Gym goer reaching for weightThis morning, I left my spin class, walked up to the weights section to get the rest of my workout in, and promptly turned back around. The squat rack (my huge, bustling gym only has one) had a three-person line around it, excluding the lifters circling, keen-eyed, like beefy kestrels. Meanwhile, dustballs might as well have been blowing across the grey acres of treadmill belts upstairs. Why does this happen? After all, my experience is far from unique – Redditor u/IndependentHawk9655 asked the members of r/AskUK, “Why does every chain gym in the UK still prioritise cardio equipment that never gets used over the weights room/resistance machines which are always absolutely rammed?”So, we spoke to Maria Vazquez, head of training at MYWOWFIT, about what’s really going on.