What the fucking fuck? (Gym hours)

[Doc_Lobster]

I was going to start lifting in the mornings because I just feel so busy all the time after work. I work out at the university rec center because it is free, so I just checked their hours to see what time I would want to get there tomorrow morning.

The weight room hours are listed as: M W F 6am-7am, noon to 2pm, then 5 until 10 something. T Th is 6-6:30am, etc.

Seriously?? I always used the rec center at my grad school university and the weight room was open when the building was open.

What kind of fuckery is this? Why even bother opening for 30 minutes? Clearly, this bothers me quite a bit. I had it all planned out and they screwed me.

[eb777888]

Whut?

Um...no.

[Deleted]

Wtf? That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

[Deleted]

Our rec was open 5am 'til 9pm M-S and Sunday was 8-5. Your university is weird lol

[shostakovich]

Is it reserved by sports teams during the other times?

[awick14]

Yikes that is odd. Gym here is 530-10. (Or 11 I'm not sure)

[amberlyrose]

At NMSU, our weight room was the same. It was because they had weight lifting classes and no one else could use them during class, which sucked.

[Doc_Lobster]

I have no idea if it is reserved at other times, it's possible.

Those are the hours listed online, but I am going to call tomorrow to ask and make sure. I am hoping that maybe they mean supervised hours and just didn't make it clear, because otherwise wtf?

[Doc_Lobster]

I could live with going in at 6 if I didn't have meetings that go until at least 5pm on most Mondays and Wednesdays. I am damn well NOT going to arrive at work at 7:15am and then stay until 5.

[AHappierHour]

Our gym had strange hours because they had classes held in it too.

[Jermys]

That's stupid.

[Doc_Lobster]

I checked the workout class schedule and they have nothing on there that starts before noon.

Maybe it is reserved for credit PE classes? They have those in college, right?

[VillainV]

That sucks. If it were me, I'd go in and start using it and wait to see if someone kicked me out. If it's for PE class or something then maybe they'll let you keep using the machines as long as you're not in their way.

[candreco]

Maybe they have to have it attended when it's open for liability reasons and it's not busy enough outside those hours to justify the cost. I'm guessing it's that or credit classes or sports teams have it reserved during the other hours.

[lightbulbsun]

That's so weird! I've never heard of a weight room being open separate hours than the rest of the gym.

[Doc_Lobster]

Score one for me!!!!

I was bitching about this to someone at work and he let me in on a little "secret" - there is a small workout room in the basement of one of the buildings near ours, and they have weights and are open 8am-8pm. I scoped it out today and there is a set of dumbbells, a cable pull station and a couple of other things. No squat rack, but still not too shabby. And I can actually GO there.

So, yay for me!