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!
For me I prefer gyms that are pretty close to my home and I can go there early and exercise in peace and with a personal trainer and I get my headphones and run on the treadmill and hear some music and a lot of equipments that mean no long wait and that's
for me choosing the right gym is very important. First i look the distance between my home to the gym, second i'll be sure their monthly subscribtion is not expensive. last i will be sure their equipments are full and whether the space is enough big.
As for me, it is enough to do exercises at home to look pretty. But my boyfriend worked as a personal trainer and he goes to the gym every week. It is important to have modern and high-quality exercise equipment, purite and polity stuff.
I think that gym is very important for our health I really like it
For me , choosing the right gym starts with the quality of its materials, vastness of the place, natural ventilation and the people they use it, as the gym itself has the power to challenge you or just normalize the lazy training symptoms, we as humans we progress If we find the challenge and the tools, hence, many shortcuts to great results will appear.
I would like it be big enough and has a sufficient number of sport equipment. also I it should has a good air conditioning and be clean.
we'll make sure to do that
I usually like a gym that has:
- enough space between machines
- friendly environment because I really like talk to people.
- proper air conditioning
- personalized training plan for each person
I do go to gym by myself, and maybe it just only my place or the average gym always have a wide facility with many equipment. The people here aren't that sweaty or smelly like how everyone say either.
Well, I don't like gyms very much, luckily I have to do a lot of exercise in my daily activities, I go to work by bicycle, I work in my kitchen garden and try to go everywhere by bicycle when I have to, so I don't really need to go to a gym, I used to go to a rowing club when I was younger though, but there was a bit different to a gym because most of the time I've been rowing in a lake outdoors and not doing exercise inside a building.
Thanks for the episode.
Great site!