We've decided to cancel the gym and the plan is to not go back.
We've enjoyed not paying the $71 each month and not having to experience the interesting characters that frequent the place. Corona is not the reason to quit but it gave us the opportunity to step back and go a different way.....
So our plan is to equip a spare room with gym equipment....not high end but basic....and the business case seems to have a 2.5 year payback, tops. We are waiting until winter to create our own Y 'cause we hope by then, home gym equipment will not be in such short supply.
I will not miss the lady with the dog that pretends it's medically necessary, the signs on the wall that say they are inclusive yet I get rude comments when I wear a certain red t shirt, the folks that use the weight machine I want to use as a place to sit a spell, the grunting guy in the free weight area, the TV monitor lady that will not allow one of the 15 TV's to be turned to a certain news network that I enjoy, the constant emails from the Y about how they are "good" for the community yet they seem to operate like a for profit gym and enjoy non-profit tax breaks and finally, the Friday swim ladies who think they "own the pool".
Until the home gym is equipped, we've been, as others have noted, walking our rear ends off daily and having fun finding different trails. We do need to lift some sacks of flour though...feeling flabby and ready to get back with it...Just not at the Y anymore.
We've enjoyed not paying the $71 each month and not having to experience the interesting characters that frequent the place. Corona is not the reason to quit but it gave us the opportunity to step back and go a different way.....
So our plan is to equip a spare room with gym equipment....not high end but basic....and the business case seems to have a 2.5 year payback, tops. We are waiting until winter to create our own Y 'cause we hope by then, home gym equipment will not be in such short supply.
I will not miss the lady with the dog that pretends it's medically necessary, the signs on the wall that say they are inclusive yet I get rude comments when I wear a certain red t shirt, the folks that use the weight machine I want to use as a place to sit a spell, the grunting guy in the free weight area, the TV monitor lady that will not allow one of the 15 TV's to be turned to a certain news network that I enjoy, the constant emails from the Y about how they are "good" for the community yet they seem to operate like a for profit gym and enjoy non-profit tax breaks and finally, the Friday swim ladies who think they "own the pool".
Until the home gym is equipped, we've been, as others have noted, walking our rear ends off daily and having fun finding different trails. We do need to lift some sacks of flour though...feeling flabby and ready to get back with it...Just not at the Y anymore.
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