She'd spent several years committed to the life of a gym rat. She went as often as four times a week, dutifully lifting weights and riding the stationary bikes. There's no brain interaction. So she joined the growing number of exercisers who swear that the best gym is the one without walls. Why Working Out Outside Works Besides the boredom that Gonzalez experienced, there are plenty of reasons to dislike fitness clubs.
Gyms can be stuffy and crowded, even smelly.
Fluorescent lights flicker overhead. The sound system pumps out frenetic bass lines, often at decibels that would scatter the regulars of an underground rave club. The weights clanging, the discussion, the music. Now you've got five or six TVs going at the same time. A walk outside clears your head, gives your ears some time off.