This one is for my first serious training partner, Ethan. Good times, buddy.

This is where Barney the dinosaur used to live until he got kicked out for singing too loudly.

I used to have a gym membership. That is, until the day one particular “fitness” club kicked me out for… get this – working TOO HARD?!

That’s right. I was working out too hard for the management’s comfort zone, and they gave me the boot. But there’s a little more to the story.

This was your typical 24-hour health club. I signed up because they were running a special offer at a ridiculously low rate with a no-penalty “cancel anytime” policy. Their business strategy appeared to be “get as many signups as we can, and hope most of them don’t actually come and clog up the gym floor.” This particular gym was my go-to spot for over a year. I made some great gains there, and by anyone’s standards, I was milking my membership for all it was worth.

Now, when I say this was a typical health club, I’m sortof, kindof, maybe stretching the truth just a bit. This place was FAR from typical, and FAR from anything I’d ever want to encounter again – both as a customer and personal trainer. Let me paint a word picture for you…
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