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Gym Membership Tricks
Your Gym's Dirty Little Secrets
Before you re-up for another year, there's a thing or two you should know about health clubs
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What Your Gym Doesn't Want You to Know
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They'll Fight to Keep You
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Monthly Contracts Can Be a Rip-Off
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The Place Is Crawling with Germs
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They Hire Some Dud Trainers
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You Can't Trust Them With Your Life
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They May Keep Charging You After You've Canceled
You Can't Trust Them With Your Life
Sudden cardiac death during exercise is rare, but if your ticker does time out, what happens next can make all the difference. If an automated external defibrillator (AED) is used right away, your chance of survival is more than 90 percent, according to the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Yet fewer than a dozen states require gyms to have one on the premises. Even if your gym has a device, there may not be anyone on staff trained to use it. (Not great news, considering every minute of delay lowers your chances of survival by 10 percent.) Check if your gym has an AED and if the staff is required to have CPR and AED certifications, says Gil Fried, a sports management professor at the University of New Haven.
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