mission

Circuit Factory
anyone ever been/tried it? if you have is it any good?

jam25mack

Yep. It's decent if you do the challenge and stick to it for the whole month. It's pretty brutal and you have to be careful you don't screw your knees.

Not the cheapest but they do get results and the camaraderie is always decent. Trainers are decent and they know their stuff.

Thinking about going back again this month.

scrubbedexpat141

Plenty of friends have been, most enjoyed it but to me they just come across as a right bunch of *****.

mission

Thanks JAM, so have you done this? how exactly does it work - as per their website you don't have to do the challenge
I am looking to break up my weekly bounce fit/gym routine with 1-2 classes of circuit training. Would this place be ok for that?

jam25mack

I've done 2 challenges over the years. It's good (for me) if I want some short sharp results, although a lot of folk do do it long term.

The challenge is 4 x 1 hr sessions a week, daily breakfast exercises and the submission and marking of a food diary with weigh in's at the start and finish.

If you don't want to do the challenge then you can just go and do random classes on a pay as you play basis. If you drop them an email they will generally let you come down and do a class for free to see how you like it.

Venues in Al Quoz, Mirdif, Downtown, The Meadows and one or two other places I think. There's normally 2 or 3 daily classes at each location, early morning and then 1 or 2 each evening.

Meow

I won't forgive them for that appalling Auschwitz advert a few years ago. That was a disgrace and thus their ethics make them a company to be avoided.

jam25mack

There advertising is often edgy and close to the bone but they got that wrong and realized it was in bad taste, apologized and then gave a chunk of cash to charity..... On the flip side, they do a lot of good work, including going into schools with the aim of educating kids not to eat crap.

Maybe its time to let it go..... Or do you not talk to German's either?

Meow

To German's what?

scrubbedexpat141

They don't need to go to schools to do that. Their regular members tell everyone enough about it all non stop anyway. The kids will hear eventually.

jam25mack

Seriously....?

They were the ones who started the whole thing....

jam25mack

Ha ha, true that. They can be a tad grating. Although all these fitness class folk come across as the same.... crossfit, yoga etc etc

Meow

Grammar. You referred to something belonging to Germans.

I wouldn't have anything to do with Nazis if that's what you mean.

jam25mack

You're going to have a busy 2017 if you intend to start correcting everyone's grammar on here.....

I suggest you possibly give that a miss too.... there's honestly more to life!

scrubbedexpat141

Oh god yeah. You should hear me talking about golf.

Meow

It really does help to make sense and use proper English.

Some of us have standards you know.