Escaping the grunt room
5 min readJan 17, 2019
Her name was Bette (pronounced “bet", as in Midler), and her job was to take my two years of sedentary living, overeating, and excuse-making and turn them into a fitness regimen. I would not want her job. Hence, the two years.
It’s fair to say I had mixed feelings that would not unmix themselves, even as I signed up for 5 initial sessions.