Push Ups and Small Town Gyms....(RANT!!!)

Well, first off-Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. We aren't too into holidays ourselves-so it was just another weekend for us. Except for the fact that the frickin' gym was closed Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday!!!! It's bad enough that we pay $239 for 3 months (each!!!), and that his hours are for the birds, but then he also closes for an entire weekend for a holiday!! Do you think we get get any credited days added on to our 3 months-F**K NO!

I'm so glad to be leaving that gym and cannot wait to get our own studio going at our new place. And we are not alone in our dislike for the owner. After hubby and the owner had a bit of a verbal show down last week (quietly but enough for the only other person there to notice); due to the owners attitude of coming up during hubby's workout to say "you need to pay"-rather rudely...after 3 years of consistently giving him money fairly on time and hubby helped him move his gym to the new building etc, etc....Hubby finally gave him a piece of his mind...after all-we are only there for one more week-hubby only would owe for about 6 days total-and I'm paid until mid May! Do you think he was willing to work a deal-no....so hubby told him nobody liked him, he cut his own throat the way he does business-and of course a few expletives etc, etc.

Next day we saw the lady that witnessed it all-and she went up and THANKED JOHN!!! for telling off the gym owner. And now we have learned that sooooo many people can't stand the owner but there is no other REAL GYM to work out at. Some people have quit training altogether because of this guy.

I actually had a client lined up to train at this gym. I was even pulling her from the ladies only place-so he would have had her paying him fees and of course me paying fees-so when I told him the plan-all of sudden he's decided to start charging people $21 per session to train somebody!!! And he wanted me to get insurance to cover him. I am a certified personal trainer (cert 3& 4) and got that qualification 3 years ago because hubby and I were going to do personal training at our b&b-but due to the cyclone etc things just didn't work out-and we figured this just wasn't the right spot for our whole plan. Now-since a person is not required by law to be insured or registered-we never bothered with that part of it-the continuing education etc. We have an indemnification form for people to fill out-and we know what we are doing. The insurance is not that great anyway-when you read the actual policy.
So, when he says he expects me and the client to pay regular gym fees to him and an extra $21 per session-about 1/2 of what I was charging her for a 6 week package- and I couldn't even get the insurance straight away if I'd wanted to because of the continuing ed stuff-so he lost her and all of her friends that were interested in me training them as well-and now he's lost me and John too! Oh-He didn't care about insurance or even certification when he asked me to teach aerobics at his gym 6 months 8 months ago-all of a sudden it's soooo important because it's my client and not his?

Sorry-I just had to get that off my chest. I really hope he goes out of business some day-he doesn't deserve to have all of these people paying him top dollar the way he treats everyone. Not to mention his crap hours!

So-now that that is out of the way...I've had to put my push ups on hold. I think I've really over done it with doing those 3 times a week on top of my regular training-something totally tweaked in my pec area yesterday and today (while making the bed!!!)-so in order to salvage my pec/shoulder/neck area-I'm taking the week off from the push-ups.

And next week we move! yay! Can't wait-and we are both stoked about getting our own gear again. We worked out at home for years in West Australia-it's just so nice to be able to get up and go straight into the gym-not drive and wait for the "gym god" to open the doors at precisely 6am and not a second earlier (mon wed fri ONLY!!!) And will be able to work out any day any time. LOVE IT!!! And be able to train other people-no waiting for equipment-can't wait, can't wait, CAN'T WAIT!! Can you tell I'm excited!

Ok-sorry again about the loooong rant-but it's my blog and I'll rant if I want to-RIGHT?! RIGHT!

Have a great day!
AND HAVE FUN!