GORDON LIGHTFOOT | Culture
PROBLEM SOLVED
An Upper Hutt man has taken bold and decisive action to fix his long-standing struggle with gym motivation.
31-year-old Aaron Manners, a long-time CityFitness member and short-time CityFitness attender, says he’s finally “cracked the code” when it comes to exercise, discipline, and the eternal search for a reason to leave the house.
“I just realised that all these years I’ve been looking at the situation wrong. It’s not the motivation to go to the gym that’s the problem. It’s the gym itself!” he said euphorically, sitting at home in his trackpants.
“Imagine paying for a gym membership each week and not using the facilities you’re paying for. The simple solution is to stop paying for them.”
In what he described as “a moment of rare clarity,” Manners logged on to the CityFitness website, found the contact email, and fired off a very polite request to terminate his membership, effective July when his 12-month obligation ends.
“It was a huge weight off my shoulders,” he beamed, having not lifted any actual weights in several months. “I just said, ‘Here’s my member number, please cancel me.’ Boom. Problem solved. No more guilt every time I drive past the place on the way to pick up dinner.”
The self-styled finance guy went on to explain the benefits of his new approach.
“Eight bucks a week I’m saving now. That’s over $400 a year — imagine the investments I could make with that,” he said, before immediately declining to elaborate. Observers later reported seeing Manners browsing the Domino’s Pizza app and muttering something about “those lava cakes being on special again.”
Manners says he’s feeling more empowered than ever, and is considering applying the same strategy to other areas of his life, such as laundry and dating.
“Sometimes you’ve just got to know when to walk away from a challenge. Or better yet, cancel it via email,” he said proudly.
More to come.
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