Gym Policy BS Rant
So today I was confronted by the gym manager for training my dad. We both have memberships, it just happened to be an off day for me, so I was helping him with a new training program. Yet I’m told that because I have a clipboard and am helping someone else that therefore I’m not allowed to do that because I’m not an employee. However, he says that if I were the one working out with the clipboard and my dad was just observing that that would be ok. What kind of nonsense is that!? Ok… I always have a clipboard with me. I always workout with my girlfriend, who also tracks her lifting stats. I’ve been doing that for over a year, and ever since this gym opened. I’ve locked horns with the manager a couple times, but today was about all I can take of it. I could understand if I was setting up appointments and training people without memberships, or if I didn’t have a membership myself. Sure, there are trainers there and of course they’d be upset if they weren’t the ones getting paid to train while someone else did it for free. C’mon though, this is family and we’re even on the same agreement. The owner used to be one of the original owners of Family Fitness/24 Hour Fitness back in the day, which doesn’t speak well of his character at all. He says I’m the only one that complains. Well, more of I’m the only one who seems to be willing to voice it since I’ve had discussions with a number of other members that I see every morning who are just as frustrated as I am. Sure, my dues are cheap so in that sense I can’t argue much, but I’m tired of putting up with this guy’s bull. I think I’m going to start looking at other gyms this week and look into terminating my membership. I don’t care if I have to drive ten extra minutes to go to World Gym, it’ll be better than this crap. So yeah, if you’re looking into getting a membership with Fusion Fitness, don’t.
May 13, 2007 at 9:29 pm
I would definently go to World if were you! I’m guessing Fusion Fitness is one of those small gyms in a shopping plaza filled 3/4 full of cardio equipment and only one squat rack that only about 4 members actually use for squats.
May 14, 2007 at 2:10 pm
It’s a fairly new facility, but not overboard on the cardio. I’m still looking into some other ones. I was pleasantly surprised that another nearby gym actually had a Jammer machine, too. I dunno, still got more browsing to do.