So, the time has finally come, it’s Gym Time for Tommy. I looked at a bunch of gym’s around the area and ended up going with the Energy Club at the foot of the hill in Shirlington. I thought about going the YMCA route like Wayan, but the locations were just too far from my house, and proximity is key to keeping me going every day.

But, can I ask one thing…when did going to the gym become like going to a nice restaurant? The lockerroom at the Energy Club had real oak cabinets (I can spot the fakes) with towels and digital combo lockers, and italian tile floors, not to mention beautiful hardwood floors in the gym?

Hey, not that I miss the circa 1950s spare room feeling that I used to get at the Arlington Y…