Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Tales From the Glitter Gym - The Smell

It’s been six months since I stepped foot into a Glitter Gym. Today I started at my new gym, which isn’t pure Glitter, but it certainly isn’t a Rust Gym. It’s an odd hybrid, which I’ll call an Independent Glitter. Before I kick off the stories from today, I realized that I [...]

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Tales From the Glitter Gym - The Bodyfat Test

Even though I no longer workout at a Glitter Gym, sometimes elements of glitter rear their head. On a recent trip to the gym I was doing sit-ups when I overheard an older couple arguing. The woman was reading a flier posted on the wall. Our gym is sponsoring a body-fat test [...]

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Leaving the Glitter, Embracing the Rust

My prison sentence with the Glitter Gym has finally ended. The last month was unbearable. Expect to see a final Tales From the Glitter Gym installment soon.
Yesterday I found a Rust gym. I didn’t even think they existed anymore. Now when I use the term rust, what I really mean is it [...]

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Glitter Gym Hijinks

Joining 24 hour Fitness is a lot easier than leaving. When you go to cancel your membership they remind you of two things.
1- You must give them 30 days notice. This means they can squeeze in one extra months of dues. This is in the contract.
2- When you join you prepay the [...]

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Leaving the Glitter Gym

I’ve got some good news and bad news. The good news is my Power Blocks are repaired and I now have a fully functional workout section in my office. It’s a mini-home gym. The bad news is that by canceling my membership to 24 Hour Fitness, I won’t have any new Tales From the Glitter [...]

Friday, August 10th, 2007

Tales From the Glitter Gym - Locker Room Edition

I never thought that I would have enough stories to complete a new edition of Tales From the Glitter Gym just two days after my last post. Then again, I wasn’t expecting to walk into the locker room.
I’m not a shower at the gym guy. For me it has always been too inefficient. In [...]

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

Tales From the Glitter Gym - Bellevue Edition

It’s been a while since I last did an installment of Tales From the Glitter Gym. For background on what a Glitter Gym is read Glitter and Rust. After just 3 visits to the 24 Hour Fitness in Bellevue, WA (140th Ave NE), I have enough stories for a new installment of Tales [...]