Due to family commitments my Daughter and I hadn't been to VVV health club since before Christmas. We knew that the ladies gym was being moved and last we heard it was moving into the big gym and we weren't too keen on the idea, imagining just a screened off area and having to walk through the big gym to get to it. Finally, we managed to get to the club and we found that the ladies gym has moved to the room that was the toning table room and thus it now has a delightful sea view. Some of the equipment has been removed, my favourite leg extension machine and the seated leg curl machine have gone, to be replaced by the leg press. I suppose I will have to brave the big gym if I want to use them. At first glance it looks as if the new ladies gym does not have air conditioning but I might be wrong. It does sport a TV, something that the old gym lacked, but most of the equipment is arranged to face the TV and not the spectacular view. If you bag the right treadmill or cross trainer you can admire the view but you have to look past other people facing towards you.
There's a new gym opening in town soon, JJB Fitness which will probably do very well, being more central and, as far as I can tell, cheaper but I think they'll find it hard to beat the atmosphere at VVV.
My gym companion had to prod me to go the other day. I really didn't feel like it and only gave in when she dangled the carrot that we'd just go for half an hour. Once we were there we found that at one point we had the ladies gym all to ourselves, everyone else was toiling away in the big gym where the TV's are. Whilst there was no one to make her feel self conscious I was encouraging her to try running on the treadmill instead of a fast walk, as she is a lot fitter than me, and by way of demonstration I had to break out into a run myself. I was absolutely astonished to find that I could do so and it felt great. Admittedly I didn't run for long but I did it three times with a walk in between. In the end we had a good hours work out and a great sense of achievement. So glad she made me go.
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