Gym

Hola folks! During the last 2 years - you-know-what years, all our physical activities were  on hold and the only exercise we are getting was in form of  household chores. So, to bring my sporty spirit form again (if I even have one), my parents introduced me tooo (drumroll) gym!

I think everyone knows what a gym is. For those who don’t, it is basically a place to get together and have a nice little gossip on the cycles, show off muscles and abs under the guise  of working out. Exercise? Never heard of it. I mean, the only thing missing in the entire scene are ‘chai & samosa’!

Let me give a brief insight  on so called gym enthusiasts to all who haven’t yet had the opportunity to  make a pilgrimage 

1. The Selfie Addict- there will always be that one person who will spend their time in front of the mirror with their phones out, clicking pictures of each and every  equipment and posting them on Insta. 

2. The Majboor Log :  Those who have been pushed out of the house to forcibly attend Gym and report the treadmill  steps-always wearing fitbit and monitoring the target.  Your awesome and brilliant writer’s (aka me) father is one of them.

3. The Make up girls- You can pretty much guess what their description consists of. But you know what’s hilarious? They cake their faces up and when they exercise, the sweat drips of their make up leading to… giving us an opportunity of seeing life sized raccoons (except that it gives me nightmares. Forget it, that’s a story for another time).

4.The gossip aunties- It’s a kitty. Except for the fact that instead of tables and chairs, there are treadmills and cycles and instead of tea and biscuits, there are dumbbells and really bad odors. They are literally gossiping about house helps, the locality’s ‘Sharma ji’s son’ and the general know-how. Pretty standard, actually except for the missing sarees dress.

5. The body builders- A set of people who ACTUALLY exercise in the gym. I mean, who even does that? Shocking, right? The only setback, they look into the mirror and try to show off their muscles with every dumbbell they lift. Buttt then again, what’s the use building muscles if you don’t show them off?  They  are the ones gym trainers sell the protein shakes and supplements to! I have an honest question in mind:why do they even have have sooo many mirrors in the gym? It’s like they are trying to encourage us to admire ourselves.  On a serious note, they are the ones actually  doing the Tapasya , not a cup of tea for many of us.

6. The Philosophers- I know all of you have thought ‘yeh jindagi kya hai’ at least a few times in your life when you were trying to sleep. You know, that philosophical mood that you get into in a dark room? Yeah these people do exactly that butttt in the gym. I am honestly shocked, how does one even get that mood while doing dumbbells? Like “zindagi in dumbbells ki tarah hai. Kabhi upar kabhi niche, kabhi upar kabhi niche’.

7. The Serious  Ones-  The name says it all. Yeah those people who follow the lead of ‘the bodybuilders’ but don’t admire themselves in the mirror every 2 minutes. The people who, much to the trainers relief,  exercise.

That was all, I think. It was a brief description about what you should expect when you join a gym. A tip: try exercising  in the gym. It’s good for your body and health.   Shockerrr. Anyways do comment your views about the same in the comment section below. Buh bye 👋