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| - As far as gyms go, Mountainside Pavilions has been my favorite in the valley thus far.
The front desk staff are friendly, smiling as they check you in. The locker rooms are clean and well laid out. The cardio equipment is plentiful, although loud, squeaky treadmills do seem to plague them. Free weights are generally easy to access, not always easy to find space to use them but, at least they're not being mobbed and hogged by mirror loving meatheads (thankfully, this location has very few of those). There are weight machines for every little muscle in your body and usually these aren't terribly busy either. The masseuse on site is great too, great techniques and listens to her clients very well.
The one lost star is for my bad experience with the training staff (a few months back). My complimentary consultation was a bust - being lectured about nutrition, not "only doing cardio like ladies do", etc. I tried to let him know that I knew that stuff - I wanted to talk about making my workout more efficient, possibly learning new techniques, how to make the most of my time. Not on his agenda so nope - we're not talking about that. Then, a half hour into my meeting, he waves to a client and says something to the effect of "sorry to have to cut this short but I have an appointment, not sure how I got double booked." Huh, ok. Guess I won't spend my money there.
But, as I said in the beginning, overall, as far as gyms go, Mountainside has been the best I've found in the valley.
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