Joining a gym
Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.
Preparation
Transcript
Receptionist: Hello, welcome to Shake it Off Fitness. How can I help you?
Customer: Yes, thanks. I've been meaning to come in and find some information about here for some time. I was wondering if you could help me?
Receptionist: Sure, of course. What would you like to know?
Customer: I saw on the sign outside that you have the best budget membership in the city. Is that right?
Receptionist: You've got that right, yes. If you find a better rate, then we'll match it. Also, we don't have any sign-up fees or cancellation fees.
Customer: Sorry, what was that last bit?
Receptionist: Cancellation fees. Some gyms charge you money if you leave before a minimum number of months or something like that. We don't do that.
Customer: That's useful to know. Ummm, what times do you have?
Receptionist: We open at 5 a.m. and close at midnight.
Customer: Not 24 hours then, I see.
Receptionist: No. Almost, though! We tried doing the 24-hour thing, but there really weren't a lot of people who wanted to do exercise at 2 in the morning.
Customer: Makes sense. Another question: do you have trainers? Like, will you do a personalised evaluation of me?
Receptionist: Sure we do. As we say on our brochure, we can show you what to do, how to do it and why you're doing it. Have you worked with a personal trainer before?
Customer: Err, no. No, I haven't. No.
Receptionist: So, it's very easy. For your first visits we'll assign you one of our expert personal trainers. He or she will design an exercise plan that's just right for you and show you exactly what to do. We even include nutrition advice in the plan.
Customer: Let me get this straight. All of this is included in the price?
Receptionist: Yes, it is. If you want to continue with your trainer after the first few classes, we can talk about that. It does cost extra though. OK?
Customer: Yeah. Sounds ... great.
Receptionist: Do you have any other questions?
Customer: Hmmm, yeah. Um, OK. Why should I choose here instead of any of the other gyms in the city?
Receptionist: What, you mean apart from our competitive rates and personalised attention?
Customer: Yeah, I guess.
Receptionist: Listen, here's a free day pass. Why don't you drop by and see for yourself? That way you can talk to other members, see the facilities and our staff.
Customer: OK, I'll do that. Thanks very much!
As a fitness enthusiast, the most important factors I consider when choosing a gym are a convenient location and a spacious facility. Secondly, having a variety of equipment and staff to maintain cleanliness can make the atmosphere more lively and energetic. Furthermore, offering budget-friendly plans for students who are passionate about fitness but have limited incomes might be the best way to attract young people, while providing light cardio sessions for older members.
When I look for a gym, the first things I consider are good prices, convenient locations, a variety of workout machines, and the opening hours. I also check whether they ofter alternative activities, such as swimming.
After that, I look at the membership rates, promotional packages, and whether there are expansive sign-up or cancellation fees.
However, even if I find everything I'm looking for, I usually decide not to join. I really hate the music in gyms. When I'm there, I feel like I'm a noisy factory. I simply don't feel comfortable in gyms.
There's 2 things I always look for in a gym, their machines and its distance from my home.
Johanatan Valdez
I look for convenient location and hours, variety of equipment and classes, friendly and knowledgeable staff and cleanliness and hygiene.
The first thing I look in the gym is hygiene and the quality of equipment. Lots of people go to the gym and they use the same equipment so it's important that all the area and stuff should be kept cleaned everyday.Second one is the prices and the support of the personal trainers when I exercise in there. It's important that to be assign by an expertise for my progress. The last one is the amount of the members in that gym. Lots of us go to the gym after work so it could be so hard to use the equipment because of the crowd.
The only thing I'm looking for is exercise equipment. There should be incline bench with dumbbells to make bench press, horizontal bar to make pull-ups and power squat rack. Since I've broken my leg I can't do squats with barbell because of limited mobility of my ankle joint.
In fact, the first thing we look for in a gym is a useful environment for effective exercise. All people have wants for their gym.
For example, some people like to exercise in a very happy atmosphere, and for some people, a trainer is very important.
But for me; I prefer to exercise in a very clean and calm gym. I think a gym with a perfect trainer is very important.
Reasonable prices, cleanliness, and open 24/7
Kind trainers and trainees. The gym has to have modern machines and high-quality facilities. Finally, it must have good price.
The most important thing when I choose a gym is the distance from my home.
If it takes 10 minutes to go to a gym from my home, I may not go to it.
I live near my gym, so I regulary work out.