A family in my church gave me a membership to Planet Fitness for Christmas.  I had not used it until today.  This was due to several reasons, but the biggest one for me was that I did not want to be one of those people who show up at the gym after the New Year and then drop out after a month or so.  And so I waited for awhile.  And then I waited some more.  And then, before I knew it, a month had gone by and I was still sitting on my rear end, not going to the gym.

So today I bit the bullet and went.  I was member of a gym for a short time while I was a Pastor in Elysburg, PA.  And yes, in that case, I did exactly what I wrote about in the above paragraph.  That gym was small and intimate.  Planet Fitness is huge, and given the number of cars in parking lot every time I drive by, not to mention the dozens of people inside when I went tonight, it must be one of the most popular places in Pottstown.  My Lord, I would have hated to see how packed it must have been the first week of January!

Anyway, I spent 30 minutes doing some cardio on two different machines.  The one is a step machine and the other was a bike machine (sorry I don’t know their technical names).  After that I worked on my biceps and then my abs.  At this time I have no goal other than to get into the habit of exercising.  I am sure I will never be a “hunk” by anyone’s definition, but if I can lose a few pounds and feel a little healthier, then those things will be icing on the cake.

One of the good things about Planet Fitness is that it is open 24/7, so I can go at anytime I want.  That might come in handy for this night owl.  We will see.