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[rootofnewt]

boy needs to exercise more. he wants to do it with me.

well, since bearing weight on my feet kills me still (haven't managed to budget orthotics yet) and just *walking* is painful, i told hiim i can only swim with him, nothing else. swimming is also the least painful/stressful form of exercise i can do and it won't leave me curled up in bed for several days afterward.

well, gyms with pools aren't that common around here. and the ones that do have pools are expensive as hell.

the local YMCA doesn't have a facility of its own and offers no joint adult swimming programs with local school pools.

there is a Y in farmville (40 miles away) with a joint swim program. there's also a Y in waynesboro (35 miles again) with a pool. 40 miles takes too damn long in this area (45-60 minute drive one-way). *sigh*

bah. i miss having a local Y with affordable rates. if new castle, indiana, could do it, why can't charlottesville?

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[lupusyondergir1.livejournal.com]

Have you tried colleges and universities? I know mine lets members of the public use the athletic facilites when they're not needed by the school, others might too.

[krasota.livejournal.com]

i've been looking at info about UVA's facilities, but i'd prefer to avoid that. parking is one issue (i'd have to walk quite a distance + pay to park). many universities these days charge as much as a health club, though. i know AU started doing that, even for *employees*.

UVA doesn't appear to sell memberships to non-university community folks (employees, students, families of either).

and i can't get a job (even part-time) at UVA because they have a hiring freeze (state budget issues). oh, and because i'm too ill to work. *sigh*

you could always get a blow up pool

[lachupacabra.livejournal.com]

theyre really not all that bad.

we got a decent sized one @ toys-r-us
for $60 -on sale- & we use it almost every
single day (we also go pool hopping @
an apartment complex @ night...free!!).

its not really big enough to do laps or anything
but its certainly deep enough for you to be able
to do the kind of stretching exercises that wont
put too much strain on your muscles but are
still beneficial. plus, its nice to be able to cool
off in it on 90+degree days.

you can also control how much chemistry goes
into the water & how often its changed whereas
@ a public pool, you have no idea whats going
in there.

also, i was wondering if youd heard of this service?
is it in driving distance for you guys? we've
been seriously thinking about making a
weekly trip down there & picking up boxes
for several ppl here in MI & ourselves since
its only 5 hours away.

:)
elisavet

Re: you could always get a blow up pool

[krasota.livejournal.com]

the co-op? it's several hundred miles away--we're in virginia. we have plenty of organic produce here. ;)

you might ask absinthea if her co-op has links to others that might be closer to you. she puts in farm time and stuff and gets lots of veggies. she lives in lafayette or west lafayette, indiana (near purdue).

she's my cousin. :)

a pool would be nice, but we rent. we'd have to get permission to kill the grass and then make sure it's not on top of an old dry well, septic tank, or privy pit. (not an easy task, as the owners of the property live overseas.) we're also in the middle of a drought, so filling a pool is kinda not a good thing. :/ we have enough water problems as it is and so many of our neighbors have been drilling wells.

[sheilamarie.livejournal.com]

Tell boy that digging a hole is good exercise. Make him dig it rather large and at least 3 feet. Then tell him that cementing the sides and bottomis good exercise, remind him he should use rebar. Then tell him that cementing around the hole is good exercise as well as a cover over the hole. When he is done tell him that it seems he's built a pool with a cover to protect you from the sun and see if he would like to start exercising now ;)

[michellew.livejournal.com]

In 1999, a single membership for the UVA facilities was around $45/mo -- still cheaper than the gym. I know they also have family memberships, which might be cheaper for you and boy. If you go to the main gym (the Aquatics and Sports Center), over on McCormick, I don't think you have to buy a parking permit (you can park in the Scott Stadium lot, I think). The entire time I was a student, I never had a university parking permit and I was able to park over there legally. I went to the gym mostly during summer session, too, though.

[michellew.livejournal.com]

Are you sure UVA doesn't sell to community members? I know plenty of people (who, granted, were alums) who paid for memberships to the gym at the university.

Reportedly, the one up at Darden is quite nice. B-school people frighten me, so I never checked it out.

[xiane.livejournal.com]

I can't tell you much about the pool at Mem Gym [I'm afraid of public pools + my hairdye], but if you cultivate a friend that works there or goes to school there [Bill pops to mind and might be able to give you more info], you can often go as a guest. I used to do that in the early 90's.

We don't have a good Y here, IMO, because we're too goddamn yuppified.
However, if you go to Meade Ave's pool, they have adult swim. It isn't open in the winter, though.

I'll see what else I can find out for you from folks around town if you like! :)