Hit the gym yesterday,
it was deserted.
I love it!
I dunno, but there is less hassle when the gym is empty..
I remember when I once had a choice to use a gym that's more flashy and had better equipment
or one thta's more just "free weights and skipping-ropes".
i chose the latter because there is less of a crowd in it.

I don't know if you feel it, but there is this odd sense that
gym-goers are extrememly territorial... you wanna cut in for a set, but they'll stand very close to the mmachine or bench, and rub the muscle they just worked on, in an intimidating way.
i used to just avoid them, until they clear off, but now i step up and ask if I can cut in.
what's funny tho' it's just so psycho-body languange, call their bluff and they'll break into a goof grin and let you in a set.
but don't take my word on it though! sometimes some testosteboneheads will growl like a dog, hey, let that 'roidinfested bow-wow get
his way, I hear you can get rabies if they bite! LOL! Kiddin' folks, sometimes, some dudes are so intensensitive they have to keep to their workouts sans disruption...but be nice dude, ok?

back to the topic tho' I believe that it's a language you learn, humans are quite adaptable in their own social context.
next time if you get bored on the stair master/mistress, or the stationary bike ( how oxymoronic) take a quick scan
you'll see some of the posturing and some of the serious lifters and the "serius lifters" <-- doods that groan loud when lifting and drop wts. just to feel the tremor to the structure ( and making cracks on the floor and breaking the weight-plates and screws.
get a life! don't you know it's bad form to drop weights... the groanin' i understand, been known to grunt some myself, but really, dropped weights are expensive to replace if the screw breaks off. watch it! I think it was the grand-daddy of Bodybuilding ( was it Weider? who kicked some dood out of World cuz he banged the wts!) respect yourself!!

posing is fine, but do you need to hog the mirrors? some runts like us need to see our reflection to make sure we're utilizing perfect forms!
scoot over a bit, and no one will call you a steroid Narcisse! LOL!