{"id":2046,"date":"2004-04-09T08:14:58","date_gmt":"2004-04-09T08:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soulhuntre.com\/items\/date\/2004\/04\/09\/fitness-machinery-and-coolness\/"},"modified":"2004-04-09T08:14:58","modified_gmt":"2004-04-09T08:14:58","slug":"fitness-machinery-and-coolness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/2004\/04\/09\/fitness-machinery-and-coolness\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitness, machinery and coolness…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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my new toy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Whew, that was a long day. I wound up going to every gym in 30 minute radius. I compared them on price, equipment, pool availability, hours and how much $$$ I needed to put down and so on. In the end, I didn’t go with any of them but I do want to mention Classic in Lyndhurst<\/a>. This place is awesome and the people there were incredibly nice. If you need a gym in the area these are the people to see!<\/p>\n

It started with the trip to Bally’s<\/a>. I did that today because I couldn’t keep the appointment I mentioned<\/a>. It was like showing up at a bad used car lot. The facilities aren’t bad but it took 45 minutes for them to tell me that the $19 down\/$19 a month membership is so limited it’s useless, and that the least expensive plan they have of any value is more than $300 or so. Bite me and why couldn’t you just tell me that on the phone and save us all some trouble?!?<\/p>\n

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So the other clubs ran around $49 a month, and few of them had pools. Bally’s had a pool but it was so small it wasn’t worth it. Classic didn’t have a pool but I forgive them. What was a guy to do? How was I going to make this work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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crossbow!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thinking it through, talking to Kimiko and remembering things Tatsumi had said to me it became clear that a gym wasn’t the answer. What was the answer is the elliptical machine you see in the picture. It was on sale for about $200 off at about $585 and will be delivered around 04\/15\/2004. Combined with the Crossbow<\/a> I own and have been using<\/a> (admittedly off and on) for the last year and I should be all set. My [[wp:dojo]] has two heavy bags and a decent treadmill, so while I am teaching I can get in a workout there as well.<\/p>\n

This is pretty serious old school training. This is me and my new best friend (Arnold<\/a>) who has already helped<\/a> keep me on the path, getting together to make me the best I can be<\/a>. My own program, my own schedule, no excuses and minimum $$$.<\/p>\n

Gotta love it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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