How do you guys deal with the general publics ignorance?

[The Survivor]

OK I've owned my own gym for a long time.....just seems lately everytime I try to train, I get the usual stares, the gawks and of course the interrupting in the middle of set. Very discouraging. As the owner, I can't snap on these people as they are my customers and are well meaning albeit ignorant on BB training.

One option is to buy a IPAD, regardless if it works, therefore pretending to drown out their comments/questions. Any other tricks that anyone has used? Other threatening them LOL!!!

 

[Ox 51]

I think it was Big N WV who said he sometimes wore headphones and had the wire running down into his pants and didn't even have them plugged into anything.

 

[MrPerfect]

i ran a gym for years, and yeah its hard when everyone knows you ... you dnt wanna be a dick

i usually just put on the "dnt even look at me cause i might kill you" look... works sometimes

 

[saudades]

^ ^ ^ I must look like that naturally since no one usually bothers me, lol.

 

[The Survivor]

Its gotten so bad of late, I've taken to getting at gym a hour before opening so I can crank up the music and scream all I want....which is fine but sometimes I just want to sleep extra hour. Or I even checked in training at a competitors gym a short drive away as we are on good terms w/eachother.

Its always been a issue when the few and far between hard cores have to workout or should I say "exercise" with the majority soft cores

 

[big in vegas]

I think it was Big N WV who said he sometimes wore headphones and had the wire running down into his pants and didn't even have them plugged into anything.

Yep, that was me. It works well. If I have it with me, it's up all the way so I pretend that I always have it up all the way so when I see someone walking up to me, I stay focused on a spot on the floor so I don't make eye contact then when they are talking, I just completely block it out until they either tap on my shoulder or walk away

 

[The Survivor]

Its been a while since I posted this originally and here's a few pointers I have for anyone who lifts amongst soft cores and don't want to be interrupted.

*First avoid all eye contact, either between sets or during. Eye contact is the opening of the door
*If someone does talk to you during intense set, play deaf and don't acknowledge them. They will get the hint
*Wear a IPOD or like I did, get a pair of cheap headphones and run the cord down to your pocket and fake it. No one has to know you are listening to air
*I keep a small digital timer on me that makes audible beep after 1 minute. This automatically informs whoever is talking to me that social minute is over and I simply walk away from them

Like I said before, I'm not trying to condescend to anyone but just let me do my thing and I'll let you play paddy cakes bakers man with Barney the dinosaur. But please leave me alone!!!

 

[big in vegas]

I do the headphone thing if I don't have my ipod with me. I carry a set of headphones in my bag just in case