Refreshing Lack of increased numbers at gym in the new year

Just observing that my gym hasn't gotten any busier in the new year here.

This is my first January living in Japan, in Tokyo. But it's nice that my gym didn't become the typical fully wedged workout zone this month that I had gotten used to living in Europe, Canada, and the US. If anything it's gotten quieter.

I'm not someone who's mad into the gym, just go once or twice a week. But either way we'd always call the January rush the "New Year, New Me-ers", they'd ususally be gone again by late February.

Curious if other people who have lived in other countries have noticed the same?

by DotPotatoSan