On Monday I went to a Portuguese University to take some Portuguese classes.. I went early in the day to verify the information, then returned at 6 pm when the class was supposed to start.  Well, apparently there isn’t another person in this city that wants to take Portuguese right now because they told me that the classes actually were not going to happen. 

 

So, I was walking home from the University and passed a gym.  The woman working at the front desk showed me around.. it’s called “Fitness 4 Women.” Apparently they don’t have normal gyms around here.. and it’s rare to see someone running in the street.  SO, I joined this gym.  I go every week day and it’s usually almost empty.. so I usually have a personal trainer.

There are no treadmills or anything aerobic.. a lot of different combinations of stepping on boxes to get warmed up.  One of the walls is painted lime green, two are mirrored so it seems like everything is green, with pink yoga mats and grey machines.  One of the three trainers, the only guy trainer, also wears matching lime green and black outfit.  He gives a lot of thumbs up and winks for encouragement (winking is definitely more popular here than in the US).  

 

This is no Ducey Gym.  I haven’t been able to push myself quite as hard as working under the Goldhammer regime.  It’s nice to be exercising again.