If the body is a temple, where better to make an offering than in a gym that used to be a church?
Million Dollar Fitness, an exercise group founded and run by Dee McCahill and based in Waterside, Co Derry gained some Twitter fame yesterday when a tweet circulated applauding its renovation from a church to a gym, which we hear was "tastefully" done.
in derry there is a church which has been tastefully converted into a gym and some of their classes are named things like atonement and resurrection pic.twitter.com/4xq7mXUVAv
— Patrick (@PrayForPatrick) February 28, 2019
Sure, gyms in unusual locations or repurposed from the most unexpected buildings are hardly new, such as FLYEfit’s CHQ branch, the building of which was originally built in 1820 as a wine and tobacco warehouse and then hosted the Crimean War Banquet in 1856.
But with classes given tongue-in-cheek names that celebrate rather than hide the building's history, this gym is a little more exceptional.
Rather than obscure the religious heritage of its location, Million Dollar Fitness offers classes such as "Revelation", a full body morning cardio-heavy class allowing you to "reap" the benefits of challenging exercises.
"The Stations" is Million Dollar Fitness's version of circuit training, offering a lap around 20 "stations" rather than the traditional 14, so it's really quite good value.
stations of the crossfit innit
— Patrick (@PrayForPatrick) February 28, 2019
Another class, "Resurrection", takes place - fittingly - at dawn, while Monday's class is "Atonement", so you can work off your sins at the alter to abs.
Speaking of abs, Twitter had a field day with this class list, and if Twitter was designed for anything, it was to be a vehicle for puns. Leave it to Irish Twitter to find some gaps in the class offerings.
How do they not have Ab-solution!?
— Eddie Hollywood (@BoneyStatter) February 28, 2019
