While I frequent my gym, I do feel that despite my friendliness with all the staffers, in the end I am still just a paying customer. So when I came across a rather humorous article on the ten things your gym won't tell you, I just had to share.
Here they are (in no particular order):
- "If you're still here in April, it'll be a miracle."
- "Don't touch anything -- this place is crawling with bacteria."
- "We're not equipped to handle health emergencies."
- "Our trainers don't know what they're doing."
- "We won't let you quit."
- "Be sure to read the fine print on our contract."
- "Our equipment can be downright dangerous."
- "Everything is negotiable."
- "Go ahead and sue; you'll never win."
The full article offers more explanation, so check it out at msn.com.
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Kova And T
Paul Smith
My boss is a member at a nice gym across the street, and today he offered to give me a guest pass on his membership. I visited the place on my lunch hour and while I love it I don't want to get sucked into any money traps. I'll be on my toes.
1Hahaha so true!
2At least my gym pass was only $300...but I go like 3-4 times a week so it's worth it for me.
This is such the truth!!!
3Haha, I believe it.
4If you want out of your commitment, tell them you're moving and look up a zip code like a couple hours away from any of their gyms. If you call in the cancellation usually they don't ask for any confirmation. That's how we got out of the yucky 24 hour fitness
5hey, they forgot to mention the smell, maybe it is just me but I find it very upsetting and it is the men...no offence, but women's sweat do not smell, at least not like that. I'm particularly upset lately because a lot of people signed up this month and some sweaty and smelly guy always end up picking a machine close to mine, regardless of my effort to stay as secluded as possible!!...I'll be short-sighted but man do I have a fine sense of smell!
6i just started going to the gym very often (5-6 days a week) and the 10pm close time is KILLING me....my bf lives 50 miles away and when Im with him on the weekends his gym is 24 hours....I would love to go to the gym late like 11...but nope! not here
7This is why I have a workout room in my house. I have my elliptical machine, weights, and a TV in there so I can do my workout indoors. The only thing is...the sweat smell. I can't figure out a good way to get rid of it short of shampooing the carpet all the time.
8Hahaha... you won't be here in April.
9I hate Januarys at the gym because everyone is there for their New Years resolution.
At my gym there are many new people right now, I guess they signed in because they put on weight during their holiday or something... I am sure half of them will have disappeared by the end of the year...
10sooooooooo true. i freakin' hate my gym and i cannot wait to be done with it. one month left!!
it's such a shame that something that could be a really positive for so many people who want to get in shape could be such a scam.
11my gym is actually good! haha its relatively new with modern equipment. We have a 'fitness key' which we put in each machine before our workout and it keeps track of our workout trends and graphs out how much cardio strength etc we have done each day. it is quite cool. HOWEVER it is really expensive $60 a month so $720 a year and its a minimum one year contract. oh and my gym is open from 6am till midnight but Im usually one of the first people there i go early!
Just two weeks ago the gym was destroyed in a fire and now we're waiting for them to re-open
:( 
12sparkle.. that fitness key sounds awesome. I wish I had that!
13Too funny> it doesn't surprise me!
14If you have the self discipline and motivation, working out at home is the way to go. I have a commercial grade Nautilus machine and a treadmill in my garage. And...I can honestly say that I have ZERO desire to go back to a gym. I love working out by myself.
15Luckily I see the cleaners all the time at the gym so I know its not infested with germs!
16i'm not surprised by any of these but it is a pretty sad reality!
17haha thats so funny. i only use my school's
18free, open gym. hardly anyone takes advantage of
it--so its pretty nice. plus everythings nice
& isolateral which was really good for developing my left.
24 hrs Fitness didn't stop taking money out of my account even though I gave them notice that I'm moving away to another town and decided to quit my membership.
Their excuse if I had to quit AT THE GYM I signed up (WHICH was closed by that time--they have relocated), but after much hassle, and 2 hours drive back to my old town (and lots of annoyance/frustration), they finally 'let me go.'
Oh, I also had to close that bank account because even then they wouldn't stop taking money out, and I just had about enough and no time to go over all the hassle.
19really dats the true and ridiculous....
20I used to go to gym but i have to Stupid rules of the gym...
Like men batch , women batch,,,,
I really hate it....
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