So Raine and I are back to the gym after a week’s slack. Shame on us! Blame it on Sam and Dean, and the incessant rain.
Well, we may’ve been away for a whole week but it’s still the same old, same old over there. Like it being 85 degrees outside, rain or shine. Like some people showing up in long sleeves, long pants and wrapping themselves up in bath towels to work out for 2 hours in a gym with no windows.
The minute we get in, we switch everything on – the fans, the air-conditioning. It’s a thankless task, let me you. I’ve lost count of how many glares we’ve gotten for doing everyone a favor and ensuring they can breathe!
They claim to be shivering cold or that they want to sweat it out. Either way, they don’t want any air circulating in that gym. And anyone who dares touch that switch gets the evil eye!
So far, no one’s confronted me – yet – though I daresay I often hear them cussing me behind my back.
Anyhoo, this is how I look at it.
When you work out, you tend to require more oxygen than usual to fuel those strenuous activities. So you need air!
Without any fresh air, we’ve got a closed up area rapidly filling up with carbon dioxide replacing any last bit of oxygen. So you need air!
The windows are only open a teeny tiny crack which isn’t enough for a roomful of oxygen-deprived lungs. So you need air!
Your body produces heat when you exercise and you need to cool it down so you won’t faint. So you need air!
No brainer, right?
Not to these ladies. I assure you they can’t wait to see our backs, and the moment we’re out the door, they jump up and turn everything off again! At the rate they’re going, they might as well stay home and work out on their Nintendo Wii.
As for me, I’ve got to have air when I exercise or I will feel nauseated and then I get a freakin’ migraine that ruins my entire day!