what seems like a 50% increase of people at the gym.  No matter what time of the day or night you go the gym is currently busy, even at 10pm at night.  I'm just counting down the time until people break their new years resolutions and stop going to the gym, should happen in a matter of days.

Goodnight (or good morning) to everybody and May the Nerd be with you! ;)