My parents just got a portable hot tub.  It is ideal for them, as empty nesters in a smaller home now that we all have left their house.  It was one of those 2 person hot tubs that let them both relax at the same time, while enjoying each other’s company.  They had always wanted a hot tub, and when they saw this hot tub for sale, they knew that now was a great time to buy it.  Sometimes when you are faced with a choice like this, it is fate.  If they had not been walking through the store at the time that they were, they would have never seen this particular hot tub, so they jumped on it when they saw it and the price.

Having a hot tub has proved very beneficial to them.  As they have gotten older, it has become necessary to rest their weary muscles and a hot tub reenergizes them.  They like to use it at night, to help them relax before bedtime.  Of course when the grandkids come over, they also get a kick out of Grandma and Grandpa having the hot tub.  They like to get in and use it as their own personal wading pool.

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I’ve been following a segment on ESPN’s Truehoop about sports journalists going through a sort of pro-style one-week basketball training camp, and it made me realize that there are a lot of reasons why athletes are in better shape than the average person.  Aside from the genetic aspect, their workouts are cool.  First of all, it’s their job, not in addition to their job.  And second, they have all these cool resources that make it more fun and more effective.

To start, they have a structured workout that actually works and top of the line equipment that actually works.  My local 24-Hour Fitness is pretty nice, but their personal trainer programs cost a bunch of money, and their equipment isn’t immune to the occasional malfunction that takes a week to fix. They have a Hot tub and I like to use it on occasion, when it isn’t broken down.

I think it’s really the after-workout program that appeals to me.  After their workout, the participants in the program got to take a dip in the hot tube, spend 10 minutes in the ice tub and get a professional masseuse.  Even the participants admitted that it made the next day infinitely better than their usual day-afters.

I’m thinking maybe I’ll go down to the discount hot tubs and spas outlet and get a portable hot tub to sit in after my workouts.  That way I’ll be more inclined to stay in shape… or drink beer in the hot tub.  I think I win either way.

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