Options = Headache
Posted in My Weight-Loss Journey by RachelI am now the proud member of two (yes, two) gyms. Why the dual membership? I no longer have access to a gym directly from work because Janice has decided to cancel her FitCorp/Sheraton combo since 1. she no longer swims during her lunch break and thus, no longer needs access and 2. they keep deactivating her pass at the beginning of every month. She is usually able to track down a working card within a few days, but this month has been atrocious. They finally gave her a card on Monday — just one week before the end of January. Who does that?!
Needless to say, she’s had enough and I can’t blame her. $30 is a lot to pay (on top of her FitCorp membership) for access to a pool she never uses and a headache that seems to be getting worse with every passing month. Plus, out of the five people in our department who committed to using and subsidizing her Sheraton pass, I was the only person who actually paid my $5 every month. Pretty crappy.
Wait. If Janice’s pass hasn’t been working, where have you been working out after work?
Good question. Any time Janice’s pass died, I headed over to the Sheraton and stood by the door until someone let me in. It was pretty shady, but it wasn’t a big deal since it wasn’t an every day thing. Until this month! When it became an every day thing! Yep. I’ve been going down to the Sheraton after work every day and standing by the door until someone let me in (usually within 5-15 minutes). I’ve been able to justify doing such a ridiculous thing because I really dig my schedule and I was paying (in some capacity) to use the facilities.
It was fun while it lasted (especially since I was often the only person in the fitness room — something totally unheard at any neighborhood gym), but I’m OK with paying another $39/mo on top of the $10/mo I currently dish out to Planet Fitness for access to a gym I can use during/after work. My only worry is not being able to secure a treadmill due to the ‘after work’ crowd. I might head out of the office a few minutes before 5pm to get a head start on those bitches. If crowding becomes an issue, I will be forced to consider my other options:
- Hit Planet Fitness before work. In order to do this, I would have to be at the gym for 5:15a and be home by 6:30a to give myself enough time to get ready, walk to the train station/ride the train/walk to work for 8a. I’m 99% sure I’d be a zombie by the time noon rolled around and 100% sure I’d be comatose once 5pm hit.
- Change my work hours from 8a-5p to 9a-6p so that I can get in an extra hour of sleep before hitting Planet Fitness before work. Instead of being at the gym for 5:15a, I would need to be there for 6:15a and so on.
- Go home directly after work and battle the after work crowd at Planet Fitness. Seems pointless when I can just battle the same damn crowd at FitCorp, meet The Girl afterward/after she gets off work, and ride the train home together.
- Hit Planet Fitness from 8p-9p just after the crowd has gone home to enjoy the rest of their evening. This used to be my ‘normal schedule’, but I switched things up a while ago to be more accessible during the week/evenings. Switching back to this schedule would be a desperate ‘last resort’ scenario.
I will be finishing the week out at the Sheraton and then it’s off to FitCorp!
Until the weather gets better.
Then I might start training outside.
Oh, options. You make my brain hurt.
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AndrewENZ says:
You're like a druggy! I need my fix let me in!
Rachel says:
Your comment cracked me the hell up. At my desk. At work. And had me looking like a crazy person. Thanks for that. Totally made my day (no sarcasm!).
Jeremy Logsdon says:
The New Years Crowd at my gym is starting to wear on my patience, too. I've been coming for a year; shouldn't I get an automatic entry ticket to the cardio equipment when the majority of the people hanging out on it joined in the last three weeks and will quit in the next three weeks?
And kudos to you for even thinking about doing an early a.m. workout. You are braver than me.
Ryan Sullivan says:
I love the imagery of you waiting outside the door for someone to let you in. For some reason I see you wearing a hooded sweatshirt pulled down over your face and a dim light flickering above your head. The important part is that you're working it out. So many people use situations like this as excuses. Question: Why did you switch to IntenseDebate? What functionality does it offer that your old system didn't. Just curious.
Rachel says:
Buahaha. The imagery you've come up with is how I felt on the inside. So shady. So, so shady.
I made the switch to Intense Debate because the standard WP comments didn't give the option to subscribe to threads and I really didn't like the threading breakdown/hierarchy at all. Total mess. IB has so many great options like signing in with your Twitter or FB accounts (I've disabled those for now), comment voting (although I don't suspect people will use this features, but it's still nifty), etc, etc. Basically, it has a lot more features. I had it running briefly a few months ago, but the amount of spam was ridiculous. I've tightened the reigns and don't have the spam problem anymore. Seems like a good fit. Plus, the CSS is totally playable.
amanda says:
Ha ha! I love it, that is something I would have totally done with using the Sheraton's gym.
Rachel says:
Nice to know I am not the only crazy one!! We seem to have a lot in common when it comes to working out and our passion for it. Woop!
'Drea says:
Chuckling about you standing outside the Sheraton until someone opens the door. I would stand and wait as well.
I just signed up for The National Body Challenge so I can have a place to swim for a minute.
Rachel says:
A minute, eh? Not 59 seconds or 61, but 60 on the dot?
Jenn says:
Holy crap that was funny! But you're right – it's the principle, dammit!