I had to give my gym the old heave-ho. Not because of money. At a little under $30 a month, they are affordable. For that price I have learned to secretly loathe going there accept the fact that they have no pool or jacuzzi.
The real reason I’m giving them the boot, with a little bit of anger attached is this: horrible awful hours for who else but women. The exact crowd they market to, they treat like dirt with redonkulous hours.
I’ve been a member of Fit Zone for Women for about 4-5 years now & I’ve have put up with it for too long. (And yes, this is the 2nd angry blog post I’ve written about this topic in 2 years –I am woman, hear me roar, right?)
Get this: they open at 8:30am & close at 8:30pm. On Saturdays they are only open from 8:30am – Noon. Sundays, closed. Which means a few things:
- You can’t work out before you go to work, or take the kids to school / child care, etc.
- You also can’t work out after you put the kids to bed.
- You also can’t work out on Saturdays unless you skip the bank / post office / or other establishments that have good reasons to only be open a few hours on Sat.
- You can’t go on Sundays when your husband is willing to go let you work out for a few hours.
What the sam smack, people? I’m convinced this stupid establishment was made by men. Who else but men wouldn’t think of how to make a gym that is accessible for working mothers and women students (this gym is 5 minutes away from Western Michigan University. With an enrollment of 32,000+ you’d think they’d figure out how to accomodate women students better as well).
This is my new name for this gym:
*Crappy Fit Zone for Women! We cater to women who don’t work, don’t have babies, are retired and are so healthy and fit they can skip the weekends!*
I’m dumping you like a bad habit, you big dumb gym with your stupid hours.
(I guess I’m a wee bit emotional about this. Probably due to the fact that I miss my husband –he’s been gone since Christmas Day & also I’m sporting a serious holiday belly and feeling like I need to start losing, no help to my big dumb gym).