When I joined my local David Lloyd health club, I pictured deluxe changing rooms, a spacious gym, and a peaceful pool I could luxuriate in after a day at work as a primary school teacher.
For around £200 a month, there would be no jostling for space or being dive-bombed by kids.
In reality, there were many times I asked myself, am I at a premium private gym… or in Benidorm? With endless queues and members fighting over machines,
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