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Gym Thoughts II - A Counterpoint

Wulf wrote:

Did I really get stuck today in the parking lot behind a car that was blocking the lane and waiting for a parking spot close to the door? Seriously? At the gym?

This reminded Mrs. Rammage of the time I complained about the number of stairs that I had to climb at Bally’s. She almost posted a comment about it - but thankfully I'm getting to publish my side of the story first.

Hear me out on this. The Bally’s was situated on the top floor of a shopping center, with the entrance on the ground floor. You had to walk up two flights of stairs to get to the main Bally’s work-out area, and then walk to the back of the gym and walk down two flights of stairs to the locker rooms on the ground floor at the back of the shopping center. It was the most screwed up thing I’d ever seen.

So, a typical Bally’s session for me would be to:

• Enter [stage left], Ground Floor
• Walk up two flights of stairs, and walk to the back of the gym
• Walk down two flights of stairs to the locker room to change
• Walk up two flights of stairs and work out
• Walk down two flights of stairs to change
• Walk up two flights of stairs to get back up to gym area
• Walk down two flights of stairs to get to the exit

Now, I feel goofy just typing this about a gym, but it was really exhausting. And you members of the Rockville Bally's know what I'm talking about. After hitting the treadmill for 30 minutes and doing leg exercises, nothing was worse than the thought of having to navigate the many flights of stairs just to get out of the gym. At least I crack myself up about all of this.

I ended up cancelling my trial Bally's membership, and I'd like to believe that it had nothing to do with the stairs. I'd like to believe.

On the positive side, since my Titan wouldn’t fit in any of the parking spots at the shopping center, I had to park about 200 yards away at a nearby restaurant. So, Wulf would have never been stuck waiting for me to park.

Update: Boon wrote: "I think at some point you need to just stop paying your Ballys membership and just do the stairs thing. Much cheaper."

Indeed.