Sep 13, 2012 9:33 PM GMT
Ok, so some background here. I have emigrated from the United States (thank goodness) and I am back in civilised Wales. However, I am having some problems with the fitness centre availability and I was curious if anyone here on RJ had either been in the same situation in the past or had some advice for me. I have moved to a small town in Ceredigion that is in a very rural area isolated by the Snowdon mountains. There are only three gyms in town, one is a shady gym in a hotel basement called "basement gym" that seems to be a hangout for the local Polish juicer crowd, the other is the uni gym and the other is run by Ceredigion Council. So I am considering joining the uni gym, but I have run into some serious issues. Although the location, rates and clientele make it a perfect fit for me, they have this absolutely ridicioulous induction policy. They require one induction for the facility, and another for the weight room. The facility itself only has weight resistance machines, and they are good for chest, legs and core, but they have nothing for arms. Each induction costs 15GBP (30 American dollars) which is pretty outrageous. But what is even more outrageous is that they won't run an induction course until six people sign up. I have singed up for the weight room induction course after completing my facility induction, and they said since no one else had signed up it could be a very long time until they run the course. I think that is bollocks because I really want to use the weight room. So now I am left with dilemma where I was curious if I could get some help from the RJ crowd.
1. Has anyone been in a situation like that?
2. Is there any way to get around the induction?
3. Is there any way to convince the gym to be a little more cooperative and to run the course anyways?
4. What can I do to keep the muscle mass on my arms without access to freeweights?
1. Has anyone been in a situation like that?
2. Is there any way to get around the induction?
3. Is there any way to convince the gym to be a little more cooperative and to run the course anyways?
4. What can I do to keep the muscle mass on my arms without access to freeweights?