Impressions of FF: Day 1

I finally hauled myself to the gym together with my one week free pass. I have no idea how the platinum one differs from the other branches but I have to say, I am quite impressed. They didn't pressure me to join without trying and in fact they readily produced a temporary pass for me. It was a pretty big gym spanning 2 stories and I haven't even checked out the pool yet. All the equipment looked new and there was a personal trainer on hand (didn't know he was) - the back of his tshirt said "ask me for help", which I did because I had difficulty figuring out a machine. He was quite friendly and asked a few questions, after which he recommended I didn't try it. He got me to try an exercise but stopped short after realising I was only there on trial. Even so, that was better than the experience I had at some other gyms. So far so good. This gym gets an A+ at the moment. I'll be trying out the swimming pool and group classes later this week. Total exercise time: ~ 30 minutes.