What Goes On Inside Women’s Fitness Centers

What All Women’s Fitness Centers Should Include

Being an all- women’s fitness center, the manager should tailor all of the clubs’ equipment, services, and memberships around women. For example, women’s fitness centers should include a nursery or baby-sitting service. Most women are the primary caretakers of their children throughout the day. Although this roll in a woman’s life has been changing over the years, many women still fulfill all of the tasks of a super-mom: go to work, pick up the kids, run errands, drop off the kids, cook, clean…and the list goes on. Therefore, exercising should be “me” time: taking the time to relax without any worries and do activities that are enjoyable and beneficial for ME. Why pay a babysitter to watch your kids when you can bring them to the gym with you? It’s quick, easy, reliable, and inexpensive!

Women’s Fitness Centers Take Pride in Their Group Fitness Classes

Group fitness! A workout craze that has been popular since the 80s and is not going away anytime soon. No matter what class it is- mind/body, weights, cardio, intervals- you name it, women’s fitness includes them all, and they are all packed at peak hours of the day. Women love their classes, so women’s fitness centers focus on providing their members with the best classes and the best instructors. Staying on top of the newest trends like Zumba and high-intensity interval training is what women’s fitness is all about, so if you’re looking for the hottest new class, be sure to visit a women-only gym in your area!

Women-Only Gyms Have Services

Besides group fitness and nursery, members of women’s fitness centers like saunas, cardio equipment, and weights. Cardio equipment is very important in women’s fitness centers. Cardio machines, such as a treadmill or elliptical, are used for a warm-up, cool down, or an extra calorie burn before going home. Sometimes these machines are used for social hour or sometimes for athletic training purposes. Other types of cardio, like stationary bikes, are used for rehab purposes. Other important services of women’s fitness are nutritional coaching, personal or group training, and equipment demos.

What Benefits You Receive from Joining a Women’s Fitness Center

Simply by stepping through the door and joining a women’s fitness center, you have a greater chance of achieving the results and goals that you want. You will automatically feel more comfortable in an all-women’s gym. You are not surrounded by men looking at you, making noises, or judging you. What you are surrounded by are women who are there for the same reasons as you: to workout, sweat, relieve stress, relax, and achieve their goals, whether their goals are to gain muscle, lose weight, or become healthier. Also, chances are this women-only fitness center is smaller than most coed gyms. This means that you’ll get better service and help when you need it, and you’ll be in a more friendly environment. Women fitness centers are centered on service because women need and want guidance. You will most likely receive a fitness assessment, tour of the club, and equipment demo in an all-women’s gym. You’ll have access to everything while you’re working out next to someone else who wants results, not a quick look at a good-looking 25 year old stud. As Shari Whitley, the owner of women’s fitness centers in Chicago called Women’s Workout World states, “we’re not in the business of selling health club memberships; we’re in the business of service and results.” This statement perfectly sums up the world of women’s fitness- a world focused on results: looking good and feeling great!

Private fitness

When asked, most people say they don't mind working out in front of others, however, many people that join big gyms do so because they think there will be so many machines that maybe they can get a little space inbetween them and the next person, in other words, they want some PRIVACY.

Others come at odd hours so that they don't have to compete for equipment and "have the gym to themselves," in other words, they want some PRIVACY. Others wear headphones in the gym in order to "tune out" the other members which is another way to get some PRIVACY. Some people join "women's only" or "mens only" gyms in order to reduce the number of "critical eyes" and workout with dignity, in other words they seek PRIVACY. They assume other women don't stare? You didn't have privacy when you were on a machine and someone was waiting to use it... Most people tend to "rush" or do more weight and finish early when there is someone waiting for your machine. And some people join but don't come because they don't want to make a spectacle of themselves in front of all the fit people in the gym. You may not have liked to have personal training in front of the rest of the gym...

And each personal training sessions is PERSONAL, just you and the trainer in a room with no audience of onlookers...

The top fitness trends

One of the top fitness trends to look for in 2010 is strength training according to a survey administered by the American Council of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Released in the November/December issue of ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal® the survey, now in its fourth year, was distributed to ACSM certified health and fitness professionals worldwide and was designed to reveal trends in various fitness environments.

Strength training jumps to number two among trends from #4 last year, as it was previously viewed as a training method only for male body builders. Recent studies have revealed the many benefits of strength training and as a result more average exercisers and women are realizing its importance for healthy bones, muscles and aging.

Check out a strength training class at your gym to get familiar with proper form and start building lean muscle mass.

The top trend to look out for however belongs to educated and experienced fitness professionals. This comes as the number of specialty certifications and educational programs has skyrocketed in recent years. If you are looking to hire a personal trainer at your gym, do your research before hand and see what some of the requirements are. The best certifications among industry insiders are ACSM and NASM. Although many others are very good, they offer little to no actual training experience so make sure your trainer has some years under their belt working with clients.

Jillian Michaels, for example, does not have either of these certs. Obviously she is a trainer who knows how to get results but ask a fitness professional about Jillian and they will probably roll their eyes.

Also, gyms like Bally's and Boston Sports Club do hire trainers with little experience. Some of the industry's best trainers have to start somewhere so if you are a relatively healthy individual don't worry so much. If you are over the age of 45, have any pre existing metabolic conditions like Diabetes or are recovering from an injury, make sure your trainer knows their stuff.

Lead author of the survey, Walter Thompson, Ph.D., FACSM,, says the 2010 predicted trends reflect consumer intelligence.

"Consumers are more conscious of their finances than ever," he said. "If they're going to work with a fitness professional to improve their health, they're going to do their homework and find someone who's educated, experienced and certified by a reputable organization such as ACSM."

An interesting trend that is missing from the top 10 for the second year in a row is yoga, even after studies this past year revealed it had weight loss and stress reducing effects. For 2010, it is listed as number 14. Other losers include balance training and the stability ball.

Other trends in the top ten for children and obesity, special fitness programs for older adults, personal training, core training, functional fitness, Pilates, Sport-specific training and group-personal training.

Get a full list of trends 2010 fitness trends here.

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Simple Principles for Total Fitness Training

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The top six women bodybuilders over 55 kg

The top six women bodybuilders over 55 kg (from L to R): Andrea DECKER (6th place); Alevtina GOROSHINSKAYA (4th place); Larissa CUNHA (2nd place); Elena SHPORTUN (1st place); Simone LINAY (3rd place) and Alina CEPURNIENE (5th place).

The 2007 IFBB world women’s bodybuilding over 55 kg champion Elena SHPORTUN (Russia).

The 2007 IFBB world women’s bodybuilding overall champion Elena SHPORTUN (Russia) congratulated by the IFBB President Dr. Rafael SANTONJA (right) and the IFBB Vice-President for Asia Datuk Paul CHUA (left).

The top six women body fitness up to 158 cm competitors (from L to R): Marisa LOPEZ (6th place); Martina TARKOVA (4th place); Anna RASPUTNYAK (1st place); Natalia REVAJOVA - LENARTOVA (2nd place); Yolanda ESTESO (3rd place) and Agnese RUSSO (5th place).