>For a lot of people the gym is a relaxing "third place"[1] that they truly are sad to miss for a period of time. Not at all in my case. In my youth gyms were

>For a lot of people the gym is a relaxing "third place"[1] that they truly are sad to miss for a period of time. Not at all in my case. In my youth gyms were places for hooligans, _heavy_ steroids abusers, low end criminals, and thus places to avoid. Then spent some years in Germany where gym contracts are famously predatory and abusive, again a place to avoid. Only around 2 years ago had found a civilized place finally. Starting to visit regularly meant to actually overcome some traumas.