Boca Raton Fitness: Different

I hate reviewing gyms. Usually. You know what I’m talking about, these warehouse dungeons full of miserable slaves, grunting and straining, yelling and swearing at each other to do more, do more, do more! Most of them feel like the gym in the castle of the Wicked Witch of the West. Or was it East? Anyway, when my editor sends me out to review a gym, fitness isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. It’s more like, how do I get in and out of this place as fast as possible? But I ended up staying the whole day at Boca Raton Fitness, surprisingly. I went in early in the day, determined to get in and out and get on with my semi-healthy, flabby writer’s life. Usually, I’ll just go around and try a few of the machines, get a feel for the place, and make sure I have some notes to work from. But it’s hard not to get involved at BR Fitness. For one thing, they’re running boot camps all of the time. There’s a group of people working with not one personal trainer, but two, and they’re having fun, and everybody’s doing different, varied fitness routines and getting lots of personal attention. Pretty soon, they’ve drawn me in, and I feel like I’m on a retreat at a spa. The trainers are keeping everything moving, and making sure everyone has attention, and keeping us all motivated, and the time flew by. It’s a very different work out, that’s for sure. I’ll write more after my next visit!