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First, they have a sordid past. Pennsylvania residents had so many problems with gyms and contracts that the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of PA had to protect them with the Health Club Act. The purpose of the Act is to prohibit “false and misleading advertising and dishonest, deceptive and unscrupulous practices by which the…

The Institute of Medicine recommends that almost all men drink 16 cups and that almost all women drink 11 cups of water per day. Don’t be concerned if you don’t drink that many cups of water. You no doubt eat half of that water, if not more. That’s because the foods that you regularly eat…

Walkers always have at least one foot on the ground. They are never airborne. Runners are completely airborne between toe-off and foot-strike. That makes running a kind of alternate leg jumping. There is no more difficult exercise than continuous jumping. Think about how difficult it is to skip rope or to do jumping jacks or…

If a gym’s application asks for your social security number, they will give it to a collection agency if you miss a payment. They may even report you to a credit bureau. No gym likes so-called delinquencies, me included. But there’s a lot going on in people’s lives and sometimes things fall trough the cracks.…

Well, The Training Station opened its doors at 5th and Spring Garden less than three months ago and the place already feels like home. We have old members, new members, Spring is near and we want to make sure everyone’s up to speed on some of our new programs offered to members. Then we want…

Hey All! It feels like such a long time since I have seen most of you!Six weeks turned into three months, which turned into five months. It was a saga. For those of you who don’t know, here’s the gist: As we were about to close the deal on our new space, the owner of…