24-Hour Fitness

I just joined 24-Hour Fitness. The local branch is indeed open 24 hours (not all are); it's two miles from my condo and six miles from work; it has a lot of machines, free weights (should I ever decide to lift free weights), and a cute little pool that'll do for swimming laps. (The pool is smaller than the Y's by one lane. Big deal. And I don't freeze my buns off when I get out of the pool!) It also has that guest agreement with health clubs across the country. The price was reasonable. And I felt surprisingly comfortable there. I had to work to find something wrong with it; it doesn't seem to have a back extension machine, and it doesn't have the online system that the Y has that keeps track of what you do and shows you the bounds of the movement that you should make. I can live with those limitations.

I'm pleased.