01.29.04
YMCewwww
For as long as a can remember, I’ve gone to my Dad’s several times a year. My dad likes to keep in shape so he runs and swims most days. He’ll usually run by the river near our house. Swimming… that’s a different story.
We used to go to the YMCA of Greater Sacramento (greater than what I wonder…) But more recently, it’s been kind of… grody. Like, flies in the showers. And… gunk on the bottom of the pool. And its fun to dive all the way to the bottom of the 12 foot and touch the drain so that your ears feel like they’re going to explode. But not when there’s hair and band aids and bubble gum and gunk on the bottom. Yuck
So my dad did some shopping around. And he found Capitol Athletic Club. Probably more than he can afford to pay, but he uses it enough to justify it I guess. At least 4 days a week I’d guess. And it’s nice. Like really nice. The pool is outdoor and much smaller than YMCA’s, but it’s heated and clean. The weightroom has newer equipment. And the locker room… Okay, so it’s two floors. The bottom floor, restrooms, jacuzzi, swim-suit-really-fast-spinny-wringer-outer-thing, chaise lounges where you can lay naked and watch golf on the TV (nope, I don’t get it either…), showers (body wash, shampoo, and conditioner included), sauna, and a steam room where the visibility is literally 1.5m and eucalyptus vapors are strong enough to make the n00bs cough like smokers (surprisingly refreshing.) Upstairs are lockers along with sinks and every personal care product you can imagine. Combs in pretty jars of Barbicide. Lather machines that deal up a fresh dallop of hot lather for your shave (and shock you if you’re not careful), multiple choices of aftershave, soap of course, mouthwash, hairspray, hairgel, blowdryers. There’s also some stuff to spray on your feet to prevent foot fungus. Good stuff. And everywhere you look are fresh towels…
Oh, and there’s like excercise balls and pilates and racquetball courts and basketball courts and who knows what else for the people who are into that stuff.
Anyway… Like I said, *Capitol* athletic club and ymca of greater *Sacramento*, and it’s a pretty ritzy place, so who do you expect would have a membership? Someone who likes to work out maybe? That every knows lives in Sacramento? Maybe near the Capitol? Arnold of course. The other day my dad saw a lot of people in suits with earpieces loitering about. When he walked into the weightroom who do you expect he saw? So yeah. My dad works out with Arnold. Or did. Once. I don’t think they talked. But yeah.