HELLO OUT THERE TO ALL FELLOW "CRUSHERS"!
I MUST SAY THIS MONTH'S BLOG IS A MOST POSITIVE ONE, (FINALLY! AS I ACTUALLY HATE TO BITCH AND MOAN!) I DO WANT TO MAKE AN OMISSION: WITH LAST MONTHS BLOG ABOUT BEING 100 ANTI GAY, I MEANT IN REGARDS TO ALL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE WILTON MANORS/ FT. LAUDERDALE/BROWARD COUNTY AREA..
I AM ACTUALLY HEADING TO AMSTERDAM FOR A VACATION, ORGANIC ANNIHILATION, AND THE FIRST PLACE OUTSIDE OF ISRAEL WHERE THERE IS 100% GYM HYGIENE/COURTESY, AND NO HIV/AIDS ZOMBIES WHO PICK THEIR NOSES, AND THEN TOUCH THE DRINKING FOUNTAINS, OR EQUIPMENT..IRONICALLY IT WILL BE "GAY PRIDE WEEK" AS WELL, BUT I WILL HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR AS THEY KNOW GYM HYGIENE/COURTESY!
HOWEVER, LET ME START WITH SOME TIMELINE EVENTS, BEFORE WE GET TO THIS MONTHS GYM REVIEW..
AS YOU ALL READ ABOUT MY GLORIOUS EXPERIENCES WITH "L.A FITNESS", I FOUND IT INTERESTING THAT A MONTH LATER AFTER GETTING BOOTED OUT, I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM ONE OF THEIR BILLING DEPARTMENTS, STATING THAT WHEN THEY TRIED TO CHARGE ME ( I HAD A MONTHLY CONTRACT) THE CHARGE COULDN'T GO THROUGH, AND THERE WAS A FREEZE ON MY CREDIT CARD. WELL NO SHIT! I HAD CALLED THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY AND TOLD THEM NOT TO LET "L.A. FITNESS" CHARGE MY ACCOUNT..I HAD READ ON THE GOOGLE REVIEWS HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD STILL BEEN CHARGED WHEN THEY WERE NO LONGER: 1) MEMBERS-EXPIRED OR 2) FOR WHATEVER REASONS, HAD CANCELLED... ALWAYS CALL YOUR BANKS/CREDIT CARD COMPANIES AFTER LEAVING THE GYM! ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS A FRANCHISE GYM... I WILL SAY I HAD AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH THE BILLING DEPARTMENT PERSON- "MICHEAL" AND HE WAS CALLING FROM AN OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA.
.APPARENTLY THERE IS NO CO-ORDINATION BETWEEN ANY PART OF "L.A. FITNESS'" OFFICES, I TOLD HIM HOW I WAS KICKED OUT OF THE FT. LAUDERDALE BRANCH, AND ASKED HIM IF ANY OF THEIR FACILITIES OUT THERE IN "LA LA" LAND HAD SHIT SPLATTERED TOILETS, AND OF COURSE HE SAID NO, SO I TOLD HIM TO PLEASE MAKE A NOTE THAT I WAS KICKED OUT AND NO LONGER A MEMBER, SO PLEASE DON'T CALL AGAIN, AND HE SAID NO PROBLEM.. THAT WAS ON A FRIDAY EVENING.. THE FUNNY THING WAS I HAD ACTUALLY GOTTEN OVER IT BY THEN, BUT GETTING THAT PHONE CALL PISSED ME OFF.. . SO IMAGINE HOW PISSED OFF I WAS THE FOLLOWING DAY WHEN I GET A PHONE CALL FROM ANOTHER BILLING DEPARTMENT FROM "L.A FITNESS" FOR THE SAME DAMN THING, AND THE DAY AFTER AS WELL! THEY MUST REALLY HIRE ALL OF THE "THIRD READING GROUP" KIDS... AND JUST 2 DAYS AGO, ANOTHER CALL..THE RUDEST PART IS THEY ARE TOO CHICKEN SHIT TO LEAVE A VOICE MAIL.. SO ANY WAY I'M TALKING TO THIS PENCIL JOCKEY, AND I TOLD HIM TO STOP CALLING, CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE "L.A FITNESS" IS INVOLVED IN SOME CREDIT FRAUD...I GAVE HIM MY BLOG ADDRESS, AND TOLD HIM TO CHECK OUT MY PICS...HE SAID THE PICTURES WOULDN'T HOLD UP IN AS ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE IN COURT, AND I WASN'T ALLOWED TO TAKE PICTURES, WHICH I REPLIED, THAT I DIDN'T SEE THAT ON THE CONTRACT,..I ALSO SAID I REALLY DIDN'T GIVE A DAMN, BUT AT LEAST THEIR DIRTY LITTLE SECRET WOULD BE EXPOSED.. I AM LOGGING CALLS, AND BLOCKING THEIR NUMBERS..THEY HAVE BILLING DEPARTMENTS IN A FEW STATES..WEIRD, HMMMMM?
