Workout, with thoughts on demographics

One of the smaller annoyances of February* is that the gym is still more crowded than usual. If it was this crowded year-round, I might look for a different gym, or at least a different branch; as is, I wait for some of the new year's resolvers to stop, and for some of the people who would really rather be running or cycling outdoors to decide it's warm enough. Also, in all that crowd, after doing a few things with weight machines, I walked out of the room I'd been working in (on my way to do some stuff on an exercise mat), glanced behind me, and thought "where are the women?" Glancing around, I'd seen 15 or so people, all male, and everyone I had talked to or noticed in that room had been male. Broadly, the answer seems to be "in the cardio room, and in classes," but while there are always more men than women working with weights, it's not always that extreme.

( details, largely numerical )

*Unpleasantly cold weather and icy sidewalks are significantly larger annoyances, even for me, and they affect far more people.