homework

I checked out Gold's Gym today. I was doing "homework" but was also suckered by the sign outside that says workout for $5 a week. The deal is only good for students but by the time you find that out, you've already entered and can't just leave without talking to someone. There are two other gyms on my way home from work but no one else had the $5/week sign.

Gym was ok. I didn't like the schmoozy guy answering calls and scanning IDs. Lots of levels and machines. It was pretty packed with loads of people working out during the post-work rush. I wouldn't say people looked exceptionally unhappy but they didn't look like they were having a good time either. Certainly no one riding an air bike with toes pointed in, then out or arms flailing about. :P Sadly, no one commented about my physique. I'm going to attribute that to me being in work clothes and carrying a couple of grocery bags. Or it could be that the type-A folks in DC were too self involved to notice someone walking around juggling grocery bags.

Maybe it was the gym I chose or my level of fitness but the "membership adviser" didn't bullsh*t me and didn't spend a lot of time trying to talk me into anything. He was actually trying to get me that "student" deal and offered advice on how to get around the automatic deduction from my credit card. (I told him I was a commitment phobe and had been burned before when I had canceled memberships and it took months for the billing company to stop automatic deducting. All true.) He asked what other gyms I had checked out and I named a few in the area where I had bought a one month pass for cheap to pullups, chest dips, kung-fu situps, etc.

So no ego or energy boost. If I have time, I'll hit up another gym. Not sure these were the results you were looking for Patrick. Maybe I was too tired to feel smug that with my wee little jump rope and resistance band, I've gotten pretty darn good results compared to a gym full o machines.