ANYWAY, IN MY QUEST FOR ANOTHER GYM, I TRAVELLED 20-30 MINUTES NORTH TO "LIGHT HOUSE POINT", FLORIDA, I WENT THERE ON MY GOOGLE SEARCH, AND I HAD ACTUALLY FLIPPED A COIN, TO GO EITHER NORTH, OR SOUTH..I AM ACTUALLY PLEASED TO HAVE GONE NORTH!
I WAS LOOKING FOR WHAT WAS LISTED ON GOOGLE AS "POWERHOUSE GYM", SO THE MORNING I LEFT TO CHECK IT OUT FOR A DAY, I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING THAT SAID "POWERHOUSE", AND WITH THE "ANIMAL PAK" KICKING IN, I JUST TURNED INTO THIS PLAZA THAT HAD A PLACE CALLED "LIGHTHOUSE POINT FITNESS", ONE OF THOSE MOM & POP TYPE PLACES.. ALTHOUGH A LITTLE SMALL, THERE IS A GREAT SELECTION OF EQUIPMENT, ENOUGH SPRAY BOTTLES AND SANITIZER STATION, AND CURRENTLY I'D SET THE "GYMTARD" RATING AT 2%! YES TWO PERCENT! NO HIV/AIDS ZOMBIES WALKING ABOUT, AND WHEN I ASKED THIS YOUNG DUDE POLITELY TO WIPE UP HIS SHADOW, NO PROBLEM! THERE IS ONE TRAINER, AT LEAST ON THE WEEK DAYS/ A.M SHIFT THAT HAS A PROBLEM WITH WIPING HER CLIENTS SLOP UP, BUT THE MANAGER/OWNER WAS UNDERSTANDING..WE'LL SEE.. HOWEVER THERE IS NO CURRENT NEED FOR ME TO DO SOME PHOTO OPS AT THE MOMENT..I WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE TO TAKE PICS OF THE NUMBER 1 GYMTARD THERE.
WHICH BRING ME TO THE NEXT POINT THAT I WANTED TO COVER: SAFETY!
WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN ON A CERTAIN MACHINE (LETS SAY A "HAMMER STRENGTH" HIGH ROW) AND SOMEONE COMES OVER AND TAKES A WEIGHT PLATE OF IT WHILE YOU ARE IN MID REP...IT HAPPENED TO ME, AND WHEN I TOLD THE PERSON TO PLEASE WAIT TILL I FINISHED THE SET, I GOT SOME LIP ACTION..
GOOD THING MY GRIP DIDN'T SLIP AND SQUASH THE "GYMTARD'S" BRAINS ALL OVER THE PLACE!
PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE THAT THAT A GRIP COULD SLIP, AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A WEIGHT COMING DOWN ON YOUR HEAD... I'VE SEEN PEOPLE REACH IN THE AREA OF THE WEIGHT STACKS OF CABLE MACHINES TO GET VARIOUS GRIPS WHILE PEOPLE ARE DOING CABLE FLY..VERY DANGEROUS. IT FALL UNDER GYM COURTESY, BUT I THINK PEOPLE CARE MORE ABOUT THEIR OWN SKINS, THAN EACH OTHER. ANY IDEA HOW BAD YOU COULD INJURED WITH A GRIP HITTING YOU IN THE FACE?
ANOTHER ISSUE I HAVE NOTICED IS THE FREE WEIGHT BARS (LONG/45 LBS) THAT ARE ON THE STANDS...MOST GYMS/FACILITIES SHOULD HAVE FLUORESCENT/DAYGLO MARKINGS ON THE END, AS THESE ARE USUALLY RETURNED TO A HEAD HEIGHT LOCATION, AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T SEE THEM (AS HAPPENED TO ME, AND STILL WEARING A GOOD SIZE LUMP CLOSE TO THE TEMPLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY HEAD...
OTHER THAN THAT, ALL'S WELL, AND HOPE YOU ALL ARE HAVING A GREAT SUMMER, AND SEE YOU NEXT MONTH!
