Sports Facilities:Some health clubs offer sports facilities such as a swimming pool, squash court or boxing area. In some cases, additional fees are charged for the use of these facilities. Personal Training:Most health clubs employ personal trainers, to which members have access to for training/fitness/nutrition/health advice and knowledge. Personal Trainers can help write a customised fitness routine, sometimes including a nutrition plan, to help members achieve their goals. They can also monitor and train with members. More often than not, access to personal trainers involves an additional hourly fee. Other Services:Newer health clubs generally include health-shops, snack bars, restaurants, child-care facilities, member lounges and cafes.^ It is not unusual for a sauna, steam shower, or wellness areas to be present. Health clubs generally charge a fee to allow visitors to use the equipment, courses, and other provided services.

 

Planet Fitness

Planet Fitness is an American chain of fitness centers. Each gym features a wide array of exercise equipment and personal trainers to assist members. It has a policy of being a "Judgement Free Zone," meaning that it caters to the common person or fitness novice. Memberships:Planet Fitness gyms offer a wide variety of cardiovascular machines and selectorized equipment (with weight stacks). The franchise is geared towards attracting the average person wanting to get in better shape, general fitness and not towards body-builders or power lifters. Rules:The restriction of dumbbell weights to a maximum of 80 pounds The banning of chalk, often used for heavy lifts such as deadlifts. The banning of grunting, swearing and psyching-up-rituals. The banning of excessive noise from bar drops etc. e.g. Olympic lifts. An alarm (referred to as the "lunk alarm") is set off when individuals drop weights or "grunt" when lifting. No cell phone use on the gym floor.

No Jeans, Do rags or skullcaps. Litigation:The chain came under controversy because of a New York Times article describing the public cancellation of one patron's membership (for "grunting") at their Wappingers Falls, NY location, an event which resulted in the club calling police, and a lawsuit for defamation on the part of the ex-member.A health club, also called fitness studio, exercise center or fitness center, is a place which houses exercise equipment for the purpose of physical exercise. There exist specific health clubs that specialize in catering for female exercisers and do not allow any male patrons on the premises. These type of health clubs are often termed ladies-only health clubs. In order to cater for these types of exercisers, many unisex health clubs offer a ladies-only workout area or room, inside which no male patrons are allowed. Health clubs offer a collective and often entertaining and informal form of working out and/or bodybuilding beyond the structure of the classic gym.

Facilities & Services: Main Workout Area: Free-weights area at a health clubMost health clubs have a main workout area, which primarily consists of free weights like dumbbells and barbells and exercise machines. This area often includes mirrors so that exercisers can check and maintain correct posture during their workout. Cardio Area/Theatre: Cardio theatre including treadmills, stationary bikes and tv displaysA cardio theatre or cardio area includes many types of cardiovascular training-related equipment is located. This equipment usually consists of rowing machines, stationary exercise bikes, elliptical trainers and treadmills. These areas often include a number of audio-visual displays (either integrated into the equipment, or placed on walls around the area itself) in order to keep exercisers entertained during long cardio workout sessions. Group Exercise Classes: Spin-cycle group exercise classMost newer health clubs offer group exercise classes that are run throughout the week by qualified fitness instructors.

Many types of group exercise classes exist, but generally these include classes based on aerobics, cycling (spin cycle), boxing, high intensity, yoga, pilates and muscle training. Health clubs with swimming pools often offer aqua aerobics classes.