Day 86

Now I’m sitting in front of a gym which has huge glass windows that you can see people working out. Instead of asking some staff’s time, my husband suggested to observe without doing anything but sipping coffee after our burrito lunch for the homework assignment. This gym is supposedly famous, or that’s what they sell, for the workout you should have a personal trainer the entire time, and every staff is wearing Target T-shirt. I won’t reveal the name of the gym but it may give you a hint if you know of Roppongi area well.

Anyhow, some interesting things are going on. The machines they have are all painted red, which seems like their theme color. One guy is busy pulling the machine which looks like, supposedly to work your shoulders, with his back and the entire body. I can see what he is doing. Pulling. Yes, pulling. The weight in front of him going up and down, that’s what he’s aiming at. PULLING. Too bad his targeted muscle is not working, really. Then he moved onto another machine, started PULLING again. Too bad, his fore arms aren’t working out which that machine is designed to if he uses correctly.

Another guy is on a treadmill, with a female trainer, running so badly. Isn’t she supposed to be teaching him how to run….?

A woman is giving a massage with a bar/stick to a guy who’s kind of buff but gut sticking out…. What does it do? She’s massaging him just like flattening cookie dough with rolling pin. Mmmm….

I see about 10 people there, but the most people are just chatting, drinking energy drink it “might help you burn calories”. This is more of the social space. Plus, this place is like a show case, to be seen place considering the location and the settings of glass walls all around you. People walking by or eating/drinking see you sweating, trying to be muscular, or showing off your sexy work out costume….

I never liked gym. Several times I joined, and I didn’t like waiting for a machine while some macho was checking his reflection on a mirror or just chatting about what protein he drinks, some old man trying to hit on a young female instructors, etc. Or just working on a cycling machine staring at a TV. Boring.

Anyhow, I like people watch and it was an interesting show, and it reminded me to stay away from a typical gym, especially this one....