A healthy lifestyle is the key to longevity and youth. This is a continuous work on your own body and eating habits, which not everyone is able to successfully cope with. When a person does not have enough willpower, nutritionists and trainers come to the rescue - for a fee, they can motivate them to achieve their goals.
The best fitness centers, as a rule, have such specialists on staff. This is an additional advantage when buying a subscription. Read about our most popular sports clubs in two Russian cities.
Why do we need fitness centers?
The reviews of many people rightly indicate that for sports it is not necessary to become a member of any club. On the Internet, you can easily find a description of any workouts, recommendations and even videos. However, there are several arguments in favor of fitness facilities:
- Equipment. The club has yoga studios with special rugs and gyms with the best equipment. To organize such a diverse sports corner at home is very difficult. Additional facilities include a fitness center with pool.
- Instructors. Under the supervision of a training specialist, you will receive the maximum load calculated according to your capabilities and will purposefully achieve your goals. In addition, the risk of injury is minimal.
- Nutritionist. A detailed assessment of the diet and its balance will help a competent specialist. If you are trying to lose those extra pounds, then you can’t do just one sport - nutritional adjustments must be necessary.
- Additional motivation. Home furnishings relax even the most persistent of us. Making yourself very difficult, and even mirror reflection does not always work, but spending 40-50 thousand rubles on a subscription is another matter. Therefore, every time you are visited by thoughts about skipping a workout, memories of the price of a subscription will help to cope with your own laziness.
World class
World Class - this is perhaps the most famous fitness centers. Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and other cities of Russia and the CIS countries - the geography is vast, because more than twenty years have passed since the opening of the first club. During this time, the World Class brand has become an industry leader, has won many prestigious awards, and has also entered the Global 25 ranking, which presents the best fitness clubs in the world.
Specialists of World Class follow sports fashion, and the most popular areas of group programs will certainly appear on the schedule. For example, in 2004, the company began working with the Les Mills program, which due to its popularity even got into the Guinness Book.
Each fitness club is a unique project in which the entire space is created with maximum comfort for training. At the moment, the World Class and World Class Lite centers operate on the network (the difference is in more affordable prices and a greater focus on group programs). Two exclusive clubs are also opened in Moscow - Zhukovka and Romanov.
"World Class Triumf"
It is impossible to tell about all World Class clubs, so we decided to choose only one - “World Class Triumph”, located at Chapaevsky Pereulok, 3. The area is 3500 square meters. m. There are simulators for functional and strength training, a swimming pool of 25 meters (4 tracks) and a bath complex, halls for group programs. Fitness center services: training for children and adolescents, SPA, fitness bar, beauty salon and kids club.
Club card holders note a variety of dance programs and a wonderful coaching staff, as well as convenient parking. Of the minuses - the need for cosmetic repairs and replacement of some simulators.
It should be noted that the set of services within the network is approximately the same, as well as the cost of subscriptions. Some visitors indicate an increase in the cost of membership and the lack of offers for a short period, for example, three or six months. Indeed, the sales department offers only annual subscriptions, and this is due to the regulation of the number of visitors. The shorter the time and price, the greater the club’s workload.
"Planet Fitness"
The company was founded in 1997. As part of the Planet Fitness network, fitness centers of St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan, Samara, Naberezhnye Chelny and Belgorod are represented.
The main principle of Planet Fitness is the availability of sports for people with different financial and physical abilities. Affordable prices and a high level of quality of services, more than 150 types of group training, equipment from world manufacturers (Cybex, Nautilus, Stair Master and StarTrac), fitness for children and a team of qualified instructors are waiting for new club card owners.
Offers on any wallet
“Planet Fitness” is a fitness center at which prices will pleasantly surprise you. You can purchase season tickets on the official website. For example, a card for 15 months in the club “PF Pravda” (Pravdy St., 21, p. 2) will cost about 30,000 rubles, and a card for three months in “PF Marino” - 7200 rubles.
There are also offers only for visiting the pool or personal training. Such a flexible system is a definite plus that attracts even more customers.
“PF at Aviamotornaya”
Club card holders value fitness centers differently. Reviews about the same institution are found directly opposite. Probably, it all depends on the mood of the person himself, but we will nevertheless voice some comments.
