24 Hour Fitness; The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

Imagine a Buffet, open 24 hours. The possibilities are endless. Why, other than to maintain your dignity, would you seek employment? After collecting the required $7.99, you dwell like Adam in Eden. You witness, firsthand, a true economic phenomena. Scholars argue the impossibility of something for nothing...they say "there is no free lunch." Well I beg a 24 hour $7.99 buffet is the closest thing to a free lunch as there can be...except its a free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a nice warm booth for your daily Siesta.

Interestingly, food doesn't seem to be motivating enough to attract all classes. Take a Ci'Ci's pizza buffet for instance. Indeed, it is a coming together of american blue collar society, all working classes represented. The obese are also included, irrelevant to class, as the obese are a class in their own respect represented in both working class and bourgeoisie.

However, there is a "free lunch" in abstract respects in 24 Hour Fitness centers across America. Sweat is a substance shared between all. Exercise is certainly not a positional good (the converse supports this assertion, as obese people are represented in all classes).

Tonight, a night of exercise, a night of observation, has led to this conclusion. some observed 24 hour fitness types

- "sequined sweatsuit So-Cal Girl"- these breeds frequent 24 hour fitness between the hours of 6 and 9:30, prime time to meet guys. They can be found walking .25 MPH on the treadmill in a pair of UGG boots, a sequined juicy coutour sweatsuit (black OR pink), hair professionally styled, reading a US weekly magazine, texting on their blackberries, and listening to their ipods (while chewing gum....how do they do it?)

- UFC wannabe- Hair spiked, wife beater, throwing punches as they pound out the miles (in 30 second intervals)

-Ultra competitive basketball types- enough said, these guys deserve respect

-New Years Resolutioners

-Dri-Fit-ers- guys who splurge on expensive workout clothes to hop on the elliptical for 3 minutes

-locker room types- they never seem to leave the locker room

-water fountain types- never seem to leave the water fountain

-meatheads- make a scene yelling when they get that one last rep (also wear Ed-Hardy Hats)

and last but not least

-guys who go to the aerobic dance and jazzercize classes- seriously guys? if its to pick up girls, I commend you, but with animosity.

Although open 24 hours, its still always impossible to get a treadmill. Utah loves treadmills apparently.