I'm very excited about this. I had heard rumors a few months ago about a gym being constructed on the fifth (top) floor of the building where I work, but I had heard it in the context of another firm's paying for their employees to have access.
Then this week, we received notice that the gym is open to anyone who works in the building, in exchange, for now, for a $100 access payment. They note that they may apply monthly charges eventually, but for now, it's a one-time payment. They had an open house yesterday and I signed up on the spot.
In addition to the weight and cardio machines shown, there is a small yoga room as well as changing rooms with a shower. The gym opens early next week. They have to modify the permissions on our key fobs that we use to access the building first. Then it will be available 24/7.
I am hopeful that this will FINALLY allow me to start making progress on my goal of adding strength/resistance training into my workouts. I do have a Planet Fitness membership, but that is 6 minutes away in the other direction from work, and, even though 6 minutes (x 2 for there and back = 12) is not much time, I rarely make the time to get over there. But I spend a LOT of time at the office, including about half of my evenings during the week and most of my weekend time during the days.
This a key reason why my house has gotten cluttered--I avoid it because there is no kitty there, and then I avoid getting another cat because there are piles of things that would be unsafe for a cat to jump on...the more I avoid the house, the worse the clutter gets, the more I avoid the house, and so on. I'm hoping to break that cycle this year. The gym won't help with that, as it's even more reason to be away from the house, but it should make the strength training goal possible, at least, and allow me to be more efficient with my days. Having a gym onsite means that I will feel freer to go upstairs in the late afternoon, when I often get sleepy but force myself to power through, and do a short workout up there, since I won't have to add travel time on to the workout time. And perhaps taking a break when I am sleepy to do 10 minutes of rowing or some kettlebell swings will help me feel more energized so that I need to spend less time at work.
This is at least one good thing to the start of 2026.
January 10th, 2026 at 07:14 pm 1768072452
Anyway, too funny that we both get a work gym!
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January 11th, 2026 at 12:35 pm 1768134944
As for clutter, that's a part of my 2026 goal as well, to finally try to get myself decluttered. Hopefully.