MOTO NGANTOK BLOG

I know the first blog was pretty much a mad rant about what's going on down here. I thought this week I would touch on PROFESSIONALISM- something most trainers down here know nothing about. I just this minute got off the phone with the American College of Sports Medicine, and the woman in the Cert. Dept. told me that all ACSM grads need to do continuing education every 3 years (60 credits). so does that mean the red head at BALLY"S TOTAL FITNESS has never re-newed her certification/license? I told her this particular trainer told me "THERE"S NO SUCH THING AS M.R.S.A!" (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus-someone asked me what it was, so now you know!)

I will say there's some progress (slow) with getting some regulation going down here. I have started (again) to talk with my State Rep.-Elllen Vogdonof. I also have been talking with the head of Wilton Manors Code Enforcement, and all though they don't have any regulations when it comes to these fitness facilities, the head of that department is on my side!

This weeks honorable mention goes to DR. JASON NEWSOME- a doctor in the Armed Services who after spending 2 tours in Iraq/Afghanistan came home to Winter Haven, FL. and worked for that city, until he started an awareness program regarding the junk that makes up "Dunkin Donuts" Burger King" and other food chains. HE WAS FIRED! Ironic that 2 members of the board he was on OWN A DUNKIN DONUTS, so they fired his ass...and if you've been to winter Haven, or other parts of Florida, you'll see a lot of "fat bodies" around. So here's a decorated veteran who is also getting the "up the jacksee" treatment for looking out for the public good! So "JOB WELL DONE!" Doctor...keep up the good fight!

I was talking with a good friend of mine from the days of high school, and he recently told me after listening to my issues, he took a closer look at his facility, and noticed the same thing! So there's the proof that this isn't just some made up fairy tale...

I was at "THE FIRM"- a truly virulent pit for staph infections, and who knows what else, and the former gay porn star- "M. Rush" has decided to train people. I will admit he's a big dude, but that doesn't mean I'm going to put up with his usual bad, unprofessional habits-his clients never use a towel, and HE never uses a towel... I had asked him repeatedly, very nicely to employ some "GYM HYGEINE?COURTESY" to no avail. So I went up to this dude who works the counter, and told him I wasn't going to stand for that, and I AM DROPPING HIS NAME TO THE STATE REP's OFFICE! That's now my course of action. I figure instead of trying to talk to them, (the trainers) I'm just gonna keep collecting the evidence!

O.K., a few pointers on how not to end up on the "Gymtard" list- it's easy: 1) Use a towel! If you don't have one, take a hike to the nearest wipe down facility (might be a good 30 second-60 minute break between sets. If there are no wipe down stations (I have run into that, and it's the 21st century for crying out loud!!) I recommend carrying a roll of P. towel and a can of Lysol..a good story on that one_ I was using the Lysol at BALLY'S on Commercial Blvd. and Dixie Highway in Oakland Park, FL. and the manager came up to me, to say the smell of the Lysol was bothering others. I said if the place wasn't so filthy, and the cleaning agent in the spray bottle was mixed right, I wouldn't use it! end of argument. STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS AS A CUSTOMER! Remember- it's your dues/membership fees that keep the place running!

2) Please, don't pick your nose! I was up in Cleveland, OH. visiting recently, and got a guest pass at "Urban Active Fitness" in Beachwood, OH. Nice selection of equipment...however when I was there 2 years ago, I had to hit the "head"-bathroom to you land lubbers (LOL!), and this one trainer who I'll call "Hollywood" (he had the shaved head, orange-ish fake tan, etc., anyway, I'm washing my hands, and heading back to crush it, and this slime-ball picks his nose, and then walks over to his client, patting his back WITH THE SAME HAND HE DUG OUT THAT BOGIE WITH! Now Beachwood is considered an "upper class" neighborhood, and people pay initially anywhere from 4-500 dollars to get in the door. If I was a member there, I would've made the news! Disgusting! Anyway, it goes on down here as well. There was this "ring-ding" who kept wiping his nose with his finger, then grabbing the dumbbells...are you kidding me? Besides bad "gym hygiene"-great way to catch some staph infection or parasite living inside of you. Please feel free to check out "Dr. Finds Worm Inside Woman's Brain" at http://www.liveleak.com/ Anyway, you know your wasting air on those types when they look at you with that glassy "Huh?" look, like that kid did, and then kept doing the same shit!

3) Oral discharge in drinking fountains.... why do people think they have to swish&spit in the fountain? just disgusting...maybe I should find out which vehicle they are using, and paste a big lugee on it! Nuff said on that one

4) If you can't read, EXERCISE YOUR BRAIN INSTEAD! I noticed an increase of what can only be illiteracy? at the gyms.. with big signs that say "RE-RACK YOUR WEIGHTS"..now either they are to blagged out, or indifferent-the ones who never clear the equipment off....or the morons who never passed Kindergarten or 1st grade, and can't count or read the numbers on the pegs when it comes to putting them back...many a time I have looked for a 35 Lb. plate, only to find it placed on a different peg with 5-6 plates stacked after it...are you that retarded that you cant tell the difference between 2.5, 5, 10, 25, 35, and 45? If you cant read try matching the shapes (like when you played "Concentration" in the 1st grade...)

Don't let size intimidate you.. STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS! Till next week-PEACE OUT! AND KEEP CRUSHING IT!!-H.R HUFFnPUFF