A question about gyms

[Spiff]

Hello

I'm fat, unfit and probably closer to death than I realise, so I figured it was time I started going to the gym to try and stave off the reaper for a little while longer.

A major factor that has stopped me from going in the past is regarding the showers, specifically the men's ones. Are men expected to shower in one big room together with their todgers hanging out, or do we get individual cubicles? Call me old-fashioned, but I don't like being around naked men.

Yeah, so if anyone can shed some light it would be appreciated.

 

[Sydo]

Um.. shower in your bathers?

 

[Sydo]

And close your eyes..

 

[TinMan666]

i think it probably varies from gym to gym, but most of the ones I've been to seem to have either a sealed cubicle or at least a screen like what you might have in your bathroom at home. I think it's only swimming pools that just have a big wall of showers.

That said, why not just shower at home afterwards like I do?

 

[Sydo]

There's nothing better than sitting on the bus next to someone fresh from the gym.

 

[phlogiston]

The one I go to is just one big room. I think. I just shower at home too. That said, I still see enough naked men doing that.

 

[phlogiston]

Of course, before you join up they'll let you have a look around for a bit first. There's not like a vicious hell hound at the door that can only be defeated by showing a gym pass or anything. Except on Tuesday nights. Again, that may just be my gym again.

 

[Wenda]

Hehe, is that the only thing stopping you from joining?

Not having gone into the men's change rooms at work recently I wouldn't know... but in most of the women's change rooms at gyms I've worked in or been a member of (which is quite a few) there's always sealed cubicles for showers, and a separate large change room with lockers. You get a fair number of people stripping down to the skin in the locker room but the showers at least are private.

 

[Spiff]

Basically that's the only thing that's really stopped me from joining. I don't like the idea at all of waiting until I get home before showering. Maybe I'll move into one of those apartment buildings in the city that have a gym. Yeah, that sounds like a plan. Or maybe I just won't bother because I'm pretty much a lost cause anyway.

 

[Goreripper]

Find a gym that has individual cubicles if that's your main concern.

 

[Spiff]

That sounds like too much of a hassle though.

 

[TinMan666]

do it man. WOrking at gym is great.

 

[Southy]

Gym workout is good. But Spiffo, just shower at home ya bloody girl

 

[Stonewall]

or buy some gym equipment and work-out at home perhaps?

 

[dreamwatch]

Our gym was very fancy, had large private showers, and in the womens at least private changing rooms. It was tres swanky.

 

[spawn]

So you girls could get all wet and wild in private then, rather than just a big rabble in the shower Bev?

 

[Gavin]

Jyms are a waste of money, whats the point of running on a treadmill when you can run around the block?
If your going to lift weights you may as well lift somting thats going to earn you money.
And the joint shower thing. A you homophobic or somthing. We have those showers at work and no one gives a shit.

 

[Spiff]

No Gavin, I'm not homophobic, I would just feel uncomfortable getting naked with other men. If that means I'm homophobic then fair enough. And if it's something that you're into, then all the best with that.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I agree with Spiff. I think it is more normal to be uncomfortable showering with other men than being fine with it. It has nothing to do with homosexuality.

 

[KoichCPA]

I enjoy showering with other men at every opportunity I get. OH YEAH