i'm back in the gym...back to basics. time to refine myself with the tools i've been blessed to learn the last three years. my sister is my gym partner. we work out at the Virginia G. Piper Sports & Fitness Center here in Phoenix.
the Piper Sports & Fitness Center - or SpoFit - has three swimming pools: a lap pool, a therapy pool and a spa, all equipped with handicap access. the lap and therapy pools come with an elevator lift, a hydraulic lift and transfer access, while the spa comes with hydraulic lift and transfer access only. they have wheelchair accessible gym equipment, courts, tracks, a climbing wall, you name it. they have people on staff to assist people with special needs
SpoFit is one of the many community programs offered by the Arizona Bridge to Independent Living (ABIL).ABILs mission is to address the needs of people living with disabilities by advocating and encouraging personal responsibility as a means to independence and self-sufficiency...says so on the web page, http://www.abil.org/about-abil.
it's cool to have someone to workout with, and my sister likes to go hard like i do. in case you haven't figured it out, my sister lives with a disability...she refers to herself as "handi-capable." i respect that.
this is our first week. starting this past Tuesday, my sister and i have been to the site four times, and had at least a ninety day session each time. Gabe, her trainer - who is also "handi-capable - told the both of us that he didn't want to see either of us anymore this week.
he gets it. we're serious. Monday's just a day away.
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