Your turn: National chain or local charm?
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The gym I workout at is small and locally-run. Overall, I'm pretty happy with it, aside from a few drawbacks--crappy magazine selection, 70s-style purple and orange carpet, to name a few--and while the equipment isn't exactly state of the art, I'm happier with it than I was with the large brand-name gym I used to go to.
Why? Well, it's cheaper, it's more convenient, there's always parking and no one bugs me about signing up for personal training or other add-on services.
A recent-ish study from Consumer Reports found that I'm not alone--generally, people tend to favour local gyms instead of national chain ones. What do you think?
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Why? Well, it's cheaper, it's more convenient, there's always parking and no one bugs me about signing up for personal training or other add-on services.
A recent-ish study from Consumer Reports found that I'm not alone--generally, people tend to favour local gyms instead of national chain ones. What do you think?
(via Crabby McSlacker)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
bob sakamano 2-23-2008 @ 12:38PM
People favor the cleanest/closest/cheapest place to their residence.
I think the convienence factor is probably one of the biggest influences on where people workout.
Whether its national or not doesn't matter as long as those three factors are fullfilled.
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rrr 2-23-2008 @ 12:31PM
I agree with Bob in that it doesn't matter whether it's a chain or not if the requirement factors are met.
For me though, the three factors are cleanliness, atmosphere, and whether any of the classes I like will fit my schedule.
Of course, I live in a fairly small city so convenience isn't too much of an issue.
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Ingue86 2-24-2008 @ 7:02PM
I prefer the gyms on college campus. I am currently a student, and here at Georgia Tech, we have a great state of the art athletic area, which has everything I would ever use. Sometimes it's good to be in college.
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