Bells & Whistles or Smoke and MirrorsWith the money spent on Technogym equipment it was poor negotiations in not having two Technogym people on site for a week one in early and one on late.Currently everyone is hissing in the wind and taking up too much time of people like Paul who is always helpful but may not be much wiser than some of us when it comes to the programmes and other facilities on the treadmills.A plastic credit card type giveaway with Miles to Kms on one-side and more importantly Pounds to KGs on the other would have cost peanuts and been more than useful to members adapting to new equipment with different measurements.Having been involved in change management at the Blue Box and an American Bank its a fact that people do not like change unless it is for the better. In some respects the new equipment is better than the former Precor equipment but not necessary the treadmills. I cannot speak for Cross Trainers and other Cardio equipment.I used Technogym equipment in previous gyms over the years and was looking forward to the new equipment.The Treadmills are Bells & Whistles with outdoor walks TVs etc. etc. but some of us just want programmes and hard facts and numbers. Here are some of the failings.Precor BPM Heart rate: My Polar Heart Belt and watch agreed with BPM readings whereas Technogym, BPM Heart monitor has been 6-7-8 or 9 BPM higher with each reading than my watch. A heart monitor belt is always the most reliable.Precor: Be Fit programmes with the . 2 : 1 programme I could set for 16 minutes and start with speed level at 7 km per hr which after one minute I could revert to 6 km per hour and set a gradient level 5. After two minutes time it would then revert to 7 km per hour and zero gradient, alternating for the duration without my further.Having set up MyWellness account from early days it has been impossible to find anything similar. Setting up Speed Shift with 7 km and a lower 6 km means that after one minute at 7 km I then manually change speed to 6 km and then to manually adjust the Gradient from level zero to five to zero then after two minutes back to 7km and zero Gradient. Totally unacceptable for the 16 minutes. A very big backward step.On Sunday 25th the Technogym My Wellness logo was replaced with the Everyone Active Logo. To my knowledge I had never registered for online access to EA, and,I could not log on. There was no on screen offer to Register as a New Users or Forgotten Passwords. At home I tried to log in on EA and the forgotten password message wanted email and Card Number. My Card number was not found. Monday 26th Paul went into my account and gave me a different card number, which also failed with the following response:No account found!Member does not exist The kilometre treadmill I have used seems to be the only one with the My Wellness facility still loaded, but not sure for how long.Technogym does not talk in Calories but more in Moves which is meaningless and you can Google and then ask yourself how many people train with friends or even husbands and wives. I want to see Calories in Real Time not later when I log into MyWellness account on iPhone or at home.MyWellness is questionable when it tells me that my longest run in a week on the 25th was 37.12km which could be the distance from home to Maidenhead BY CAR where I had Sunday Lunch.Smoke and Mirrors, take everything with a pinch of salt on MyWellness App.Whilst Im having a moan, today 26th a member cut his arm just above the wrist on part of the changing room locker.Waste bins by the doors but need one albeit a smaller one in shower area for empty bottles and other garbage often left in shower cubicles, although some members would still leave items in cubicle.
Swimming lessons are great if you get a good teacher but not all teachers are under the same standard and swim school manager (Jo?) is useless and not helpful. We have our lessons elsewhere now. Shame as we are local.
Looks like a nice leisure centre I use to go to jodies does lashed and brows and face lifts loads of great beauty treatments
Nice gym got a swimming pool.Could do with more classes starting earlier6am 6:15 would be perfect
Great selection of services to help keep you fit in pleasant surroundings. Friendly, helpful staff. On-site cafe but a little lacking in food choice. The on-site carpark is split into three areas making it a little difficult to find a space at times or a long uphill walk to the overflow car park, but it is free.
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