It's okay to sweat!

I spend a lot of time at the gym. I lift weights, take yoga, and do cardio almost everyday. I either use the cardio equipment, spin, or take step class (yes...they still have step class).
There is nothing like taking a great spin or step class...working hard...endorphins kicking in...and really working up a good sweat.

I've noticed over the last year or so that people in these classes don't want to sweat. As a matter of fact, they go to great lengths to avoid it.

I take a spin class two times a week. The room is probably about 14' by 14'...if that. There are five fans (2 oscillating), four air conditioning vents, and a window. The fans and air conditioning are always on "full force," and the window is wide open (even in the winter).

Now, I work out hard...so I go all out in class, and I am barely able to break a sweat.

You might say...speak up.
Believe me, I have.
As a matter of fact, I’ve spoken to the instructor a few times, and he is not interested in sweating either.
Once I made the mistake of telling the instructor that I really didn’t want one of the fans pointed in my direction.
Well, you would have thought that I had committed a crime.
The woman next to me likes to have at least three fans blowing on her at all times. So, the thought of not having this additional fan blowing directly on her as well really upset her!
She jumped off her bike and went to tell the manager…who happened to be out of the office. Still exasperated, the woman came back into class, took out her cell phone and called the gym headquarters! She didn't get anything resolved so she reluctantly got back on her bike and completed the remainder of the class with only the two fans to keep her from sweating.

After I left the class, I heard shouting in the spinning room. I walked back to the door and heard two women yelling about the fan incident. I listened calmly for a few minutes, and finally said, "Come on ladies, this is a cardio class…it's okay to sweat!"