How to choose a fitness club?

"All! With the new year and new life, great! "- so he says to himself every five. One in three of these five do not just talk but act. Every fourth already chooses a fitness center. Offer you a step by step instructions.

Step 1. What do I want? Before you run to inspect the nearby sports clubs, take a pen and piece of paper, sit back and answer the questions:

    * What is the main purpose of my visit to the fitness center? (For example, I want to lose weight or gain muscle mass, etc.)
    * What classes do I need to do this? (Aerobics, yoga, etc. I would do on their own in the gym or under the strict guidance of a personal trainer? Do I need a pool, a sauna?)
    * How many times a week I'll be attending a gym, what time of day?
    * In what area of the city should be a fitness center that I was most convenient to get to him?
Answers to these questions and will be the main criteria for choosing your club. So, if in the process of reflection, you realize that you want to deal only with yoga, there is no reason to buy a subscription to a fitness center, just to find the yoga studio close to home or work. Step 2. Listen to word of mouth Until now, the information obtained in this way, it is considered the most reliable and accurate. Do not be lazy to ask friends, colleagues and acquaintances, some fitness centers they visit. Take note of all feedback, especially pay attention to what is there in the clubs of services that are needed specifically for you. It is possible that the clubs who are visiting your friends, there is a guest visits. This is when a customer of the club, may be free to bring to the club of his friend. And not just for the tour, but on full employment. Step 3. We go to clubs When you have a fitness center, carefully look after, sniffs and listens. Pay attention to every detail. What is the state trainers and showers, which smells hovering in the club, etc. Also do not forget to ask you to accompany the manager of everything:

    * Mode of operation of the club;
    * Issue price (how much is a one-time visit, subscribe to month, year, personal training with a trainer);
    * What services are included in the subscription by default, and which need to pay separately;
    * Whether there is a children's club, game room or children's fitness program;
    * Whether there own parking for customers of the club;
    * What additional services are in the club (massage, beauty salon, solarium, consulting dietitian, etc.)
    * Network is a club or not? (If it is a network of clubs, then finding a gold card, you can visit all the clubs of the network at any time)
Step 4. Decide
To make the right choice, read your list of desires, and by focusing on the main selection criteria, remember those clubs that have visited.
Compare prices, services, experiences at these places. And make your choice in favor of a club that will best meet your criteria.