1 /5 Stephen Farrell: I trained at Plus Fitness at Terrigal since it opened.
For the first birthday party they made my eldest boy (six months old at time) member of the month.
I had the utmost respect for Sharon, Mark and Sam.
The new owners (I dont know their names) are sadly nothing like the founders.
I then trained for years at the Plus Fitness at East Gosford, which was amazing.
The same people who own Terrigal have bought East Gosford as well.
They also own the one at The Entrance.
I told Plus Fitness Terrigal months ago to cancel my membership. I was told I must come in.
This is not legal.
When Covid was on and the gyms had to shut down, I voluntarily elected to continue to pay my full fee, because I knew the owners would be hurting.
I have just been charged another $80 without consent.
Sadly, the Plus Fitness Franchises on the Central Coast are turning corporate, which detracts from the community spirit, of which I am of the firm opinion, exercise should be about.
In my opinion, members want to feel valued and part of the team.
They do not want to feel like cattle in an abattoir run by people who clearly dont train themselves and are in it for the money.
Plus Fitness on the Central Coast has sadly turned into the consolidation phase of corporatisation, which systematically destroys the core values of entrepreneurs and the passion of the founder who imagined their work being about more than money.
I would again please ask Plus Fitness Terrigal to cancel my membership and now pay me back the arrears since I notified them.
I would also please like the video footage taken from my training there, as you do not have any right to any of it.
There have been some episodes which have been confronting.
Stephen Farrell
