(continued) I once overheard a ""trainer"" advise a guy to drink more water no matter what even though the fellow told him he had strict orders from his doctor to limit water intake due to extremely high BP. They also have most people do exercises that are generally ineffective but that are easy so people like them. I would strongly suggest reading up on how to approach exercising on the internet. There is so much valuable information out there from people that have been studying it and implementing it for years and haven?t just taken a personal trainer course at their local community college. I?m not trying to rip on the personal trainers, but what do you honestly expect from a $10 a month gym? The only people that should need personal trainers anyway are professional athletes and actors that need to get in shape in a very short amount of time, requiring extreme measures. It?s unfortunate that most people lack the willpower to get in shape by themselves by both working out (2-3 times a week is fine!) and eating properly. If you like to eat out every night, then no amount of personal training will help you shed those pounds. I suggest getting a workout partner as it?s easier to work up the motivation to exercise that way. Also, I recommend that everyone do at least a little free-weight weight-lifting as it?s probably the best thing for you (whether being male or female). Try multiple-muscle exercises like squats, bench press, rows, military press, and deadlifts to really get the most out of your workouts for the least time. Also great are pull-ups and dips. A downfall of CE is that they don?t offer any good cardio classes like spinning, but that?s mostly for girls.
Pros: price, equipment
Cons: parking, staff, no good classes
more