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Thank you for this great article. It shows me one more reason why I work out at home.
In the mid-1980's, I was partial to heavy metal music for working out. Trouble was, I was working out at the UC Berkeley's new state-of-the-art facility which played shitty top-40 music.
To make matters worse, the assholes who managed the gym wouldn't allow people to wear Walkmans so they didn't have to listen to that shit.
Several years later, I trained at a gym at a college here in Florida. I had to throw down with a steroid jockey who insisted on changing the music to top-40 over the objections of everyone else in the place.
Turned out, he wasn't even a student, so the cops arrested him after I punched his lights out.
I got sick of the music situation (and other gym politics) and decided to buy what I needed for my home.
Today, I workout with no music. I got into the habit from one of my martial art instructors who stressed the importance of putting your focus on whatever you're doing right at that moment, whether working out or writing a letter to Salon.com.
I find I have the best workouts and I'm stronger and healthier than everyone else I know who works out.
You can keep your yuppie health clubs. Give me my own carport gym/dojo.
