Comments on: Pilates is Not a Crime

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:35:00 +0000

Public exercise should be allowed. Excessive noise or blocking of traffic should be regulated against, but you should be able to do a set of situps ona traffic median, for god’s sakes! I know now after reading this story and your blog post why Santa Monica is called The People’s Republic of Santa Monica! It came by the nickname honestly!

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:56:00 +0000

I think the bigger problem is that it may cause accidents to drivers passing by that may divert their attention to the person working out in the median.

If you are doing crunches in the median, you are looking for attention. The guy making a YouTube video and wanting to be handcuffed further emphasizes that point.

By: 8rustystaples

8rustystaples — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:53:00 +0000

No doubt those “longtime exercisers asserting their right to do crunches where they please” are the same people that pass ordinances banning skateboarding on the sidewalks.

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By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:48:00 +0000

As somebody who prefers not to read comments, I am offended by Sam shoving his hobby in my face. I don’t want to see it, don’t want to hear about it and expect me to be outside exercising so I don’t have to be witness to it.

By: Taryn

Taryn — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:21:00 +0000

That’s just a waste of money.

By: polaroidgirl

polaroidgirl — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:31:00 +0000

Here is a link to some local coverage (click my name)

By: Dawn

Dawn — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:47:00 +0000

Wait, wait, wait! According to the movie ‘L.A. Story’, people don’t walk or work out in LA! Unless they are in a park on stationary bicycles (and signs that say “no running”). :)

Here’s the thing..there is a law. Not
sure what the law is (disturbing the peace? No loitering?), but if enough people disagree with it, can’t they work to have it overturned?

I am also confused, though, as to why someone is working out on a median…

By: DanB

DanB — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:09:00 +0000

We’ve a similar problem in San Francisco. No one minds the exercise — people having been doing that for decades — it’s the personal trainers who have become a problem. Some of our hillier neighborhoods have streets that are nothing but footpaths and stairways and this attracts the “boot camp” trainers and their flocks of clients, and they’re just not considerate users of a shared resource. They block paths, make lots of noise and there have been a few incidents that have almost come to fistfights. Individuals are rarely an issue, it’s always when they form packs that they start acting a little aggressively.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:40:00 +0000

As somebody who prefers not to exercise I am offended by these people shoving their hobbies in my face. I don’t want to see it, don’t want to hear about and expect the government to protect me from being offended by it.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:28:00 +0000

I knew people in L.A. were all wacky, but why do they insist on exercising in the medians? Is L.A. really so crowded that the only open space available is in the middle of a highway? Out here on the East Coast, we exercise on sidewalks, bike/walking paths, the shoulders of side streets, in parks, etc.