| rev:text
| - If you like a warm gym, Mountainside Fitness is for you! I have been a member there a few months, and while on the treadmills, I have been pouring sweat during my hour-long runs. I'm a proficient runner who has qualified for the Boston Marathon, so this has nothing to do with Fitness. Rather, the company informed me that as per company policy, the gym is set to 74 Degrees! As a former personal trainer and someone who's been around gyms since the early 90s, Mountainside Fitness operates the warmest chain of gyms I've ever experienced. When a gym temperature is set to 74 (most gyms are around 68 degrees), that doesn't account for the concentrated workout areas such as the treadmill area. All of the body heat can add an increased temperature variance of 4-6 degrees. I brought my digital thermometer in there last weekend when the treadmills were packed and it read 80-degrees. It was also insanely humid (probably due to the sheer sweat volume of everyone doing cardio in an oven) Other chains such as Lifetime Fitness and Gold's Gym keep their temps well into the 60's (Lifetime Fitness keeps theirs at 67 degrees). So if you don't like a warm gym, and don't like sweating to an unnecessary degree when on the treadmill or other cardio machines, Mountainside Fitness won't be the gym for you. Serious runners and athletes would much prefer Lifetime Fitness. I used to be a member there and running in the cool temps they set is wonderful! I'll be cancelling my membership and heading over to Lifetime soon, as will a few of my friends. A gym that skimps on AC to save money isn't worth my time. Smarten up Mountainside!
|