Hi there,

Here is another thing you might know about intervenors…

I am an avid fitness centre user, I go twice, three times a week to the gym.

Occasionally, I bring an intervenor with me.

While I pump 140 lbs on any machine, what is the intervenor doing?

Here are things they can do:

• Tell me the name of the machine I’m about to use,
• How to use it, either by reading the instructions posted on the machine, or asking a user to demonstrate it,
• Tell me how much weight I lifted,
• How to benchmark that weight: eg, 140 is the 8th hole down,
• How to set up a rowing or cycling machine,
• Show me the location of the sanitation squirt bottle and towel,
• If someone is hogging a machine like they own it, I would communicate thru the intervenor: “Are you done? Do you realize I’ve finished 3 other machines, 150 reps each, and you are still on this machine? If you want to watch PornHub, do so in the change room like everyone else!”
• Check their social media, I might be on any particular machine for 10 to 20 minutes…

These are things the intervenor is not supposed to do:

• While I’m rowing across the Georgia Strait, racing after me in the adjacent rower is a big no,
• Even sitting at unoccupied machines is frowned upon,
• Taking notes for me: Tricep machine: 5 rep, 130, 160×3, 180, I should take my own notes, I never do anyways,
• Wander off to chat with a muscled person of interest,
• Sanitize the machine I just used, even after I switched machines,
• Start singing karaoke with the gym’s music,
• Nap.

Oh thank you for listening!

Have a great day!