The newest Fitness First branch opened last weekend at The Block in SM North. The official opening was October 1, but they had a soft opening on the 29th and the 30th. Milenyo must have affected me more than I am willing to admit because I was at The Block last Friday, Saturday and Sunday. During all three days, the gym was packed with Fitness First members who signed up with other branches, new Fitness First members who signed up during their pre-selling and interested parties who eventually signed up and walked away with their new kit of bag, water bottle, earphones and towel.

I went back to the gym this afternoon expecting fewer people because it’s a weekday, but I was wrong. There’s more people than I expected and had to wait for a couple of seconds for certain equipment. Don’t these people have a day job, I grumbled to anti-social me.

I don’t know whether it’s because it’s a new club or they’re won over by the charms of the sales reps and trainors, but it looks like Filipinos are becoming more health concious. Now if only more restaurants serving healtier options would open…