Spoiled

I'm already starting to feel spoiled. We've been twice to Lifetime Fitness now. I haven't run outside since I opened my gift (which, granted, was only two days ago and the weather has been crappy!). However, I would have run outside despite the weather if I didn't have the membership, so I am definitely getting soft! haha!

Today we did some strength training right after running. They sure have some nice equipment and it is laid out well. All the chest equipment is in one row, all the shoulder equipment in another and so on... Of course, they also have free weights, barbells, dumbbells, you name it. It was awesome.

All members get a free fitness assessment which they can periodically redo to see how they are progressing. It includes a health/fitness history, body composition, VO2 assessment, strength and flexibility assessment and I think a nutrition assessment as well. We made an appointment for our "Fitpoint" assessment for Monday. I'm actually looking forward to it. I know I'll rock the cardio fitness assessment considering my running training, but the rest of it may be eye-opening. We'll see!

Christmas Present Early!

Matty's been bugging me to open his gift to me early for the past week, so today I did. He got Lifetime Fitness memberships for the two of us! Cool! Now, Lifetime is one of those expensive, snooty gyms, but since the economy is in a downturn (to put it mildly) right now, they are bleeding members. The employees are always ordering pizzas from Matt's restaurant, so he's over there often delivering. When they offered a great deal for super cheap memberships, he jumped on it! We went for the first time today. Neat place! The only thing they are missing is an indoor track - we had to use treadmills. But that's better than nothing. And after my last run in the frigid temperatures and arctic winds, the treadmill was heavenly.