Real Talk #054 – Joining a gym

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

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🗓️ 21 February 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Joining a new gym can be intimidating. There are a lot of things you need to think of. You have to ask about their membership fees. You have to ask about the length of their membership contracts. And you also need to see if their environment is a good fit for you. Fortunately, in this Real Talk episode, Andrew and Kassy help you with all those questions and more! Real Talk is a series designed to help you in real-life, everyday situations. Our hosts break down the type of dialogues you encounter in an English-speaking environment. Fun facts The gym industry is big business. In the United States alone, gyms make about $35 billion annually. You would think everyone would be fit, right? But according to the website RunRepeat, about 6.3% of Americans never even use memberships they have already paid for! Expressions included in the study guide Do you need a hand with anything? Let me tell you about 24/7/365 Month to month To break a contract Cancellation fee A free trial / trial membership A good fit Release form Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: Sam Moqadam (Unsplash.com)

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0:00.0	Hello there everyone. My name's Andrew and I'm Cassie and this is the
0:07.9	Culeps you're listening to real talk which is
0:21.2	the Qupips series for beginner and intermediate English
0:24.6	learners where we teach you the English expressions that you need to know for real
0:29.7	world situations. Joining me today is my co-host, Cassie.
0:35.4	Hello there, Cassie.
0:36.9	Hey Andrew and hey listeners.
0:38.9	Guys, today we're going to talk about useful expressions
0:42.0	and vocabulary that you need to know when joining the gym.
0:47.0	That's right. So everyone, just before we get into it, I want to let you know that we offer a full transcript and a
0:55.2	study guide for this episode and actually all of our episodes for QLPS
1:01.4	members. So to become a member and to get the study guide just
1:05.3	visit cueips.com, c-u-l-I-s-com. So Cassie could you tell us what the plan for this episode is?
1:15.0	Sure thing.
1:16.0	So more than ever, people around the world are interested in living healthy lifestyles, right Andrew?
1:22.0	Yes, absolutely.
1:24.0	And a great way to accomplish that is by regularly working out and exercising at a gym.
1:30.0	So, we're going to start by listening to an example conversation where a guy visits a gym to sign up for a membership.
1:37.0	After we listen to the example, Andrew and I will go through it again to break down and explain the key parts and important expressions in this conversation.
1:47.0	Perfect. Okay, let's get started by listening to that example. Hey there, how's it going?
1:57.0	I'm good.
2:00.0	How are you?
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