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When I first embarked on my "less of me to love, now via EXERCISE!" campaign, I picked Glass Court in Villa Park as my place to go. This gym remains close to my work and was close to my house. But then I moved, and I found the 15 to 20 minute drive to the gym tiresome on weekends. So, when Charter Fitness was running a $10 / month special, I added it to my gym list.

Herewith are some random thoughts on the two gyms:

- Glass Court is an older facility, and is primarily a racquetball place with a pool. Decor is "high school gym circa 1970."
- Charter, on the other hand, is just workout gear, and it's decor is "used to be a grocery store until we tore the linoleum out." Most irritating to me, the locker room is tiny and really intended just as a place to stash your coat.
- Glass Court is more of a family place. They have a lot of kids events in the pool, and the racquetball crowd skews older. Charter is a workout place, and the crowd skews younger, with more "dress to impress" hardbody types.
- My new personal trainer, Brian, has so far been more strength-focused than cardio-focused than Susie, my previous trainer. Don't know if that's a personal style or driven by the gym layout.

Exercise

Date: 2014-03-07 05:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jerry critter (from livejournal.com)
Exercise is important, but I lost 40 lbs through diet change alone. Note I said "diet change". It has to be a permanent change, or you will just regain the weight. But then, that can be said for exercise too.

Re: Exercise

Date: 2014-03-07 07:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chris-gerrib.livejournal.com
yeah, every time I permanently swear of french fries I loose weight. My problem was (and is) that even with diet I was watching my blood pressure creep up. My body needs both diet and exercise.

Re: Exercise

Date: 2014-03-07 09:26 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
You can do permanent only once.

Re: Exercise

Date: 2014-03-07 09:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chris-gerrib.livejournal.com
You haven't seen me in front of a plate of french fries, then ;-)

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