Dangerous music levels in some parts of the gym
Edit: I’m getting a lot of down votes. Can someone explain why this isn’t a valid complaint?
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I guess this is a frustrated rant more than anything.
I just cut my workout short because I couldn’t tolerate the volume of the music at a GoodLife. I regret staying as long as I did because I’m at home now and my ears are still ringing.
I walked into the gym through the general area, and everything was fine, but as I opened the doors to the women’s area the music got noticeably louder. As I walked further down the hall closer to the speakers it was like walking into a concert. I tried working out, but even at max volume I couldn’t hear my music over the gym speakers. I googled a decibel detector and it was registering an average in the 90s/100s and peaking at almost 120.
I went to ask a staff member to lower the volume but he only turned it down to the point that it was still averaging in the 80s and peaking in the low 100s. I tried to workout again but was still uncomfortable and gave up pretty quickly.
In contrast when I checked the general area it was at a much more comfortable volume mostly in the 60s and peaking in the 70s.
I‘ve been going to this location for years and this has been a problem before but only rarely.
How does it happen that certain parts of the gym can be at literally twice the volume of others? It was like pulling teeth when I tried to get the staff member to turn the speakers down to the same level as the rest of the gym, was it really an unreasonable request?
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Editing to add that this happened at 3am and I was the only person in the women’s area so there was no one else to complain that they wanted it this loud.
i wouldn’t have complained about it being just a little louder than normal but 120 db is literally the level of sound directly in front of concert speakers and is loud enough that hearing damage can happen instantly