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I'd prefer if gyms would refrain from playing music as well.
by danielecook 9y ago
I'd prefer if gyms would refrain from playing music as well.
- wafflesraccoon 9y agoWhy? Sometimes I forget my headphones at home and I'm always thankful there is music on.
- JenBarb 9y agoGoing to the gym is equivalent to meditation for a lot of people and silence can be helpful for that kind of practice (it's less distracting)
- bryanlarsen 9y agoBecause it's distracting, it's generally awful pap, the sound quality sucks, it's usually at a different tempo and mood than I want for the phase of workout I'm in...
- maxxxxx 9y agoI hate listening to music while working out. You can easily get music by taking your headphones but I can't opt out of music if I want silence.
- gknoy 9y agoYou can easily get access to non-music with earplugs, though, and those are both cheaper and waterproof. ;)
- maxxxxx 9y agoI hope you are kidding! If you have problems with my bad breath and constant farting, gas masks are cheap and waterproof.
- gknoy 9y agoI'm only partly kidding. The parent complained that they don't like hearing music while they work out, and advocated for _every other gym user_ to provide their own music, presumably by ensuring they have a music player + headphones on at all times. An alternative option is for some (probably most) people to listen to the available music (or their own if they prefer), and those (presumably few) who want silence to do so by putting earplugs in to block the sound. (I think most gyms play music because they've found that doing so keeps more customers happy, but that may be a mistaken assumption.) From an economic standpoint, the choice is between N people buying/using headphones + a media player, or M people putting in (cheap, waterproof) earplugs. The latter solution is substantially more efficient, and has the added benefit that _most people_ in the gym are probably going to have headphones-off, and more aware of their surroundings, and be easier to talk to or ask questions of. One way gyms might cater to both views is to have set times/days where they play music, and times that they don't, so that you can adjust your workout schedule to meet your preferences. If it matters, my personal preferences are to listen to (nice music) > (annoying music) > silence > (personal music), because I'd rather be unencumbered.
- rifung 9y agoIs it weird that I really don't like wearing headphones while working out? I get sweaty and find it gross to put something I can't easily wash in or on my ears.
- QAPereo 9y agoIs it ever something you want to hear/doesn’t make you want to cut off your ears?
- Analemma_ 9y agoI suspect music is pretty lucrative for gyms so I think they will keep it. At LA Fitness they play "Zoom Media", which is a station which seems entirely payola-based to promote whatever new artist the labels are interested in. (Payola is illegal for stations on the public airwaves, but since this is in-house at a private business I assume it's fine) It's even worse than Top 40; it's more like Top 7, over and over, all day.