Going to the gym should be an activity that provides everything you expect in order to achieve your desired results. That being said, here is what I look for in a gym and I will finish with my personal take on MTG.
1) Hand picked personal trainers that are totally professional, focused on their trainee, and not working at a gym for their own ego. MTG exceeds the quality of trainers expected by the other gyms I've been a member of, mainly Crunch and LA Fitness.
2) You can get a feel for the atmosphere of a gym pretty quickly being inside the premises. MTG is awesome because not only are there so many tools to play with (from Olympic lifting to Trx, boxing, boot camp equipment, Pilates, and everything else a good gym offers) to get you in shape, but their classes are geared for you to have fun and seriously get results. It's the type of place where you aren't competing with anyone else in the gym, only the person you were before your current workout.
3) I like to be challenged and motivated by my trainer but also not made to feel like my trainer is working me out at levels where I could be injured, which MTG's professionals definitely understand.
Finally, I have to say as a young guy that is used to powerlifting and doing speed and strength drills as a former athlete, I have been taking advantage of Pilates classes because it has been the only exercise helping me recover from back surgery as a result of a baseball catching injury. In 10 years I have never felt the immediate and lasting results that have helped my spine recover from a dislodged disc as I have from training at MTG. All in all, the people are great, the workouts are excellent, and I'm glad to be a part of the MTG family. read more