National Get Active America! starts the day after Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 11, finishing on Sunday, May 18. Ladies, if your husband/significant other suggests a gym membership, please don’t take it as an evaluation of your body. Realize that a gym membership is a way of ensuring that you will be a healthy and fun part of your partner’s life for many more years to come. It is a gift of love, not an act of criticism.

If you have a friend that is a member of a participating gym, you can be their guest and workout partner for free from May 12 through 15. Don’t have a friend that is a member? Then visit our open house on May 16 through May 18. Put on athletic shoes and workout clothes, take a towel, grab a friend and go to a participating club. It is more fun to work out together and it takes some of the anxiety out of your first experience in a new environment. Find a participating club at www.getactiveamerica.com.