Comments on: 24 Hour Fitness Xpress Zone: Update http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/02/27/24-hour-fitness-xpress-zone-update/ Daily writings about fitness, diet, and health Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:12:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Angel http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/02/27/24-hour-fitness-xpress-zone-update/#comment-153740 Angel Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:09:16 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=594#comment-153740 <p>Hi, I'm a personal trainer at 24 Hour Fitness and can agree with most everything you have said here so can a vast majority of the rest of the employees. Trust me we have our own major gripes. Please keep in mind we report everything reported to us to upper management. The frontdesk staff and the trainers can do little but that. As for pushing the training you are right and we hate doing it. Speaking from a trainer's perspective, we are only there to pay our own bills and hopefully help people with fitness not to become the next Trump. Thats where upper management comes in. Just my two cents.</p> Hi,
I’m a personal trainer at 24 Hour Fitness and can agree with most everything you have said here so can a vast majority of the rest of the employees. Trust me we have our own major gripes. Please keep in mind we report everything reported to us to upper management. The frontdesk staff and the trainers can do little but that. As for pushing the training you are right and we hate doing it. Speaking from a trainer’s perspective, we are only there to pay our own bills and hopefully help people with fitness not to become the next Trump. Thats where upper management comes in. Just my two cents.

]]> By: dan http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/02/27/24-hour-fitness-xpress-zone-update/#comment-97524 dan Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:13:09 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=594#comment-97524 <p>I have been with 24 Hour Fitness for a few years and the cell phone thing is really out of control around here in Houston. Even with headphones on, you can't zone out when some trollop is talking loud over the din of aerobic machines. And the employees are clueless too, you just know that if you complained, you would be the problem. When I used to go early in the morning, I got to observe the cleaning techiques employeed by the staffs at several different locations...One guy, with one hand towel, and a can of disinfectant. These guys will wipe down an entire gym of equipment with the same towel. It's disgusting to think of all of the grunge and oil getting slathered from machine to machine. I invited a local TV station to swab the gym equipment like they had done in stories about other public places but they never would. It was finally explained to me that Bally's and 24 Hour Fitness spend a lot of money on advertising. Bally's seems a little better around here, but 24 Hour Fitness employees just hustle personal training and could care less about cleanliness or etiquette.</p> I have been with 24 Hour Fitness for a few years and the cell phone thing is really out of control around here in Houston. Even with headphones on, you can’t zone out when some trollop is talking loud over the din of aerobic machines.
And the employees are clueless too, you just know that if you complained, you would be the problem.
When I used to go early in the morning, I got to observe the cleaning techiques employeed by the staffs at several different locations…One guy, with one hand towel, and a can of disinfectant.
These guys will wipe down an entire gym of equipment with the same towel. It’s disgusting to think of all of the grunge and oil getting slathered from machine to machine.
I invited a local TV station to swab the gym equipment like they had done in stories about other public places but they never would. It was finally explained to me that Bally’s and 24 Hour Fitness spend a lot of money on advertising.
Bally’s seems a little better around here, but 24 Hour Fitness employees just hustle personal training and could care less about cleanliness or etiquette.

]]> By: Allen Harp http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/02/27/24-hour-fitness-xpress-zone-update/#comment-61104 Allen Harp Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:31:54 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=594#comment-61104 <p>Laura, we've hit this in similar circumstances. You usually like to go to a gym, rather than exercise at home because of the social characteristics of people helping people pass time doing repetitive exercises. But you are right. Sometimes the experience can be likened to trying to thread the eye of a needle with a sledgehammer and a blindfold. If you still prefer the gym over the home scene, youmay even want to consider scheduling your sessions wigh a close friend. Working ou together and talking to one another gives you the social benefit of the gym but will help (a little) pull you away from the less apealing distractions you mentioned.</p> Laura, we’ve hit this in similar circumstances. You usually like to go to a gym, rather than exercise at home because of the social characteristics of people helping people pass time doing repetitive exercises. But you are right. Sometimes the experience can be likened to trying to thread the eye of a needle with a sledgehammer and a blindfold.
If you still prefer the gym over the home scene, youmay even want to consider scheduling your sessions wigh a close friend. Working ou together and talking to one another gives you the social benefit of the gym but will help (a little) pull you away from the less apealing distractions you mentioned.

