24 Hour Fitness - aka classy hobo shower

What do you do when you want to be a clean homeless person? Let me break down some of the options.

Option 1: Clean yourself with wet naps, baby wipes, wash up in sinks in bathrooms.

Option 2: Visit truck stops and pay a fee of anywhere from $2-$10 per shower. Expose yourself to whatever may be in truck stop showers   -_^

Option 3: RV parks, campgrounds, and some hotels will also get you a shower. These are more inconsistent and definitely not a very viable option in a city.

Option 4: Combination. Take a shower when you can.

Option 5 ( The best option): Become a gym member. Gym memberships range in variety but what do they have showers, sinks, and shitters. People don’t look at you weird if you take a shower after working out, and people most likely won’t notice if you just head in take a shower and peace out.

The question soon becomes what gym do I select. Hard bodies? Globalgym, Average Joes, LA Fitness. I have no idea

how other gyms work but I know how one very awesome gym works and that is 24 Hour Fitness. For just $30 a month (yes there is a $10 initiation fee and you pay one month out in advance so it is really $70 off the bat) you get an awesome gym membership, that just happens to be open 24 hours. Here is the kicker though, your membership allows you to visit any of the over 300 24 hour fitness. There are even some international. In San Diego alone there are approximately 30. We have visited probably 1/3 of those. They range in what they offer - some of basketball court, pools, racquetball - but what they all have is cardio machines, weight machines, free weights, and locker rooms.

You can’t beat that price, that portability, or the fact that by wanting to be clean you most likely will inadvertently get in better shape. There are classes and free personal trainer sessions and some more jazz but I like to keep it simple.

Only downside of it is group showering, which is something neither George or I were blessed with doing in our younger years. I can say one thing though when I see a fat old hairy ass I react much more differently than I used to.

Tags: fitness, gym, shower