On January 31, I had the opportunity to try out Econofitness, a public gym in the West Island for free. The gym offers free trials every last Thursday of the month, so I thought it would be great to try out a public gym that is in my area and is highly accessible to me. I found out about the gym through one of my guy friends who already holds a membership to Econofitness and he recommended it to me. Before the workout, I’d just finished a full day at school at 3:00PM and had gotten a large workload of material to study for my classes so I felt quite stressed. However, when I met up with my friends at the gym, my stress level diminished quite a bit and I was excited to try it out. It was my first time visiting a public gym chain, I usually work out at my home so I wasn’t really sure what to expect from it.
I started my workout with some cardio. I ran on the treadmill for 30 minutes and ended up reaching 2.5km. After this, I used several of the machines targetting the leg muscles, such as the seated leg curl machine (3 sets of 20 reps at 65lbs), the leg press machine (3 sets of 15 reps at 80 lbs), and the leg extension machine (3 sets of 20 reps at 45lbs). I finished my workout by stretching. I was glad that I went to the gym because I felt quite energized after I completed the workout and going there is making me consider getting the membership there in the near future. I like that the location of the gym is close to my area so I’d be able to go anytime I’d like and I like the amenities the gym provides, such as their 30min quick workout circuit. I would definitely recommend Econofitness to anyone looking to join a public gym at a reasonable price.
Econofitness offers four separate membership options. These include the weekend option, the Econo option, the Platinum option, and the extra option. You can find the amenities of the specific options below.
The gym’s schedule is the following:
You can find Econofitness’ webpage at https://econofitness.ca/en/gym/montreal/950-chemin-herron
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