How much are you benching? (Fitness First (Brixton))

Member Name: Alex

Product:	Fitness First (Brixton)
Date:	07/06/00 (326 review reads)
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Advantages: Free video hire

Disadvantages: A lot of hanging around

I was initially attracted to the Brixton branch of Fitness First by the relatively reasonable membership fee (only £38 per month plus a £30 joining fee) and the range of equipment and services - running machines, weight machines, free weights, free classes, free soft drinks and tea and best of all free video hire from a reasonably comprehensive library.

A couple of months on however my patience is wearing thin, mainly because of overcrowding and therefore the large amount of time spent waiting for machines or weights, especially at peak times such as Monday night. A surreptitious glance at the membership book on reception confirmed that the club seems to be taking on new members at the rate of 20 a day with no sign of letting up. If the club doesn't restrict numbers soon then there will be very little point in going to it at all unless you want to just stand around.

A victim of its own success.

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