5 Day Gym Trial & dragging a$$..
I made a commitment with my coach to sign up for a 5 day trial at a gym near me and to go at least 3 of those days. I’m mostly sharing this for accountability. I did go today. The place was gorgeous and certainly luxe compared to the junky NYSC I keep getting stuck with. It’s The Sports Club LA on 61st between 1st and 2nd. Wow. It’s like the Mercedes Benz of gyms at $175 a month. That’s right, $175 per month. That is a LOT of money to spend on a gym membership. They said they usually charge an $800 (!) initiation fee but have lowered it to $80 until the end of January. Evidently I walked into crazy town.
They say they’re comparable in cost to Equinox. I haven’t been to Equinox so I can’t attest to their price tag but I was under the impression they were cheaper than that. Can anyone speak to this?
Not to say I wouldn’t go here if I could (and if it were closer to me) because it’s beautiful, has a rock climbing wall and holds a zillion classes. But alas I can’t, so instead I’m taking the stand of being incredulous at their audacity to charge so much. Jerks.
On a different note, I have been dragging quite a bit this week. I feel like a sulky teenager choosing to be insolent in the face of things I ‘should’ be doing. Which would actually be pretty normal if I were still the same person I was a year ago but I’ve made so much progress in this area in the past 6 months or so. It feels like reverting. I’ve just been struggling to get back into the swing of things and secretly (well, ok, vocally) wishing I were still in the Caribbean instead. I’m having withdrawal. I suppose I really should be a bit easier on myself. (I’ve always been really hard on myself. I picture it like being the rigid scornful nun that comes to mind when people share stories of hellish catholic school experiences. Except I’m the nun. To myself. Super fun.) I’m just having trouble adjusting back to the pace. (Which is hysterical because I spent close to the first week of vacation bored from having nothing to do – our minds are hilarious that way..)
I think my possibility of being unreasonable that i created in place of ‘not wanting to’ or ‘not feeling like it’ is proving to be grossly inadequate. (Even though the concept does wonders for me – it’s just not cutting it for this particular complaint). So I’m going to try on the possibility of being engaged instead. We’ll see how that one goes..
I did do my first solo coaching workshop last night! The feedback was all really positive so I’m happy. I’ll leave you with a testimonial from one of the women who attended (yay!):
“It was very informative and helpful in creating a feasible plan for all my goals — Jaclyn is great at what she does — after I went home from the workshop I felt more capable, empowered, but mostly excited.”