Signing up for the gym?

This topic’s been hanging around my mind for quite awhile, mainly because I’m seeing people sign up for gym memberships: California Fitness, Planet Fitness, Fitness First, blah blah you name it.

So I’ve been thinking, what are the important things you should consider before joining? Here’s a few of ‘em.

1. Time commitment.
Can you take out the time to visit the gym at least twice a week regularly? Twice is minimal, thrice is good. If not, forget it.

2. Gym location
Proximity to either the workplace or the home is a must. If not, forget it. If you live in the west, you work in the west and your gym’s in the city area, chances are you won’t be going there too often. Laziness is inherent in humans after all.

3. Purpose of signing up
Are you signing up to hit the weights, or for the classes? Once again, think! If you’re not going for the classes, it might be worthwhile to look for a cheaper gym.

4. Discipline
The last, but most important factor.

If you’re telling yourself to signup for the gym simply because the classes make the fees a good bargain, the discipline factor comes in. Will you be attending the classes on a frequent basis?

Mental discipline: can you hold yourself to it and faithfully continue the gym sessions throughout your membership?

And yes, I’m gonna say this again. If not, forget it.

Food for thought I hope : )

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Saw this watch on this month’s FHM, and I’m hooked : ) YOS405, hrmmm slurps. Looks great doesn’t it? It’s been so long since I’ve seen a watch that actually appeals to me. A detailed look over at the Swatch e-store.

And I was so desperate to find out what the hell it was, I went straight to Swatch’s website and took a screenshot of the thing. The darn site’s in Flash, couldn’t save any pictures at all -.-|||

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The vocal lesson for this week comprised of bubbling, LEI-ing and NEI-ing our way through the scales yet again. It seems weird, but I had trouble keeping my chest motion to a minimum when doing the scales when it wasn’t so tough last week. It’s not simple to still the chest while singing and using the abdomen though, kinda feels like a juggling act. I gotta practise more, geez.

The teacher pointed out all the hard knots of muscle in our jaw areas, and we were supposed to dutifully massage them in our own time until they came loose. This would have the effect of putting less stress on the tongue; more pain to come blah.

And the TV’s all ready now, along with the player and microphones! We should be able to try them out next week : )

And I’ve got to work harder on my projection. ARGH. Long road with no end to it.

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Addendum:

- Ah 9 writes about Razor Ramon HG, the Hard Gay dude who goes “Okayyyy!“, “Hooooo!” or “Say say say!” Absolutely funny shows, you should go watch them ;p

- L’Arc En Ciel’s New World MV is kewl, although the song isn’t outstanding; merely very reminiscient of their style.

- This is ridiculous; people getting their arses sued left and right because they spotted and proved obvious flaws in computer systems?

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