ravencallscrows | (no subject) (Reply)

Well, went to the fitness club to give it a go this morning. I'm much less than impressed. When inanna was there this morning for her workout she set up an appointment for me with one of the trainers- for essentially an introduction to the place. Well, a half hour after she got back, i went, and they don't have an appointment, so i get stuck with a saleslady from Honduras (or was it Guatemala? i can't remember) who's trying to sell me a full membership. “No, ma'am, i don't want to be a member- my wife already is. Depending on how things go, i may add on to her membership if it's something i want to do long term.” Well, after this, the trainer's supposed to show me around and make some suggestions on what to do or something. He's busy, so i get sent off to do whatever with the message that he'll catch up with me as soon as he's done. An hour later, nothing, and i've had enough.

Positive takeaways from this: i'm not in as bad shape as i thought, and although i don't have the muscle mass to show iff, i'm a little stronger than i thought. Negative takeaways: i'm pretty convinced that these people have a neat little racket going here, pushing nutritional supplements and selling appointment time with personal trainers, but they don't seem to give a damn about clients or prospective clients. If i understood the Middle American woman correctly, the manager who had just taken over when inanna signed up isn't the manager any longer- i wonder if two-three week tenure is typical.

This evening i started feeling the flu-like symptoms that have kept people out of work here and there for the past few weeks- i feel like crap: congested, raw throat, headache, muscle aches (although this could be from exercising), low grade fever. I'm almost definitely taking tomorrow off of work- it's just too damn long a drive to make feeling like this.