Scored a free gym membership today to a large fitness club, totally unexpectedly too. I had called them the other day and yesterday I went in to talk to them about buying a monthly membership. I had somewhat explained my situation to them, asking me to give me some kind of break because of my circumstances, well that and the fact that I only had $84 in my pocket to last me till September 9th.
And a break is EXACTLY what they gave me… if not more actually!!! Yesterday the manager and one of the trainers had agreed upon a price that was about 60% off but when they went to type it into the computer they couldn’t figure out how to work in the discounted price. It printed up as $0 being the price.
Sweet!!!
We all agreed to the $0 price – of course I agreed -- signed on the dotted line and now I have a one month membership to a rocking gym just a 10 minute BMX ride from my house that’s open from 5am till midnight… how awesome is that?!
Pretty awesome!!!
Got asked at the gym if I was 22, 23 by a 23 year old gym hottie and that totally made my day. He also claimed my legs were too short for the machines so I told him I’d have to punch him for that if he kept on throwing comments like that to me… hahaha. We ended up getting into quite the conversation and it felt so refreshingly great to be able to joke around, laugh and smile, and not have to deal with the question “How is your mom?” that’s been tying up my parent’s telephone line, making our doorbell ring nonstop, and bombarding me everywhere I go. It seems I’m only safe from that question when I’m out running or weight training so the roads and now the fitness gym are my safe havens here.
As the story has it, one day I headed to the opposite side of the globe – the Flipside. I arrived in Korea February 16th, 2005 and thought I’d do a year, then leave. I was wrong. I stayed, launched my first company, Flipside Fitness, and then opened Korea's largest boxing club, Hulk's Boxing (now called Hulk's Club).
After 11.5yrs in Korea, I then picked up one day and returned to Toronto, Canada. But then I left again.
Now I live in the Philippines where I am the CEO and head coach of Empowered Clubhouse, the Philippines' first and only boxing clubhouse exclusively just for women. I also am the founder of the Lil' Sistas Project, CEO and designer of Slay Gear and Baa Baa Black Sheep .Ph.
No comments:
Post a Comment