My "neighborhood gym" but also the one I've visited the least of all Stockholm's Nordic Wellness. As I spend countless hours at the gym every week, month and year, it's an important environment for me and it affects my performance and mood immensely. Psychologically, I'm more motivated if the environment is inviting, well-lit and has large areas. Not least that the premises are well equipped.
Here everything is very worn, old, there is limited equipment and not much free space. The few times I've visited the gym in a hurry, even the machines I've wanted to use have been broken. It doesn't remind me at all of a classic NW gym, rather a concoction of some non-profit neighbor in the neighborhood who happened to come across a basement room. I'd rather go 10 minutes into the city to train there, where group training is also offered.
My "neighborhood gym" but also the one I've visited the least of all Stockholm's Nordic Wellness. As I spend countless hours at the gym every week, month and year, it's an important environment for me and it affects my performance and mood immensely. Psychologically, I'...
