I joined a gym

Yep, that's right. It took me a while to find the gym that Alie and Alex had joined, but finally I found it.

The gym is pretty good sized with new equipment. There is a separate room for the pilates, yoga, abs, and stretch classes. It seemed to be a good gym, so I decided to get a 3 month plan. The way buildings keep sprouting up in my neighborhood, perhaps come December there will be one closer to me.

One thing I thought was strange was after I payed, I had to do a physical fitness test. Everyone at the gym wears the gym's clothes to work out in, which is convienient. I changed in the locker room and met the trainer outside. I didn't know what to expect, and his very limited English and my non-existent Korean made it difficult to communicate. We started off by getting weighed (I've lost 6 pounds since coming here!), measured ALL over, skin fold and BMI test. I couldn't read the machine of course, but I asked him if it was good and he said yes.

Next were the timed tests. How many sit ups, push ups, and squats can I do in a minute? I stopped counting after 10. I didn't even look at what he wrote down on the clip board. I also had to do a flexibility test and a long jump. I almost wish he would have take my temperature to make sure I don't have the Swine Flu, but no such luck :)

For some reason, I wasn't allowed to start working out tonight, I'm not sure why. He just kept saying "tomorrow," so I'll be back then. I'm excited to get in shape, and I'll keep you posted about any other strange happenings at the gym.