Health and Fitness

With the cost of medicine where it is, physical health is now more important than ever. Joining a gym (and working out) is one the most important things you can do for your body. Here are three easy criteria for choosing a gym.

1. Closeness - If the gym isn't near where you work or where you live, the chances that you're gonna go are slim to none. I don't care how motivated you are or what a great deal you think you're getting, if the gym isn't near then you're probably not going. So any money you're saving on getting a good deal with be outweighed by the fact that you're not using it, ever.

2. Cleanliness - It is next to godliness. The idea of joining a gym is to improve your health and physical well being. If a gym is dirty, there's more of chance you'll get sick before you get fit. A friend of mine contracted athlete's foot that made it's way up to his crotch. No joke. He immediately ditched the less clean gym he was a member of to a gym that was far cleaner. Also, if a gym isn't clean then there are probably far greater problems. As my old man used to say when we would go out to eat, "If you see a half full ketchup bottle, that means that someone is too lazy to fill it up." He was right. I've always had problems with restaurants that didn't fill up their ketchup; and, likewise, you will have problems with gyms that aren't clean.

3. Classes - Any gym can have treadmills and weights, but the best of the best have great and an extensive list of classes. What's so great about classes? Everything. One of the keys to working out is changing up your regimen and shocking your muscles. If you do the same thing every day, your body will get used to it and it won't change. If you take classes: spinning, yoga, sculpt, etc. your body will be constantly in a state of surprise and will be much more susceptible to change.

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David Garber is a bartender, gym rat, and author of Notes On A Cocktail Napkin. If you're in the Santa Monica area stop by for a drink or read about a bartender's life behind the bar at Notes On A Cocktail Napkin.