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Picking the Right Gym

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What is involved in picking the right gym? Companies like NYSC and Gold's have made a fortune running them but, what makes us choose one gym over the other. In this case I am really looking for your feedback. One factor must involve location. Getting people off the couch even on a beautiful Saturday is no easy task, let alone keeping a new years resolution one makes every year. So a gym that is close in proximity will reduce the number of excuses one can make about going. Factor two, the facilities. No one wants to use grungy, dirty, or dilapidated equipment. Its both dangerous and gross. Factor three, the price. Money is the great divider between what we have and what we want. Many gyms these days ask for a down payment. This must be the only industry that can charge you for you to do all the work and this will surely excite those who are not serious. Fee's can range from $25 a month to several hundred. Factor 4, people. Are your friends there, is it always crowded, is there people my age. The people around can be great motivators either by example or with the follow through. The last and final factor, five. The staff. Trainers, spin classes, yoga, what a gym offers and the people who support it can make all the difference. These people are paid to take an interest in you achieving your goals and you should use that to your advantage. Its no coincidence they often look how we would we want to. So reach out and tell me which one helps you pick the right gym.

Zack
Gimme20 Team
http://www.gimme20.com

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Metro YMCA

Submitted by misterdoyle on September 27, 2007 - 7:12am.

I chose the YMCA for several reasons.
In my metro area I have access to many different facilities in different parts of town so it makes it easy to go and harder to find excuses to skip. I have a family membership so it is a good fit that way too because they provide up to 2 hours of supervised playtime daycare per day. This allows me to workout/swim/play racquetball/whatever with my kids near by but away and safe. Plus they love the gym and they get lots of exercise too. I also like the fact that it is not a big meat market. Obviously there is a market for the kind of club where you dress up and go searching for potential mates but for me that just distracts from the real reasons I am there. (not to imply that there's NO meat market at the Y, but it seems to be less than other places, and I can do my flirting elsewhere). The classes are a big plus too as they really provide a nice change/challenge when my routines start getting stale. Obviously having a nice facility is important but it didn't really factor into my decision as they are all pretty much equal as far as the non-meat market, family oriented facilities in my area go.

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