The Gym (again)

 

It’s about that time of year, when you have just finished the Christmas shop and you’ve got a cupboard stacked with delicious food – sounds perfect! You’re going to spend the next week sitting on your arse eating Christmas dinner, mince pies, chocolates, and drinking booze. Unfortunately, there is a price to pay – you’re going to get fat.
On New Year’s Eve you are going to get drunk and make some New Year’s Resolutions – remember the promises you made yourself last year? What about the one where you’re going to take out a new gym membership to help you lose weight.

Before making any rash decisions, you should first consult the Discussions with My Dog guidance notes.

In our previous blog – Dogs are a great motivator of sport – Daisy gave a very honest review of what the gym actually has to offer – see the link.

An average gym membership will cost you £50 per month. You’ve committed to going 3 times every week, so each visit works out about £4. That’s great value. Reality check – by March/April you might manage to drag yourself down there twice a month. Does £25 a visit still sound like great value?

You’ll have to get kitted out, so you’ll need a new pair of trainers (you’ve been wearing your current pair to work in the garden, and they are looking a bit knackered. You can’t possibly be seen in muddy scuffed footwear running on the treadmill). That’s going to set you back another £150.

The gym is usually full of people who exercise regularly and are in excellent physical shape. Guys who bench press 300 pounds, ladies who do a spin class back-to-back with an aerobics class and then a sun bed session - people who have no need to visit the gym. Compared to them you are going to look like an out of condition slob – is your self-esteem ready for that?

If it doesn’t work out, you can always cancel your membership – all you have to do is contact the call centre and ask for the cancellation’s team. Good luck with that – see the link to call centre blog.

Our final top tip is: save this link in your calendar to be read in the third week of December next year.

Alastair and Daisy