2-3 Months Gym Membership?

[mike_hk]

Hey guys,

i will be leaving Hong Kong Mid-sept for UK, but i want to join gym for these three months as i'm free from exams but i never joined before so i just hit google and got some info. abt Physical and FF as they are near my place anyway im living in Quarry Bay so guys can u tell me :

1. Is the staff friendly?
2. How much do i have to pay?? [Monthly basis]
3. Anybody going to these two gyms in designated area??
4. Some posts here are about discounts if i have referral or smth so are they having now?

And, this afternoon i went to California to become a member but guess what they were so pushy and i just went out as they were not friendly at all....

Thank you so much pls Help

[Sunfire]

I used to go to the Physical at Kornhill until a few months ago.

It gets very crowded during peak hours. They have a decent free weights area, though the equipment is poorly maintained. Cardio equipment is your standard collection of treadmills, ellipticals, cross-trainers, stationary bikes and so on.

They only have one squat rack, on which the hooks for the safety pins have been broken for at least a year and a half. I asked management about it, and they apparently have no intention of getting it fixed. At any given time, roughly 1/4 of the cardio equipment is out of order.

Most of the people who go there are the average brainless twats. Leave weights lying around everywhere, never clean up after themselves, drop the weights like idiots with no regard for anyone else around, spit, piss, shit and god knows what else in the showers, use the hair dryers for anything but drying their hair, etc. etc.

I went to check out Fitness First at Taikoo Place, and it seems decent enough, was told there's not much of a crowd, though the free weights area is very limited.

[JaredHK]

Physical offers 3 month trial memberships for $100-$200. These can be purchased by a member and given to a non member. The member purchasing it gets $100-$200 as a referral credit to his account so people are more than happy to help. the other option is to get one of these directly from Physical as sometimes they offer a better deal. Sadly some people are selling these on this site for $600 on this site hoping to rip off someone new to HK. These trials have some restrictions so I recommend buying them through a friend by accompanying him in person or by yourself.

Calif staff are very pushy and some of their facilities are really bad. They have been cutting hours of their cleaning staff in the kowloon clubs of late and the clubs are very dirty especially the showers and locker rooms. There is a new club due to open in TST late July so they might be doing specials around that time.

As Sunfire says a lot of the equipment at Physical is often broken or out of order and they do not seem to care about fixing it. In TST 60% of all the elliptical trainers were broken in May-June which is why I moved back to Calif in H Hom.

Fitness First and Seasons are probably best if they have one in your area.

[mike_hk]

i think i will stick with Fitness First then as its near to my place and i will be going there today to check if they have 2-3 months membership... thanx guys