Things I discovered while at the gym (twice) this weekend:

• You can see the Hollywood sign from upstairs.
• The treadmills in the last row give you best view of the closed captioned TVs.
• The treadmills in the middle row have fans on them (I think).
• The treadmills on the ends of each row are the most popular.
• All of the treadmills have little pockets in them to hold your water bottle and other crap. Who knew?!
• Apparently it is not usual to see a strange looking man walk backwards on the treadmill.
• Contrary to what I initially thought, no one really cares that I am only starting out with 30 minutes at a speed of 3.8 with a slight incline.
• Also contrary to what I initially thought, the gay to straight man ratio is slightly lower than what I expected. Perhaps I will be able to meet someone at the gym after all.
• Air conditioning is non-existent. Or else it’s set really low so that you sweat more than you would in a cooled off room.
• Parking is $1.50 for up to two hours.
• The pool is currently “under construction.”

Stay tuned next week for tales of the elliptical machine…