Day One - New Gym
I went to the new gym today at the crack of dawn (or as we used to say in the Corps, ‘Zero dark-thirty’). Surprisingly, the gym had just as many folks working out as the old place. Why this surprised me, I can’t say. For some reason, I had the thought in my mind that there would be less traffic. In this assumption, I was mistaken.
The gym itself is okay. The men’s locker room leaves something to be desired (lockers are on the small side and the showers are narrow), but aside from that, it was a good experience.
It’s funny how you run into the same types of people no matter where you go. There is the guy who reads the newspaper between sets, all the while sitting on the piece of equipment that everyone else wants to use. There’s the guy and his personal trainer who are more interested in talking than in actually working out. There’s the gal who shows up for no other reason than to drape herself enticingly across the equipment in hopes of attracting attention. And then there are the hard-core bodybuilders (and trust me, I don’t include myself in this category) who have no regard for anything or anyone except their workout. This is proof positive that no matter where you go, people are basically the same the world over.
Tomorrow is bike day so no weights, but I’ll back pounding the iron on Wednesday.
