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We decided that as we were planning to be in Buenos Aires almost 4 weeks, that joining a gym would be a great plan.
After being recommended two gym's, we headed out on Avenida de Mayo to find our primary choice.
GEBA gym. This gym is a derelict and minimally refurbished city centre stadium, that looks, smells and sounds like a 1970's public swimming pool building. Except that its 9 floors! It has a boxing room, 3 gyms, a pool, a chess room, a suspicious looking cafe, a bridge room full of decrepid elders, squash courts, dance studios, an art gallery, a library, gymnastics, yoga, dancing and the list goes on....
Greeted at the front of the gym steps by what can only be described as the 'Richard Gere of the Securidad world', we were ushered forth to the membership office.
After much language barrier fun and a kiss from Richard, we concluded that we needed to come back on Monday with our dosh and for a pre-gym doctors appointment.
Easy enough..... we thought.
On Monday we returned with high hopes of a quick Q&A, treadmill test and a thumbs up from the doctor.
Well, the doctors appointment was intimidating.
Greeted by a 'doctor', who looked young enough to be my very own son, we each went in one at a time to face our medical fate.
A brutal form if it had been in English, we perseveered through the standard Q&A on health conditions with the help of google translate. Although I'm pretty certain I told him I was 6 stone and 5ft!
Some of the many highlights of these three special consultations were Louise shouting "Frankenstine" in the doctors face when she was scared, the surprise removal of my bra and an ECG that would give any well person a heart attack.
After this ordeal which did, no matter how you looked at it, turn out to be a success,
we signed up for a body pump class on Louises reccomendation!!!
Camp, fun, spangly, mad, strict, fit and crazy. This is a description of FERNANDO the Body Pump instructor.
With a barbell above my head, shaking arms and sweat dripping into my eyes, it was not irregular to glance to the right and see this man thrusting his groin in Hannah or Louise's faces as they do sit ups into it! Oh gosh how pleasant!
I will miss this Argentinian taller and buffer version of Bruno Tornioli. For Louise, a regular 'pumper' back home in the U.K, no class will ever be the same.
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