AMK FF

The first suburban Fitness First in Singapore opened at AMK last week. After some hesitation (can't decide which gym to go and what sports to do :P), decided to just give the AMK FF a try.

FF is located in the spanking new AMKHub. Its a small cosy gym packed with all the brand new equipment. They have the cardio wave machines that are now common fixtures in the newer FF gyms. Although small, it has 2 studios : one for the normal group classes such as Body Combat etc., and another, called Mind & Body (i think) is more for yoga classes etc. They even have Tai Chi classes on Sun mrn!!! Interesting. Will try it out soon :)

Thankfully most part of the gym is hidden or blocked from the prying eyes of the shoppers, except that some of the weights machines faced the FF entrance and so for some of the workouts I'm in full view of shoppers popping in to check on the club or just walking past the place. Not comfy for someone like me who treasures my privacy :P

Only grouse I have is that the club is showing all the Mediacorp shows on their tv screens!!! What is this ?!?!?! No cable ?? I sincerely hope this is because their cable subscription is not ready yet and not that because it is a suburban club they decided to do away with the frills *faint* Thankfully I was there on a Sat mrn and they were showing some fat-loss reality show on Ch 5 called The Biggest Loser or something, so its still quite bearable. Can you imagine working out to some crappy local production on tv ??? :P

The variety of fitness machines there are commendable. They are as high tech as those I have seen in RQ, where they have panels to indicate the number of repetitions per set. Very good indeed! Got to know from this trainer that they have sign-up 400 people so far and most of them will start their gym membership on 1 Apr. So I guess the floodgates will open then and AMKFF might be packed especially during the weekends. Will look see come this weekend and decide whether I will still head to AMKFF after Apr. Still have a few FF gyms I have yet to try out, but as they are in town (Paragon, Cathay and Millenia), the motivation for me to go is lower. :P

All in all, a nice gym, a nice relaxing workout ... very nice way to start my Sat :)