If your New Year’s resolution is to get fit (good for you, really!), you might be new to hitting the gym this January.

For starters, read about sanitizing the equipment . And abide diligently.

And then read Health Class for general good-to-knows.

Then, take stock…look around. Note the normal folks there sweating it out. Then notice the women who are applying their lipliner and mascara before they get on the treadmill and pledge not to do that. It’s not polite to point and laugh at them, so have a good chuckle in your head instead.

Primping aside, some people approach the gym with the same attitude as a bar. If you’re hoping to strike up a chat with someone, don’t interrupt what they are in the middle of. Wait for them to finish their set, run, spin class, asana – you get the idea.