Did you ever wonder how many people are actually working out during the middle of the night at a 24 Hour Fitness club?Bayan Rabbani can tell you. In fact, the writer and comedian can tell you a lot about the ebb and flow of a 24-hour gym. That's because, two weeks ago, he spent 24 hours straight in a Houston-area location -- and live-tweeted the whole experience
"The least amount of people I counted was six at about 2:30 a.m.," Rabbani told Asylum. "At 4:30 people started to pour in. Which was surprising because it was a Saturday, so I would have thought most people wouldn't have had to get there that early."
Rabbani is no stranger to spending 24 hours in places. Earlier this year he camped out in both a Starbucks and a Wal-Mart for an entire day. This, however, was the first time that the target establishment had prior warning that they were about to be receive a day-long visit from Rabbani.
"The press release (announcing the stunt) prompted an emergency meeting inside the corporate headquarters of 24 Hour Fitness," Rabbani explained.
They decided to allow him to go forward. According to the 24-year old, the staff of the gym ended up being "welcoming and professional."
And it's not like Rabbani was just idling and tweeting as everyone else worked up a sweat. Instead he took full advantage of the gym's facilities, participating in classes for spinning, Pilates, abs, Zumba and yoga.
When he wasn't getting a workout as part of a group, Rabbani spent some of his time on the StairMaster and other gym equipment. To keep his energy up, he consumed so much protein -- a whopping 280 grams -- that his kidneys began to hurt.As for sleep. Well, he wasn't doing that. However, he does concede that his eyes got a bit heavy during a session in the club's hot tub. "I passed out for about a minute because the water was so warm," he admitted. "Then I woke up with water up my nose."
Toward the end of his long, tiresome day, he did his part as an entertainer, emerging from the bathroom wearing a leopard-print Snuggie and then hitting the weight machines for comic effect.
"The whole place just stopped working out and watched me work out" he explained. "And when people asked me why I was exercising in a Snuggie, I just made wacky stuff up like, 'Haven't you heard? It's good for circulation.'"
Bayan Rabbani is probably the only man in the world to have spent 24 hours in a Wal-Mart, a Starbucks and a 24 Hour Fitness. So we had to ask him, "Which open-all-night venue would you be able to last the longest without leaving?"
"I'd probably survive the longest in Wal-Mart," he told us, almost immediately. "At Wal-Mart, I did sleep -- in the automotive section, actually."
Sam Walton would have been proud.
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Thursday 29 July
By rockjshock
I think the "g" answer to this poor guy is that he needs to be referred for therapy to a community mental health center. Then if indeed he is homeless and hungry, he can have somebody to talk to who can tell him where the free food distribution places are in his city of choice. As a comedy journalism article, I gave it an "F" for weird and clueless.
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Thursday 29 July
By lisanie44
I literally laughed out loud at this. This man is something else!
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Thursday 29 July
By lisanie44
What kind of idiot would go around posting an obscene remark like that? If you do that again, I will report you.
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Thursday 29 July
By Don
DUH!
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Thursday 29 July
By JACKIE
I USED TO BE AT BALLY'S WHEN THEY OPENED AT 5........NOTHING WEIRD GOING ON.....JUST PEOPLE COMING IN TO DO WORKOUTS, EVEN SAT'S AND SUN'S......I'VE BEEN TO 24 HOUR FITNESS WHERE THE LADIES ARE ALL PRIMPED AND COIFED, PERCHED STRATEGICALLY LIKE SPIDERS ON SOMETHING MINIMALLY SWEAT PRODUCING, LIKE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A FLY OR TWO.
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Thursday 29 July
By Wolfman
It beats paying rent
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Saturday 31 July
By oinky jones
Umm, wouldn't it actually be, "Number of PERSONS"? Just wondering.
Anyone out there seen the film where the girl lives in a Walmart? Good movie. I recommend it.
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Thursday 05 August
By charlie
Health clubs are unsanitary due to alot of people excecising very close to other people. This leads to sweat and body odor spreading around to other people. Often times thier is a person with a flu bug that spreads it to other people. Most health clubs only supply one towel per visit per person without a washcloth which is vitally important for showering with soap and water. I myself was once a member of a healthclub and got the flu a few times times over a years time. Ventilation is very important in health clubs to help keep air flowing .
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Saturday 21 August
By Denise
La Fitness has much better equipment than Bally or 24/Hour.....
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Saturday 21 August
By Denise
As a rule I take 1500mg's of Vitamin C with Bioflavoniods daily along with other vitamin supplements.....to boost my immunity in the gym setting.....and wash my hands thoroughly.....I never shower at the gym.....only at home after my workout routine......
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Thursday 09 December
By Maggie
Josh,
Tallhead? Really? You might have been trying to spell towel-head as some kind of distasteful slur against the comedian who's background does not come into play at all with this article. Nice job making a relevant point.
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