The Make-Believe Fitness Center

Yesterday I met my friend Amanda so we could go work out before dinner. I hadn’t seen her since December and occasionally we work out together, so I felt like it would be fun to catch up while working out. We planned on going to the fitness center at our apartment complex, but that didn’t happen. When we got there it was boiling hot and after a few seconds a manager came in.

“The fitness center is closed. This equipment isn’t safe and we only keep this door open for access to the sauna. We will have new equipment soon, sometime in spring.”

LIAR!  When I moved into my apartment in September they told me the fitness center was closed for remodeling. I accepted this and worked out at my school even though it was more of a hassle. I thought surely the complex would fix their fitness center soon, especially after I have been away for a month and a half on break. 

I was wrong. Everything is still in the fitness center and nothing has been done to change it. After 5 months it is a bit ridiculous to keep saying it is going to be remodeled soon. I am not falling for it. I know now that the fitness center seen on the apartment complex website is just make-believe. It does not exist in the real world.

Thanks for all the resp0nses about workout time. I will most likely end up working out in the afternoon/early evening because that is when I can get other people to go. I enjoy working out with friends, even if we are doing different things. It is just nice to go with someone. And now that I know the apartment fitness center is CRAP, I will just make the journey over to the campus fitness center. A small price to pay for safe, working fitness equipment.