In response to the catastrophic failure that bred the sustainability trust rant I thought it would only be fair to present the other side of the coin and discuss some example that radiate awsomeness.
Redux; For a long time Nik has been introducing me to some slightly more alterative vocabulary, ‘redux’ is one of his many gems and thus gets credit for the blatantly stolen title.
Lanes; After one certain Sunday beer escalated into a photo shoot with the Hurricanes cheerleaders, ‘The Lanes’ has become a second home to my friends and I, and rightfully so! Their place is way nicer than mine and they never seem to run out of beer. The staff members are extremely friendly and accommodating, and will even let you pick the music on quiet night, provided you remind them that it is your photo up on the wall.
All joking aside, they have, in every sense ‘got it right’! From décor to food to layout to marketing, the powers that be have; as my bank account can attest, created a little corner of the world that is very difficult to leave.
Exodus; I am officially addicted! In addition to my standard vices (beer and women) there is now a third, far more healthy option. Exercise. After taking the grand tour a few weeks back I did what any poor student would do and I shopped around for the best deal. Imagine my shock when the biggest, most equip, most accessible, and newest gym was also competitive on price!
They got everything right so far… How do they rate on experience? From being greeted by the lovely girls at reception to the huge changing rooms to the expansive floors of cardio and weights, I was impressed, even the music kicks ass! But for me Exodus’ crowning jewel is its Fitlink system. In brief how it works is that you log onto a machine, enter the weights your about to lift and go for it. It counts the reps for you and even displays a little animation to ensure you make the full range of motion. Great huh? It gets better… if you do more than you did last time it fires you a wee message saying congratulations. Finally at the end of the workout you go to log off and it calculates and summarises all the work you did in this session. I was astonished when after my first visit it told me in the last hour I lifted just under 8000kgs and even more impressed when the next day it read 11,340kgs.
Real, usable, vital, data. For me it’s become a game where I try and out do the last session and at the end of the day isn’t that the point of exercise. Well done Exodus and Fitlink!
