After my shift this morning, I went in search of breakfast on the Sprint campus. Yesterday morning, I bought a made to order omelette with some delicious mushrooms and tomato bits. Today being Saturday, however, the gates were down over the cafeteria entrance. So, I proceeded across the amphitheater to Java City, where I had bought a pretty good turkey and bacon wrap previously. . . to no avail. It was also gated. So, I walked to the area known as Town Center, which is more or less an impeccably landscaped open air mini mall. I found that only the gym was open. I figured a place where 14,000 people work would have a nice gym, but I had no idea what awaited. So, I scanned in and asked the front desk cutie for a tour. She showed me the first floor cardio area, strength machines, the free weight area, and the treadwall which is like one of those rock climbing walls, but it loops continuously. I saw a gym with three basketball courts and a bulletin board with the basketball and volleyball schedules. The biggest aerobics room I've ever seen. A separate room for cycling classes. Table tennis. Putting greens. On the third floor, a 1/8 mile track around a very well equipped aerobics theater with screens all around replete with signs showing which FM frequency to tune to for the audio. I saw the door to the yoga room and a brochure rack with a newsletter full of nutrition tips and brochures for upcoming local foot and cycle races. We went back to the first floor and she gestured toward the locker rooms, so I checked that out, too. Deee Luxe! Wooden lockers. Rows of shower stalls. A steam room and a dry sauna. So, what's the damage if I join? $15 a week. I might pay that just to be able to shower, shave, and change clothes before my shift. Can I use chalk? No. Can I drop the weights? No. Is a trainer available? Yes, to write a workout program for you based on your goals. Will someone on staff spot for me? Yes, if they are capable. If not, they can ask another member to help. . . this coming from a little petite thing that probably weighed 120 or less. Okay, so this gym is a show piece. There were a few serious people in the free weight area. It's not like a token gym which you'd find in a hotel chain where they'd crowd a few essential pieces of equipment intoa small room with mirrors. This is a well equipped mega gym built with the best intentions. Seventy one thousand square feet! Landscaped with fountains and pampas grass.
Sounds like you've hit paydirt! My husband has started to avail himself of the equipment in the exercise room where he works; he wants to gain back the upper-body strength he had before his open-heart surgery.
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