How To Pick A Suitable Gym For Yourself
Looking to start attending a gym but don't know which one to choose
? Take a look through these five points to help you pick the most suitable one for you.
1. Look at its location - where the gym is located is a major aspect for many, especially if they're not particularly motivated.
The reason behind this is that if it's only a short distance from their home or work, they're likely to attend regularly - if it's a 30 minute drive from either home or work, the chances of them attending regularly decreases massively.
2. Consider the gym membership costs - the factor that people are often most interested in, what you need to keep in mind with gym membership costs is that you are going to be paying for quality and so whilst you might be able to get access to a gym for 10 pounds a month, it's highly unlikely that it's going to be anywhere near as good of a gym as one that costs 40 or 50 pounds a month.
The cost of membership should be a factor in your choice of gym, but it shouldn't be the overall ruling on which one you choose.
3. See what equipment they offer - the one thing that you're going to the gym for is to be able to exercise and you'll need access to at least some basic equipment to be able to do this effectively in a gym.
If you're looking at medium to large gyms, there should be no doubt that they'll have the equipment that you need to work out effectively, but you need to make sure that the equipment is in a good condition and that there's enough to go around.
It might be hard visualising a full gym if you've never been before, but when you're having a look around, try and see how much equipment they have and how many of each piece - you might be planning on going to a gym to solely jog and run, but if you're going to be attending at peak times and there are only two treadmills, you might need to rethink your choice of gym.
4. Ask about any classes - most large gyms now offer a range of different classes that you can attend which are included within the price of your gym membership and so whilst you should not necessarily have to look to see if a gym actually offers any classes or not, you do need to be looking at what classes they offer.
From boxercise to salsa-cum-exercising classes, see what they offer, if they're of any interest to you and if they are, whether they're on when you'll be able to attend.
5. Have a look at their additional features - for some people, all they want for their gym membership is a place where the can go, get changed, run for a few hours on a treadmill, grab a drink from the vending machine and have a quick shower before they head off home.
For others, it's a whole different experience and they want swimming pools, saunas, restaurants or cafes and massage services to name just a few examples.
What you look for in a gym is down to you, but make sure that the gyms you're looking at at least have your most basic requirements on offer, irrelevant of how elaborate they may be.
by: Paul Delaney
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