On Healthy Living

I’ve been thinking about mentioning this here for some time, but was a little hesitant because I was afraid it would seem like raw advertisement. However, the more I think of it, the more I realize it can be useful nonetheless, and shouldn’t fall victim to the fear of seeing it being lumped in the same basket as unwanted advertisement.

A few weeks ago, I was put in contact with this website called GymTicket. While it is geared at people living in the USA ‘only’, there is no doubt that there are way enough US people hanging around here for them to be indeed concerned and interested with such a webpage. Simply put, GymTicket helps you easily find a gym near where you live, thanks to its database of over 15,000 gym clubs all over the USA. The only thing you need to input is your address, city and state. Virtual tours of the available gyms are even proposed, so that you can check them more closely from home before actually deciding to give them a visit ‘in the flesh’.

Why is this interesting in and of itself? Well, I bet we all know that starting out an activity program isn’t always the easiest thing in the world, and that not being aware of what the nearby gyms are can also be a deterrent–or a good, convenient excuse, depending on how one wants to consider it (aren’t we human beings sometimes quick to rule out a solution just because it hasn’t been put directly under our nose?). So, if getting a nearby address plus a short tour to start with can help a person take his/her decision, to me it is a good thing.

I hope this may be useful to you. Personally, I sure wish I knew a similar website for gyms in my own country.

Yzabel wrote this on July 19th, 2007 and filed it under Fitness Web Sites |