Due to an incongruence in scheduling, my Goodlife membership expired on October 15th, and will be renewed on November 1st.
To bridge the gap, I'm currently enjoying a 10-day membership at the swanky, premium Delisle Club (part of the Extreme Fitness chain of gyms). Truth be told, I like Extreme a lot. I will comment on the following two points:
Towels Everywhere!
The towels at the Delisle club are both large and plentiful, whereas at Goodlife, I am often treated like Oliver Twist when requesting one. While I often have to offer up my membership card as collateral at Goodlife for the pleasure of drying my sweat where the sweat of 10,000 meatheads has tried before, there appears to be a towel shelf around every corner at the Delisle Club. And the towels are large! I can now cover BOTH ass-cheeks while walking back and forth from the showers, instead of having to choose between left and right.
Cardio Machines + TV!
Cardio sucks. It is boring and tiresome and makes me weary. Having the opportunity to watch television on the stair climbers, ellipticals, treadmills and exercise bikes, however, helps pass the time enjoyably. I often wonder, though, how many people at fancy gyms get caught watching softcore cable pornography while rockin' their cardio workout? (For the record, I watched UFC, which I suppose is akin to porn of a particular variety.)
To make a long story short, the Delisle Club is massive, fancy, and features many lovely amenities. If you can get over the sticker price, I would totally recommend it.
I should also mention that, as a bit of a recovering Lefty, I believe that every community centre in Toronto should be like the Delisle club. Alas, they are not, and it doesn't count to our favour as a society.
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