The new gym

Being that I gain weight at the drop of a hat and stiffen up if I don't move too much, one of the first things I did was search out gyms, Spin and Pilates studios. This wasn't easy because of the language barrier. That and many places here don't advertise online too much. Unfortunately many Gringos don't seem to exercise much (not sure why that is). Anyhow, there's not too many people to ask.

I found places too far, too costly, too era Jack Lalane (seriously old and rusted equipment that looked meant for pulling cars with ones teeth).

A relic from the past - you get what you pay for

 One of the costliest sport's facilities was about 124. per month with a 500.+ initiation fee as well as some other yearly fees. We found another real nice gym for about 70. per month. This place had it all - Spin and Pilates reformer rooms, every piece of equipment that's ever been invented, a boxing rink and a pool. They even had these interesting bikes that go into the pool for classes. Never seen those before. Both those and a few other high end gyms were too costly for our budget.

Anyhow, my new friend Amber informed me of a new place (Thundergym) that's about a 25 minute walk from our house. I figure the walk is part of my cardio until Spin classes start.
This place is 300 pesos per month. That's somewhere around 25. It's a smallish place but has a good assortment of machines and weights. Classes will be coming soon.

This new gym  is much better than some of the meathead places that Mike and I checked out prior.
We found out that middle aged Gringos going into some of the meat locker gyms do get some funny looks. Perhaps it was only because these guys weren't used to seeing middle aged women in their bulk up gym, I don't know. It is indeed sometimes a different culture.

 In any event, I had about 4 people helping weigh me at the new gym (they like to weigh you in before you start). I nearly died when one of them shouted my weight across the gym. So much for DH not knowing my weight.
 I mean, if he doesn't hear the number that means I'm skinny - right? We do like this new gym. Even Mike has gotten into going.