I’m Dumping you, you big jerk.

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).