Rising Tide Fitness
2026-07-14T21:44:24.730Z
I came in to try out this gym and there are just things about this gym that are just odd to me. I’m looking for a gym that would be good for me and my 10-year-old son to work out together. He is Brand new to working out. So I thought I would try it. I came in and got a very brief tour and the first thing that seemed very off to me was the fact that I had to sign this ridiculously long contract to get signed up for an introductory trial. I am effectively being asked to sign a contract that would be basically what would be the same thing as someone signing up for the gym Membership. I’m going through this document and I’m like this is a lot to ask me to do if I’m just doing a trial. Then I am asking the staff is there someone that can assist us in learning the machines? For me, I would probably do just fine on my own, but my son is brand new to this and he could really benefit from someone help him get a good routine down. I met with this man who I believe as a personal trainer there who was very evasive and not helpful. There’s literally no one to show you how to do anything. It was a very odd encounter. So, I’m kind of put off by this, but I was like OK let’s just come in another night and see how we like it. We come in and the young girl that was at the front counter literally has no idea what’s going on about anything. I explained that this is our first time here and we could use some help getting to know the machines and wanted to know if there’s anyone that could help. I guess the answer to that was no. So, I’m confused because I’m like we are brand new here and we’re just supposed to figure this out ourselves? Very strange. So thankfully, I am not an unintelligent adult and so we go onto try out some stuff. So we do a basic workout and leave. A lot of the machines don’t even work and I don’t have any idea how to use a lot of the weight equipment. So the gym itself is fine, but what is very strange to me is there is literally no one to assist you with anything. Every single gym I’ve ever been a member at in the past has a whole staff of people that are ready and available to help you get a routine down because they want you to keep on coming back and they want you to be successful. I think I saw two staff members the whole night. And none of them was assisting anyone with anything. It seems that we need to pay for personal trainers to get any help at all, which is ridiculous. We do not need personal training we need supportive staff that can help us to figure out what we need to be focusing on, how to use the machine machines, making sure we have our formed down, etc. It would be very easy to get injured on any of these machines if you don’t know how to use them. My son and particular because he has never worked out before, and he could easily hurt himself. That is a liability to this gym. I have never seen a gym that operates this way. So I would welcome the owner to be in touch with me because this is next level insanity.
I came in to try out this gym and there are just things about this gym that are just odd to me. I’m looking for a gym that would be good for me and my... More