1. 'Not all our staff are fully qualified'
The fitness industry has no standard set for employing fitness instructors and personal trainers.
You can go on a first aid course Friday, fitness instructor course Saturday, take the exam Sunday and by Monday you can tell people how to make changes to their lives and charge as much as you like across Liverpool for personal training! The industry is a joke and the quicker this is sorted out the better it will be.
Some gym instructors and personal trainers do not even have any formal qualifications and all their teachings are based on 'their own experience!!!!'
When employing staff in health clubs and gyms you will probably see some gyms stick for hire boards up in the gym and in some cases give unqualified members of the gym jobs........
We do have a national register in the fitness industry called The Register of Exercise Professionals but you do not have to be registered to work in Liverpool gyms or Health Clubs.
Please look for quality Liverpool personal trainers and make sure they guarantee results and offer a 100% refund policy if you do not achieve what you set out for in the time frame given.
2. 'Sales is our number one goal'
Liverpool health clubs have monthly targets to hit for sales of memberships and dependent on the time of year determines whether you pay a joining fee or not!
Once you have walked through the door, had your little tour and been promised how this health club will change your life and get you back in shape, you are then taken in to the office to hand over your hard earned cash with no guarantee.
You have just signed in to a 3 month contract so they are guaranteed your money and in some extreme cases they tie you in to a 12 month contract and if you really get dragged in you have just paid for the 12 months up front with their 'bonus' offer!!!!!!
However if you do manage to leave before joining you will find your mobile on a texting service and your email on a database where you will be sent 'special offers' if you join today or once in a lifetime chance to join your Liverpool health Club. And if you are really lucky you will even get a phone call from the sales person offering you the chance to be one of 5 specially selected people who can take advantage of an offer to join the Liverpool Health Club today (with limited availability!).
3. 'We'll give you a generic program once you join and maybe review it if you ask us'
All gym programs you receive will be generic. No matter how 'personalised' they say they are they are not. In order for your program to be personalised the fitness instructor will need to complete a full fitness assessment involving muscle balance, cardiovascular fitness, strength.............to name a few. Then once all these are completed then you can have an effective personalised program.
Your generic program will consist of having your blood pressure taken, filling out a medical form and then the fitness instructor will ask you what you want to do and there and then off the top of his/her head with zero knowledge of your current level of fitness will write you a program for whatever goal you wanted to achieve.
4. 'We want you to pay forever for our health club but do not mind if you don't use it'
They are not interested in whether you go back and use their club once you have joined. Why should Liverpool Health Clubs and Gyms be any different to any other Health Club or Gym?
If every member used the club as often as they should they would have to spend more money on equipment because it would be being used and need replacing quicker.
And you know what. I bet you do not even read the small print of your contract. Ever tried canceling or freezing your membership because of an accident or illness, you have to pay them a minimum of a months notice AND you have to pay them an 'admin' fee.... And ever tried breaking a 12 month contract???? Don't even bother, you won't win.
If every single member of every health club in Liverpool used their facilities you would have between 2000-5000 people in any health club in Liverpool at any one time.............
5. We won't guarantee results!
A recent study showed that only 12% of people attending gyms achieved the results they set out for! Why is this? Lack of guidance, knowledge and motivation.
Health Clubs and Gyms in Liverpool will not guarantee results when you join. And why should they. They are not going to be monitoring your progress every time you walk in the gym, calling you when you miss your session and helping and supporting you when you feel down with your training and food. If you are already a member think back to when you joined and all the promises they made on the 'tour' and what changes you were going to make with this 'state of the art' gym and instructors.
There is no guaranteed results programs in gyms, even though from the start they showed you all this great equipment which will do exactly as you want. Not even your generic program is enough for them to offer guaranteed results. Why don't gyms and health clubs in Liverpool offer a 100% money back guarantee?
When looking for a quality fitness program in Liverpool that guarantee's weight loss and results make sure the Liverpool personal trainer is fully qualified, insured and offers a minimum 100% money back guarantee on all results promised. Then you know that your personal trainer is fully committed to getting you in the best shape possible.
Please do not fall for the Health Club and Gym gimmicks, go for a quality Liverpool personal trainer who guarantee's results no matter what condition you are in now.
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