The Gym Stays Open

Thanks to 1,300 member signatures and two original owners with a prevailing bid, the Rock Creek Sports Club will stay open and there will be no anguished scramble for another unpretentious, well-run and friendly gym.  There will be no trips to the L.A. Fitness in downtown Silver Spring.  We’re staying right where we are.  Additionally, the original and now current owners have pledged to make improvements on the RCSC with input from the membership (PDF).

Make that three key things that happened, and this is that third thing: L.A. Fitness withdrew their bid for the Rock Creek Sports Club membership.  With 1,300 people pledging to terminate their contracts immediately, is it any wonder? There was no possible benefit to obtaining the membership after we showed such strong unity.  Whatever profit L.A. Fitness might have been hoping for was a non-starter from the get-go; there’s a reason I didn’t choose L.A. Fitness in the first place.  IP felt that same.  Others felt the same and weren’t afraid to express it.

So congrats to us, the members of the Rock Creek Sports Club, and a hearty yay to the original owners, Marc Tascher and Paul London, who had the prevailing bid last Friday and had their bid accepted in bankruptcy court today.  I’d like to say back to our workouts, but apparently there might be a celebration first.  That’s cool—at least we know the gym will still be there when we’re done partying.

P.S.: A small clarification—a few people addressed me as IP when commenting on this story here or in other spaces.  I’m actually WordNerd.  IP’s my fiancé who contributed to the last post.  And we both love the gym!  We’re happy that we’ll continue to be fellow RCSC members with all of you!)