Working out at the gym:

Pros: It can be great motivation to see people you know, or strangers, pushing themselves to lengths that you want to push yourself too. Creating a sense of unity, a gym can group individuals together that have the same mentality: getting and staying healthy. You can even make gym dates with your friends or spouse as a way to bond, workout, and push each other. Additionally, there’s more of a variety at a gym; you can take classes or use machines that really work for you.

Cons: The competition can get to you. Some people go into gyms to flaunt their bodies, while sizing up the other men and women, making you, say a less healthy or thinner individual, feel inadequate. Some people view gyms like sororities; you have to look a certain way to fit in. Also, there can be lines for specific equipment, which can cause a time constraint. Depending on where you join, a gym can cost you an arm and a leg; the local gym by me is $100 bucks a month – yikes!!! Too rich for my blood.

Working out at home:

Pros: You can work out when you want, however you want, in your sweats or in your undies. Yes, buying equipment is expensive, but the lump sum you pay will add up to less than a annual gym membership. I splurged three years ago on a treadmill for the holidays, which ON SALE, cost me $500 bucks. However, three years down the road, it’s still alive and kickin,’ which is more than I can say for my uber expensive monthly gym membership.

Cons: It’s hard to motivate yourself. When you know the couch, a bag of potato chips, and the boob tube is on just a few feet away, you’re more likely to say ‘’ah, screw working out today,” than you are in the middle of a gym. You also can get bored of the same routine workout, which is more likely to happen when you’re at home with one or two machines, versus a whole slew of them at a gym.

Whether at home or at a gym, working out is an important asset to staying healthy. So, find the right location that works for you and get to it! If you’re used to working out at home, try a monthly membership at the gym and see how it makes you feel. You may love the classes offered (sometimes, a free personal trainer session is thrown in – who knows!) and wind up kicking your at-home workout habit. For you gym buffs, cut your membership short and invest in your favorite piece of equipment or some at home workout DVDs; the convenience of your at-home gym will create an ease from the crazy gym lifestyle.

What do you prefer?

While Ari, E and Vince’s storylines took a backseat, it was Turtle and Drama that had their day in the sun…er, night under the moon, I should say. Which was nice, because it definitely changed things up a bit for the boys.

Turtle goes to get Drama’s car detailed and cleaned, and while he’s there, he meets a cute girl who shares his interest in trendy sneakers. Hey, everybody’s got their thing, right? She’s into him (I guess Turtle is cute, in a teddy bear kinda way) and after convincing her intimidating father, who owns the car shop, to let him take his daughter out, Turtle leaves with a hot car and a hot date. Nice to see he can score the chicks without Vince by his side!

Is Entourage losing its’ steam?

Meanwhile, Drama wakes up to find his new TV show has been reviewed by all of the critics and he refuses to read them. He instead decides to relax at a “massage parlor” and is so distressed while his masseuse is “doing her thing” that he can’t “finish the deed.” Catch my inuendos? He has to read his review in Variety, and it’s not good. The best scene of the entire episode is Drama furiously heading down to the Variety headquarters and hunting down and reeming out the critic who always seems to give him horrible reviews. But it’s not just this critic who hates it; it’s every critic. Seems like Drama can’t catch a break, and even his so-fresh, so-clean car doesn’t help. He drives off, has a breakdown and ends up in Arizona where he spends the night wallowing in his crappy acting skills. Poor Drama! I love this guy.

In the end, Drama wakes up in his car as the boys call him to find out where the hell he’s been, and also to inform him that his show is a hit! Turns out it got great ratings. Should be interesting to see the dynamic between him and Vince, now that there’s more than one celebrity in the house.

Speaking of the house, it seems like the boys are gonna have to move out and find a smaller place – they’ll have less money to spend now that they bought the Mediian script for 5 million bucks! Like usual, Vince spends most of his time trying to get his dream movie made about Pablo Escobar. Ari and E are faithfully on his side, going back and forth with the money backers and producers – they have the script, and then they don’t. They have a chance and then they don’t. Vince decides to play hard ball for once, and with E’s money, they buy the script themselves and take on the challenging role of producers. Ari gets his favorite client back, as Vince agrees to resign with his company for all of the hard work Ari has been putting in to help.

Finally, Vince has a real shot at making this movie, which is good, because this storyline was getting too drawn-out and annoying. Now he can finally shut up, stop whining and just take off his shirt already.