Can I play music in my shared garden?

[LittleGwyneth]

We live in a Victorian mansion block, so pretty well sound proofed. There are about 15 flats, all looking out over a shared garden.

The gyms are closed, and until recently I was really enjoying going to a HIIT class at my local leisure centre. It's really hard going and I was starting to see & feel a real change in my body.

In an attempt to prevent myself from sliding backwards, I want to do my own HIIT class in the shared garden. There isn't enough space inside, and I don't think jumping up and down would be desperately nice for the people below us.

I've made a class up based on what I would be doing in the gym, but my question is whether it would be unreasonable to take a speaker out and play music while I do my 'class'. It would be 25 minutes between 6 and 6.25, and then I'll go out for a run to get a bit of cardio in.

I wouldn't play it super loud, but it's a closed area, so even when the local teenagers play music on their phones, if you've got your windows open you can REALLY hear it.

I could certainly do the class without music, but it would be harder to keep the motivation going and less fun. Using headphones doesn't work because no matter what I use they fall off / out.

I feel like I've written a LOT more here than anyone really needed. Sorry. Basically: can I play music and a medium volume in my shared garden for 25 minutes in the evening three times a week?

I’d use headphones. I hate other people’s music.

No. I don't want to have to listen to someone else's crap taste in music. Get headphones.

I don’t understand why it has to be at a medium level volume? Can’t you just have it on quiet, just loud enough for you both to her?

It is a bit anti-social. Go to a wide open space or a car park. More fun too I imagine, as you’ll be away from home.

I actually think this is fine and I’ve had shared gardens. It’s no different to my next door neighbour out doing her how wicks workout at full volume.

I’d be more concerned about feeling a bit self conscious. You never know - some may ask to joi in.

I wouldn’t see a problem with it at that time of day. But I’m not your neighbour and others may take a very different stance. Though I can’t really see that you’d be doing anything wrong. You’ll probably have to be prepared to put up with some moaning neighbours.

You'd be fine in the park - no one else will be there at 6pm, because it'll be dark. It might closed perhaps though.

Well looking back through the comments most people seem to take a different stance. I’d never have thought so many people would be so bothered by 25 mins of music in the early evening.

If it's quiet, then surely you wouldn't be able to hear it in the flats? Taking a speaker out makes it sound as if you'll be playing it loudly though.

I have a private garden, and I still wouldn't play music and disturb other people.

Won't it be very dark?

I would be raging if you woke me at 6am for your own gain.

Can’t you get some wireless headphones?

I think it is antisocial - surely you can both wear earphones that link to the same device?

Oh I didn’t read properly, in that case, yadnbu.
Noise is acceptable within reason until 11pm.

Wear headphones plus headband.
I hate it when our neighbours play loud music in the garden.

Well 5 to 6ish is my baby's nap time, so if I lived there, I'm afraid I would have to kill you.

God NO. That is so antisocial. Buy some Bluetooth in ear headphones for £10 off amazon and use those instead. I use my Taotronics ones (about £20) for this exact purpose so don’t tell me it’s impossible with all the movement. They have different in ear shapes as standard so that they don’t move around when you move.

If it's a block of flats and a shared garden then it's a big NO.
You could still exercise with headphones on in the garden but bringing people into a shared garden and blasting the music is a huge faux pas.
I wouldn't even dream to do it in my own garden as we are too close to the neighbors.

I do for my 30 minute HIIT session. Not too loud, I stand at the end of the garden to check it's almost quiet a few meters away.

A lot of neighbours do it every so often round here. Gives me a chance to listen and judge their music choices. But I am spectacularly nosy and judgy.
We have one nightmare family who actually have quite good taste in 90's/00's dance music.

Gets some after shockz headphones
They are the only ones I have ever been able to run and keep on
They are bloody brilliant

No. Please don't.
I think playing music in an outside space is selfish anyway, unless for a specific one-off reason (eg a party) where neighbours have bern pre-warned! - like fireworks.

I think it would probably be ok (especially as I would think most people would have their windows and curtains closed now it's getting darker and colder), but I'd prefer to ask people first and see how they found it after the first couple of times.

I should probably add my favourite movie is rear window. Which tells you everything about my nosy love of neighbour watching.

I was YANBU until this bit

I wouldn't play it super loud, but it's a closed area, so even when the local teenagers play music on their phones, if you've got your windows open you can REALLY hear it.

You know you're being unreasonable.

[quote LittleGwyneth]@Flittingaboutagain I think I'm going to put a message in our co-op Whatsapp group saying that if it's bothering anyone I can stop, but give it a go. I'm going to try the headband headphones too, but that doesn't solve the fact that ideally we both need to be able to hear the music and the timer.[/quote]
Don't 'ask'

Forgiveness is easier to get than permission!!

If it was only half an hour, at a predictable time, I wouldn't really mind, especially if it was 'ok' music & I HATE other peoples music/noise.

Unless you can keep the volume down low enough so that other people can't hear it, I think it's a bit unreasonable.

Do the workout without music, find headphones that stay in your ears or go to a local park or something - if there is one within jogging distance you can use that as your warmup.