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My first few days with Sami Hawwa and Jacob Gries have been excellent.  Everyday we are meeting with Andy (our sponsor) to polish up our guidelines as to how to evaluate fitness centers.  We are making 50 questions on a Strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, strongly disagree scale.  There are 5 categories with 10 questions each.  We have also been doing some outside research as to different types of machines and the newest and most modern technology.  Our first day was a little hectic, as we were just getting acquainted with the new environment.  We walked around the fitness center to get our bearings, and then began to evaluate.  Our evaluation is done through many different ways.  We always visually inspect equipment to make sure it is clean and not broken.  We then use it to make sure that it is user friendly.  We have been pleasantly surprised by the availability of all machines and free weights, as the gym is usually not crowded during the middle of the day (as many people are at work), and the demographic consists of mainly seniors.