Great Shape Gym on Kikar Rabin (by Jessi)
Another nice gym Editor's note: this is a contributed article from 'Jessi')
Great Shape in Kikar Rabin lives up its name. The people are Hebrew/English speaking and actually care about you (this is evident when you don’t show up for a week and they call to make sure everything is ok with you). They have various memberships available to work with your schedule and budget. Everyone from students, pre and post army to business men and women frequent the gym at all hours of the day. Mornings are usually the quietest with the nighttime starting to heat up.
It has everything that a normal gym would have; free weights, weighted machines, cardio machines (you can even watch TV - you plug your headphones into on the machines to hear the programs), and locker rooms with hot showers. They have a group exercise room which houses the many different classes, such as kickboxing, cardio hip-hop, yoga, and step classes just to mention a few. A spinning room is also a main feature and you can hear the music pumping with the ecstatic cries of the instructor spurring you on as the sweat beads down your face. What struck me as amazing is their “Boxing Smash” room which actually houses a full size boxing ring and over 10 kickboxing bags suspended from the ceiling on a track so that you can move them from one side of the room to the other with ease!
When you sign up for membership, you are entitled to a free session with an instructor every month who will get you started with a workout, teach you what machines to use and when, and give you an overall reason to keep coming. When you get tired or hungry, you can sit down at the counter of the food/drink bar that’s right there in the gym for you. They have freshly made sandwiches and fresh juice drinks.
Feeling the sore muscles? Indulge in a massage or acupuncture session with one of the many therapists they have on staff at EnerChi, a separate company that works within the gym. As professional as they can be, the various therapists are certified in Shiatsu, Deep Muscle and Tissues, Acupuncture, and other techniques that are too delicious to pass up.
So with a combination of friendly staff, great equipment, motivating classes and the music to keep you going, I’m more than satisfied to be a member at Great Shape. Check it out for yourself, I’m sure you’ll love it. //Jessi - in Tel Aviv (dcjessi@yahoo.com>)
It has everything that a normal gym would have; free weights, weighted machines, cardio machines (you can even watch TV - you plug your headphones into on the machines to hear the programs), and locker rooms with hot showers. They have a group exercise room which houses the many different classes, such as kickboxing, cardio hip-hop, yoga, and step classes just to mention a few. A spinning room is also a main feature and you can hear the music pumping with the ecstatic cries of the instructor spurring you on as the sweat beads down your face. What struck me as amazing is their “Boxing Smash” room which actually houses a full size boxing ring and over 10 kickboxing bags suspended from the ceiling on a track so that you can move them from one side of the room to the other with ease!
When you sign up for membership, you are entitled to a free session with an instructor every month who will get you started with a workout, teach you what machines to use and when, and give you an overall reason to keep coming. When you get tired or hungry, you can sit down at the counter of the food/drink bar that’s right there in the gym for you. They have freshly made sandwiches and fresh juice drinks.
Feeling the sore muscles? Indulge in a massage or acupuncture session with one of the many therapists they have on staff at EnerChi, a separate company that works within the gym. As professional as they can be, the various therapists are certified in Shiatsu, Deep Muscle and Tissues, Acupuncture, and other techniques that are too delicious to pass up.
So with a combination of friendly staff, great equipment, motivating classes and the music to keep you going, I’m more than satisfied to be a member at Great Shape. Check it out for yourself, I’m sure you’ll love it. //Jessi - in Tel Aviv (dcjessi@yahoo.com>)
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Good Workout !