Understanding

I think I know why Angela has hated swimming all this time. She visits Lifetime fitness, not exclusively but for a lot of her swimming. I joined this club today and have lots to say about it.

The club itself is nice and big. It includes a spa that even does haircuts, manicures and pedicures. The cafe it is big, I didn't bother to see what food they sell. They do sell lots of gym related things. After checking in which went surprisingly smooth considering I had just signed up 5 minutes prior online (what can I say). I sat down waiting on my tour-guide.

They did loose me because I took off my bright blue puffy jacket, so it did take a little longer then I wanted to get the show on the road. Unfortunately they did have to take my photo on a day my leave in conditioner was skipped, my hair was a wreck. Fortunately my card will not actually have a photo on it so the only people that have to look at my bad hair day are the desk employees.

The tour was fairly short, the building is big but everything is pretty much open and easy to find. I noticed they sell water at the fitness Center. This surprised me as my office as well as the FREE gym at my apartment complex provide bottled water complementary, Even the JCC has bottled water in the cardio room (I think). The guy nicely showed me how to use the locker which was interesting to say the least.

I let him know that I was joining primarily for the pool. He commented on the 2 pools and the fact that they are kept at 78 and 82 degrees. This is why Angela hated swimming. You just can't get a good workout and improve your swim at such a high temperature! For years I refused to swim at the JCC because of the pool temperature. At least I could understand they only had one pool and had to keep it warm for the elderly and aerobics classes. This place has 2 pools (well 3 in the summer). They can't keep the (tiny) lap pool a little cooler (or a lot). the kids play in the other pool so if i got stuck swimming in the other pool i would not like it but understand. I'm going to give it a week or two swimming then make my choice before the 2 weeks are up. It's to expensive to keep the membership if I'm not using the pool.

I enjoyed my workout but had one other less then stellar observations. If TV while working out is your thing you have to work out near one wall, not sure if you can change channels. This place was built about a year ago and they did not get the fancy machines with individual TVs. This is good as it would cause me to stay longer and endanger my marriage, pat would no longer recognise me. but for a new gym that is as expensive as it is, it seems silly to not get the machines with TVs.