Me! It was time for me to renew my Bally Total Fitness dues (I've been a lifetime member since the early 90's) but I only dragged myself to the gym 3 times after paying my dues last year so I wasn't sure I wanted to tie up the funds with something I obviously wouldn't take advantage of. A new gym opened up 3 minutes from my house (literally, I timed it) so I popped in there yesterday to see if I could get a deal that was similar in price to my annual Bally dues. The fellow was very pleasant, took me on a tour and was very agreeable to my haggling. For a few bucks more than my Bally dues I joined for a year with that price locked in for future years' renewals.
It's called Workout Anytime and it's a small gym with no frills, but I never used the frills at Bally so I won't miss them. They have a good selection of cardio machines, a great circuit of brand new weight training machines and free weights. Which I avoid because heavy things near my feet equal me with broken toes. I have an orientation on Monday to learn how to use all the weight machines. I just returned from my first official workout.
I always get up and head straight to the computer but instead, I threw on my sweats, ate some breakfast, grabbed my iPod and a bottle of water and I was off. I was back at the same time I usually come downstairs after surfing mindlessly for 45 minutes. Great use of the time and the location is so convenient. I did a 20 minute mile on the treadmill and 10 minutes, 3/4 mile on the elliptical trainer. I got a good sweat on and I didn't hate it.
I've only set one fitness goal and that is for consistency. Once I get over this block about exercise I have and get some consistency, I will set another goal.
It's called Workout Anytime and it's a small gym with no frills, but I never used the frills at Bally so I won't miss them. They have a good selection of cardio machines, a great circuit of brand new weight training machines and free weights. Which I avoid because heavy things near my feet equal me with broken toes. I have an orientation on Monday to learn how to use all the weight machines. I just returned from my first official workout.
I always get up and head straight to the computer but instead, I threw on my sweats, ate some breakfast, grabbed my iPod and a bottle of water and I was off. I was back at the same time I usually come downstairs after surfing mindlessly for 45 minutes. Great use of the time and the location is so convenient. I did a 20 minute mile on the treadmill and 10 minutes, 3/4 mile on the elliptical trainer. I got a good sweat on and I didn't hate it.
I've only set one fitness goal and that is for consistency. Once I get over this block about exercise I have and get some consistency, I will set another goal.