[Resolved]  Fitness First — Constant harassment for personal training

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Central Delhi, Delhi

My brother and I have taken the 18 month passport membership @ FF. At the time of joining, we were assured that the trainers on floor are obliged to guide and assist and that if I so please, I can engage a personal trainer. I have completed my 17th month @ FF and am really disappointed to say that the Fitness [protected]@ CP has not lived up to my expectations. The trainers on floor are mostly on a one track agenda to sell some 30 day/ 10 day personal training package (which are expensive). It is after joining that the management puts you under the impression that for continued support you require personal training. I have, however, been pushing my way around for the past few months, to squeeze out a workout plan (which would be a step up from the previous one) / assistance otherwise...of all things! The trainer with whom I was speaking with (after much delay...of a week or, maybe more) prescribed my first two workout plans. After understanding that I wouldn’t engage him for personal training, he called for another trainer to assist. This 'other trainer' , though cooperative initially, also starts giving me a bhashan on personal training (like..in the middle of my workout ! ) .He also had the cheek to say that if he continues to assist me at the level he currently does, others (i suppose the management) would suspect that he is providing personal training illegally ('under the table' - is the term he used i.e. without paying the gym) . So I told him that I'm uninterested in engaging a trainer for 30 days/ 10 days as it’s beyond my means. The net result being that I do not have an updated workout card for the past month + and there is very little that can be done/ that i want to do abt it.

I must also share an incident that took place with my younger brother. He comes usually in the mornings and is continuously pestered by one trainer called ' Daljeet' (bearded chap, wears a cap most of the time). It is only of late that I was forced confront this guy. He apologised and told me that this is his way of joking around (little did he know of the tension his constant pestering caused at home). The net result is that I'm not renewing my membership @ FF out of sheer disgust.