]]> By: amalthea http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/02/27/24-hour-fitness-xpress-zone-update/#comment-768 amalthea Tue, 28 Feb 2006 03:29:36 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=594#comment-768 <p>Be careful of using your towel to mop up other peoples' sweat. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus infections are becoming increasingly common, especially in gyms. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-sci-staph26feb26,0,7345008,full.story">http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-sci-staph26feb26,0,7345008,full.story</a></p> <p>note: I used to be a member of 24 Hr. Fitness, but then cancelled because I was sick and tired of people yakking on their cell phones and also leaving sweat (and who knows what else) on the various pieces of equipment.</p> Be careful of using your towel to mop up other peoples’ sweat. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus infections are becoming increasingly common, especially in gyms.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-sci-staph26feb26,0,7345008,full.story

note: I used to be a member of 24 Hr. Fitness, but then cancelled because I was sick and tired of people yakking on their cell phones and also leaving sweat (and who knows what else) on the various pieces of equipment.

]]> By: Noel Kingsley http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/02/27/24-hour-fitness-xpress-zone-update/#comment-766 Noel Kingsley Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:09:00 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=594#comment-766 <p>When training, it's a good idea to remember your posture and keep your balance and neck free. Otherwise you can end up with severe neck tensions and strain.<a HREF="http://noelkingsley.com/blog">Noel Kingsley</a></p> When training, it’s a good idea to remember your posture and keep your balance and neck free. Otherwise you can end up with severe neck tensions and strain.Noel Kingsley

]]> By: Eh... not so much http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/02/27/24-hour-fitness-xpress-zone-update/#comment-765 Eh... not so much Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:37:39 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=594#comment-765 <p>Hee! Poor Laura. I love lifting weights. I've also noticed that the numbers on the scale don't move as quickly when I'm hitting the weights pretty hard, but I do trim down. Which makes sense: a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat.</p> <p>Have you ever read Krista Dixon's fantastic weight training site? It's at http://www.stumptuous.com/cms/index.php . She has a section on outfitting your own home gym, and making your own low-tech but equally effective gym equipment. (I like the "make your own medicine ball" article, with a child's ball and some sand!) Enjoy!</p> Hee! Poor Laura. I love lifting weights. I’ve also noticed that the numbers on the scale don’t move as quickly when I’m hitting the weights pretty hard, but I do trim down. Which makes sense: a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat.

Have you ever read Krista Dixon’s fantastic weight training site? It’s at http://www.stumptuous.com/cms/index.php . She has a section on outfitting your own home gym, and making your own low-tech but equally effective gym equipment. (I like the “make your own medicine ball” article, with a child’s ball and some sand!) Enjoy!

]]> By: kellenheller http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/02/27/24-hour-fitness-xpress-zone-update/#comment-762 kellenheller Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:14:00 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=594#comment-762 <p>Amen. Strength training is awesome, but the gym is a magnet for narcissistic a**hats.</p> <p>Try shovelgloving - it's strength training with a sledgehammer. Sounds weird, but it's easy to fit in, no nasty gym, and as a bonus, it works your abs without crunches (which I hate more than the gym).</p> <p>http://www.shovelglove.com</p> <p>ps (no affiliation with the site; I just like the routine)</p> Amen. Strength training is awesome, but the gym is a magnet for narcissistic a**hats.

Try shovelgloving – it’s strength training with a sledgehammer. Sounds weird, but it’s easy to fit in, no nasty gym, and as a bonus, it works your abs without crunches (which I hate more than the gym).

http://www.shovelglove.com

ps (no affiliation with the site; I just like the routine)

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