I try to get to the gym 5 days a week for an hour a session. One day I will do weight training, mainly with machines. The next day I will do aerobic, usually 50 minutes on the eliptical machine and 10 mins on abs about 500 crunches and leg raises on a roman chair. I train with machines for 2 reasons. The gym I go to has 3 to 4 identical machines for every body part and I train hard for my hour. I can always find a machine.
If I want to use free weights there is usually a lot of people crammed into a small space and there is always more standing around being done than liftting. If you want to lift heavy you need a spotter so there is a lot of standing around talking which is fine if your there to be social like the kingdom hall but I do it for my health and to maintain my strength. I work in a jail and have to put my hands on criminals at any time.
Also its easier to hurt yourself using free weights. If you have bad form you can pull your back doing curls. I have had many injuries. I have pulled the muscles in my back so bad I couldnt get out of bed. When I got out of bed I couldnt straighten up. Those injuries were from lifting too much weight.
I have been going to the same gym since 1983. Today its called lifestyles in Seminole Florida. There is still one person working there since I started in 83 a salesman Bill. I often think if I loose my job I would like to sell gym memberships. I have seen them come in every day they pay there membership and never come back. One of the salemen at my gym told me he was making 50,000 a year. This was back when Clinton was president. I would rather sell gym memberships than be a trainer. Where I go I think the person who sells memberships makes much more money.
If you sell the membership you get commissions, and they add up.
If you are a trainer, the client may pay 30 dollars an hour but I suspect the trainer sees maybe 6 to 7 dollars a hour and if your not on the phone recruiting people to train you wont be making anything.
If I have to call people on the phone I'd rather sell memberships I heard Bill sells about 80 a month.
Everybody wants to join the gym its good for their health, its the right thing to do.
Not to many people want to go to the gym and train.
...OUTLAW