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Well, I’ve discovered that there are, in fact, no gyms in Wellington Central better than Bodyworks. And probably the worst response I got was from the one just down the road from me. Sportswide don’t do casual sessions, they tell me. Well, I don’t spend money for a minimum 6 month subscription unless I’ve had a change to try the gym. That was annoying. The bit where their telemarketing team rung me the next day to solicit my custom was hilarous. For once in my life, Telemarketing has been a force for good, rather than evil, since it gave me a feedback mechanism.

Of course, there’s still the whole membership fee nonsense, which I enjoyed not having at Universal Fitness.

I remember again why I don’t like gyms in Wellington: while Bodyworks has decent enough equipment and is gratifyingly empty in the evenings, they won’t tell you what it costs. You have to go and speak to some bullshit Personal Consultant (read: waste of space) so they can sell you crap you don’t need. And, of course, there are joining fees and rubbish like that. I’ll definitely be looking to see if I can find something with good gear and no bullshit - but I fear they don’t exist hereabouts.

Not to mention that while some twat at Bodyworks may thinks it is a clever marketing move to make use of the member’s car park conditional on plastering advertising over your car, all it does is piss me off.