And Now A Rant

It has been great to be back in the gym. Day 8 of Jillian's workout is pretty brutal. All of her circuits tend to end with some kind of intense aerobic burst of activity. Often this involves sprinting on a treadmill or running at a pretty steep incline. One particular activity which counts as a full circuit is a 5-minute drill of 30 seconds on and 30 seconds off at a pretty high speed. The Sanderson Center is convenient in that it's located on campus, but quite frankly the situation with their treadmills is pretty dire. They have 5 treadmills, 2 of which do not go above 5 mph, and of the remaining 3, 1 has a broken hydraulic so it will not raise. This leaves 2 treadmills. Awesome, there are only 2 of us right? Well, no. Began rant:

If you're just going to walk, then either walk on the stupid track upstairs or use one of the treadmills that goes 5 mph or less. Or how about this - walk outside. You know, nature's treadmill. You don't need the fancy treadmills. Leave those for people who want to run! Is it this hard?

And for what people pay to use the Sanderson I would assume they could afford to buy a couple treadmills! I am told most of their money goes to overhead. Well, I'm sorry, you don't need 4 people to sit and drink coffee to welcome people to the gym. You don't need 3 trainers to socialize behind a desk. You don't need 2 lifeguards to sleep while 1 watches for drowning victims. You don't need 4 people to sit in a membership office and watch videos on youtube. I realize these are student jobs, but maybe hire some engineering majors who can at least fix the equipment when it breaks.

End rant.