I work out at a Y that gets busy (the machines and cardio stuff does, not so much on the free weights). When everyone is working out it's quiet except for the occaisonal "hey, can I get a spot?". If the morning crew is done working out then they'll sit outside of the gym in the common area and shoot the bull.
When I was swimming heavily it took a few weeks to get into the zen state. It was odd...one day I was forcing myself to finish my laps, the next I was just going and going and going and would have kept swimming had their not been a class that used up the whole pool.
Speaking of swimming, 1 more hour until it's time.
