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Preparation
Best Body Fitness
About us
You don't want just a gym membership. You want a membership that means something. And that means you need support, expert help and a community.
Best Body Fitness isn't just a gym: it's a full-service fitness membership made for you.
Here's how it works:
STEP ONE: Your assessment
We begin with an assessment session. This is a chance for you to see what we do at Best Body. Our assessment plans are no-cost and no-risk. We'll also make a training plan specifically for you.
STEP TWO: Your training
When you decide to become a Best Body member, we show you what to do, how to do it and why you are doing it. After a few sessions with an expert private trainer you will feel comfortable working out on your own. But don't worry, we'll always be nearby if you have questions.
STEP THREE: Your membership
Membership works on a month-to-month basis. There are no sign-up fees and no cancellation fees. Start and stop whenever you want. And the best part? Our fees are the most competitive in the whole downtown area.
STEP FOUR: Your community
At Best Body Fitness, we see everyone as part of a big team. And when you work with a team, you can do great things. Join any of our specialised classes, led by expert instructors. Come to our nutrition classes. Participate in our regular social events. Everything is included in your fee.
Finally, we wanted to share with you some reasons why our members say that they have chosen us over any other fitness centre in the city.
It's so EASY
- Easy to start, stop, cancel or refund a membership
- Easy to access – we're open 24/7, we never close
- Easy to do exercise – we have lots of equipment, no long wait
- Easy results – our trainers and equipment give you success, fast
- Easy to find – in the centre of town, near public transport and with parking
It's WONDERFUL
- Wonderful members
- Wonderful trainers and staff
- Wonderful equipment
- Wonderful energy
- Wonderful location
Come and visit us for a personal tour!
So, does it mean 24 hours shops open at 4 am?
Hi Eliza Su,
Actually, that's not quite right. We can say that a 24-hour shop is open at 4 am (and 5 am, and 6 am ...). "To be open" is a state.
But we can't say that a 24-hour shop opens at 4 am, because "open" is an action verb. It means to make the shop become open, or to change it from closed to open (e.g., open the shop door, and allow customers to come in). If a shop is open 24 hours, it never opens and never closes (but it is open all day and night).
Does that make sense?
Jonathan
LearnEnglish team
Thank you very much. I understand.
I think if the it says opening it will be correct
The gym is open 24/7... It means at 4 o'clock it will be open too. I guess it is
Hi,
I got the same question wrong, but then I realized that "is open" is a state, meaning the gym is operating. If the sentence says "The gym opens at 4 o'clock in the morning", it would be wrong because "opens" is an action, meaning the gym business starts to operate at 4 o'clock.
My two cents.
I would like the social relationships with other persons doing exercise or the chats with the regulars In the gym, although I think it’s important to do physical exercise regularly and have good nutrition habits, I don’t think the best way to achieve a good fitness is going to a gym, instead of that, I think
we can adopt daily habits like going to work riding a bike or walk to the supermarket and those whom might have one can take care of their gardens by themselves or clean their own houses, most people in my country hire someone else to do those tasks and then spend time in a gym to do exercise.
Thanks for the lesson.
Great site!
Exactly gym is necessary for human. But many people say that "i have no time, no money or etc." However people don't think to make effort for own healthy.
I need more than one thing in a gym, in fact but the most important ones to me are the support, expert help and a community.
I want to register in this gym because they offer free stop and starting time