This doesn’t seem like a tough concept to me, but apparently it’s confusing to a lot of people… specifically those that use the men’s locker room at Gold’s Gym. The TV in the locker room is there as background noise while you are changing. In the morning it is usually tuned to CNN and you listen to a section of the news as you get ready in the morning. It’s usually tune to ESPN during the day and at night. That’s fine. Listen to the latest scores and catch a replay of a great play while you’re getting ready. I have no problem with that.

What I have a problem with is people that think they should sit in the locker room and watch a whole football game. That is not the reason they put a TV in the locker room.

When I go out to swim, I bring my towel and shampoo with me. When I’m done swimming I take a shower and head back to my locker to get dressed. Last night as I got out of the shower I realized that my locker was blocked. There were 4 old men sitting around on benches watching the football game. Most of them were wearing gym shorts or swim suits. It was obvious that none of them had moved in at least 10 minutes. They were glued to the game. They didn’t seem to notice me standing there asking them to move. How many times should you say, “Excuse me,” before getting upset?

I made my way around them to my locker which clued in the two guys sitting on the bench directly in front of my locker that I was going to be naked soon and if they didn’t want a close-up of my butt in their face, they should move. As they moved away they looked upset that I had taken away their good seats for watching the game.

The locker room is not a sports bar! You don’t go to the locker room to watch the game!

Afternoon:
500 Free warm-up
12 x 100 Free @ 2:05 (coming in between 1:12 and 1:20)
300 Free warm-down
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2000 yards

Evening:
500 Free warm-up
8 x 100 Free @ 2:15 (coming in @ 1:15)
200 Free warm-down
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1500 yards