Until a few weeks ago, my brilliant husband Meeker (Michael is his real name, for the record) had been out of work for 7 months. It was rough, but not awful. With some strategic budgeting we did just fine. One thing I really missed was a gym membership. However, everything changed when Meeker got a job as a personal trainer at a brand spankin’ new 24 Hour Fitness near us. It’s not his dream job, but it will pay the bills, and he is very excited about it. I’m excited because I get a free membership at a sweet gym. Free spin classes, free aerobics, free treadmills, freeeeeeeeee everything!
Tonight was the sneak preview opening for friend/family members of employees.
Cardio!
Usually I like to run outside, but these will be fantastic when it’s cold, windy, rainy, snowy, etc. After taking the grand tour, we did a zumba class
which was like Latin dance. Meeker did it with me and we made complete fools of ourselves, but had a blast.
Plus, I got a free new bottle for my green monsters.
Life is good.
CONGRATS! I’m sorry for Meeker (hehe) it’s not his ideal job, but free gym-stuff is a pretty great perk
Congratulations on the job! I landed my “plum” postal job after a 7 month unemployed stint. There’s no worse feeling than the inability to provide for your family, so thank God for 24 Hour Fitness. Ideal is relative when food is necessary. Have a great tomorrow, guys.
Oh, wow! That is so amazing! Tell him congrats for sure… I am sure he will love the job, i worked at a Total Fitness center a couple of years back before where i work at now and loved it! I still go to classes all the time and occasionally teach them. You should persuade him to get his spinning certification (pretty easy) and teach different spinning classes… It is a ton of fun
That looks like a beautiful gym, i bet you guys will get the most out of that deal for sure!!
Congratulations! It might not be his dream job, but hopefully it’ll lead to bigger and better things. And it works out pretty well for you! I’m jealous of the free membership!
Congrats to him!!
I am SO jealous! Looks amazing!
That’s awesome. It looks like a great gym!
Congrats on the husband getting the new gig! Oh how I miss the gym… and despise my budget because of it… lol
Congrats to your husband! I think classes are the best part of being a member of a gym.
Congrats on the job! I’m sure that is a huge weight off of both of your shoulders. I used to work at a YMCA in college so I also got use of everything there, including the classes, it was great as a poor college student!
YAAAAAAAAAY for a free gym membership! That’s seriously the best. I wish I could have that because I REFUSE to pay almost $100 a month to use the gym like 4 times a year. But on those 4 days…BOY would it be nice to have a free one!
You’ll have to let me know how you liked Zumba. I definitely don’t think it would be my thing, but if I did it, I could image it being pretty entertaining for the people watching me. Haha.
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!
Congrats on Meeker’s job!! The free gym membership is awesome, especially when zumba is involved
Hope you have a great Friday!!
nice benefits of hubby’s job! i’m trying zumba for the first time next wednesday. i’m really excited to embarrass myself too!
How awesome!! For him & for you- yay free spin classes!!
so happy for both of you! and who knows, maybe he will LOVE it and it will turn out to be his dream job
that gym is awesome!!
Yay….congrats to Meeker!
Congrats to Meeker on the job and I would be SO psyched if I were you too! The gym looks amazing (Very Biggest Loser-ish, which I love!).
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That gym is sweet lookin”” I want to go…..
Congrats and you will get more than your money’s worth!!
So so jealous of you guys! What an amazing gym setup. Can you believe that I’ve never set foot in a gym before?? Well, unless you count the crappy weight room in my high school….
I’ve been looking for jobs and I’ve been considering positions paying WAY less as long as they give a free gym membership. Clearly, I’m excited for you! And congrats to Meeker!!
Congrats to your husband on the new job!! Very cool that yall get to workout there for free!!
AWESOME!! That is so exciting!
The gym looks so new and pretty too! Im pretty sure I’d have a gym membership if it were free!
But over $50 for a basic membership to the Y (yah – and its not even fancy) just seems like too much for me!
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Congrats on the job!! I just started doing Zumba a month of so ago and I absolutely love it. I am working out, but I am not watching the clock because it is so much fun!!
Wow that’s awesome! That gym looks huge! I have often thought about becoming a personal trainer and I heard that my spouse get’s a free membership as well. That’s the best perk of it all!
I I think about becoming a personal trainer all the time, too! It sounds like such a fun gig…I’ll just live vicariously through my hubby for a while I guess. [?]
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