In the southeastern district of the capital is Planet Fitness on Aviamotornaya: a spacious pool, a bath complex, a large selection of water programs, a separate room for boxing, a gym, a studio for group programs and children's fitness. The description on the official website always sounds beautiful, but what really awaits visitors?
Pros:
- water coolers;
- panoramic windows;
- professional trainers;
- affordable prices.
Of the minuses, tight locker rooms and a poor ventilation system are most often noted. In addition, the number of visitors in the evening increases significantly, which also causes certain inconvenience.
Dr. Loder
Dr. Loder - elite fitness centers (Moscow) that offer club card holders a huge selection of wellness treatments and sports services. Special pride is represented by special programs for expectant mothers, exercise therapy, for young guests and older visitors.
In the capital, seven premium clubs are open next to the following metro stations:
- Ostozhenka.
- "Paveletskaya".
- "Belarusian".
- Academic.
- Korolev.
- Skolkovo.
- Odintsovo.
Restaurants Dr. Loder features a luxurious interior: a predominance of gold, carpets, crystal chandeliers and Empire-style furniture. This is a bit unusual for sports clubs, but fully consistent with elite status.
The list of famous clients posted on the official website includes Nikolai Valuev, Alexander Povetkin, Cornelia Mango, Irena Ponaroshku, Gosha Kutsenko, Larisa Verbitskaya and many other representatives of the sports world and Russian show business.
“Belarusian”
The main advantage of "Dr. Loder Belorusskaya" is the round-the-clock operation. In Russian megacities with their frantic pace, institutions working at night have been incredibly in demand lately - grocery stores, furniture and electronics hypermarkets, beauty salons, medical and fitness centers.
Reviews about the club at the station. m. "Belorusskaya" (3rd street of the Yamsky field, d. 2, building 4) note the diversity of group training and the equipment of the gym. On this, unfortunately, the advantages end, and the list of minuses is much more impressive:
- low-quality cleaning in locker rooms and showers;
- indifference to the requests of club members;
- inappropriate advertising of sausage and cat food;
- irresponsibility of trainers;
- lack of healthy dishes in the cafe.
Classes in the fitness center near the station leave even more negative impressions. m. "Academic". A small gym, poor ventilation system, faulty plumbing and strange behavior of trainers and managers - many club members agree that the declared premium class consists only in interior decoration at the reception. In addition, the fitness center with a swimming pool, which has two columns in the middle, excludes the possibility of sports swimming.
SPORTLIFE
In the second part of the review, we decided to talk about the fitness centers of St. Petersburg. The SPORTLIFE network, founded in 2001, today includes sixteen modern sports clubs. It has everything for comfortable fitness: a ventilation system, spacious locker rooms, a multi-stage pool cleaning system, a solarium and a fitness bar. The SPA zone includes waterfalls, a hydromassage pool, a font with cold water, a hammam, a Russian bath and a Finnish sauna, as well as an air massage.
The management of SPORTLIFE is interested in attracting new members, so the network has a unique offer. Anyone can purchase a trial card and practice for two weeks in clubs. Group programs, a pool and a gym - you will visit the fitness center on an equal footing with all other customers, and the cost of a temporary subscription is 1000 rubles.
“SL Ligovsky”
The condition of each club depends on the managers. The most positive impressions from the classes were made by the visitors of “SL Ligovsky”, which is located at 153 Ligovsky Ave. This club offers:
- gym on 1300 square meters. m;
- three studios for group programs (625 sq. m);
- martial arts hall (165 sq. m);
- 4 lane pool (25 meters).
All information on the official website is true. Convenient location, spacious gym, well-composed group training schedule and excellent coaching staff. Comments relate to general network conditions, such as canceling a second towel and repeatedly increasing the cost of a subscription.
Do not trust advertising
The choice of a sports club is a responsible matter, while you can read reviews about fitness centers, take an interest in the opinions of friends and acquaintances, and also go on an excursion. The sales manager will gladly tell and show the club and treat you with a cup of coffee.
The possibility of acquiring a trial subscription, as in the St. Petersburg SPORTLIFE network, is a great advantage, but such an offer is extremely rare.
In addition, the network contains many rating sites about sports clubs, where anyone can leave a review. However, we do not recommend believing these responses unconditionally, because they can be written by order of ordinary copywriters. This is quite simple to notice - reviews are added in one to two days with a minimum time difference.
We advise managers or even visitors to the club to ask questions - this will definitely help to make a decision.