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Washington, DC health and fitness clubs are perfect for anyone who wants to keep fit. It’s even a haven for those who are dreaming of shaking off the ugly flab.

These days it may be quite a pain, as it is confusing, to choose which health clubs are really about keeping you healthy. In reality, there are hundreds of fitness groups since the field isn’t regulated. One can easily pass as a personal trainer just by printing business cards claiming that they are experts in the field. It is even harder to cut someone’s hair than to become a fitness trainer! Hairdressers are tasked to take a board exam following completion of a whopping 1500 hours of regulated training.

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The Body You Want – Washington, DC Health Club

So how do we protect ourselves from Washington, DC health clubs that do not actually deliver results?

Hard Selling Sign #1: Absence of a thorough evaluation

Most of these health clubs converse well with clients, pampering them with great health promises. Be more cautious of these places and validate their claims by checking on the manner they perform baseline evaluation. Baseline data is important in structuring an effective weight management treatment.

To consider an evaluation thorough, you have to note that it is: 1) in writing; 2) inclusive of pertinent information about your past and present medical history; 3) inclusive of your work history, present lifestyle, availability for exercise, etc; 4) inclusive of both the client’s and the trainer’s goals; and 5) able to list down objective evaluation such as baseline flexibility and coordination values (they let you do specific tests for these), and baseline body measurements.

It is best that you are given a copy of this form so that you become more responsible for tracking your own progress.

Hard Selling Sign #2: If they don’t do baseline evaluation, then your Washington, DC health club will be unable to provide tailored workout plans.

Not all bodies are created equal. Tailoring exercises can yield better results because they put into consideration your present physical strengths and weaknesses (or needs). A thorough evaluation also considers the time aspect. Planning a long workout routine when all the time you have available is a handful of minutes daily doesn’t sound right. A right. The best way to produce significant results in a month’s time is to make sure clients are able to do everything in the written plan. How’s it going to be successful if you are always unable to comply?

Hard Selling Sign #3: They try to impress you with a treadmill work out on day one.

Unless it’s a stress test they’re doing (which they can’t actually do. Only a licensed physician does stress tests), you’re getting yourself into one bad investment. If your Washington, DC health club coach tells you that your main plan to bust the fats out of your body is to hop into treadmills plus various aerobic workouts, you are about to waste your time, money and energy for half a pound of weight loss every month. And you even have to thank him for it.

While it has long been thought that aerobics are the best way to slim down, it has been proven ineffective in several studies. Interval training gives you 450% fat loss versus aerobic exercises.

While it is good news that health clubs in Washington, DC are flourishing, it is a must that you are guided if you are investing in the right place or not. These signs will help you make a wiser choice and will keep your money and efforts right where they should be — in an effective fitness club.

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Josef Brandenburg is an award-winning, DC-based fat-loss expert who specializes in helping normal, busy people create the bodies they want in the time that they actually have for exercise. You can find out more about him at www.thebodyyouwant.com.