My (our) personal trainer experience

Felipe and I signed up for a gym. I'm not sure if he's worried about being a super stressed lawyer and wants to reduce this by exercising or if it was the love for his wife and the idea of spending time together. I want to believe in the second option. So the gym is not one of those fancy ones you imagine in nyc, but it's nice and across the street from home. They have good equipment and also a 25 yard pool so Felipe can exercise doing what he likes best. Signing up for one year gave us one personal session each and we went there this morning.

It is super nice to have someone watching you, counting - I'm so bad at counting while exercising, I am not able to remember where I was - and thinking what you should do next, grabbing the right equipment, right weight etc. It is worth every single penny, but it's just a huge amount of pennies we can't afford at the moment, but I never thought it would be so practical and motivating. If you hate exercising + you have some spare money, it's really something you should consider.

After that we went to a salad place called [Chop't]. Some days ago one of my friends asked me if we have found good restaurants. It's hard to say which one is not good. When we go for a walk around our neighborhood there is always an interesting corner, a different and exotic place that I want to try. Unfortunately I don't have enough meals per day to do so, but I think that it is one of the best things about New York. Felipe asked me today about where we would have lunch and my reply was "don't know, let's walk" and that's when we found this salad place.

First time you go there you will get lost with all the options they offer. It's basically "do whatever you want to do with your salad, add what you like, we'll mix it, chop it and add your favorite dressing". There is also a really good lemonade and tea (they can be combined or by itself) and you can take it to go, eat there or even ask for a delivery if you can't leave your office for a lunch break. Really? Yes, this might sound really crazy for some people, but it's a reality people from big cities know pretty well.