Anytime Fitness

Posting due to terrible treatment from management. I was helping some friends of mine get into the gym and trained them here after convincing them to join this particular gym as it’s the closest Anytime Fitness at my workplace. They asked me for help since they knew I used to be a coach 2 years ago but stopped my practice since then. They’re telling me it’s illegal to help my friends out, training at their gym especially because I didn’t ask them for permission and I don’t have insurance. I was only planning to help them out for a week max then leaving them to their own devices. I asked them NOT to pay me because I do not want any responsibility for their progress after my assistance. 1. Training your friends who aren’t paying me, whilst not practicing any business is NOT illegal. I’ve trained my wife at my current gym, I’m sure no one is going to sue. 2. I don’t need permission, although if you wish to “embarrass” me in front of my friends that just joined your gym because of me, you are welcome to show your colours rather than telling me over the phone that “I’m lucky you didn’t catch me”. 3. I apologise for my attitude over the phone, it was rude but it tends to happen when you’re accused of doing something illegal. In terms of the gym itself. It’s a regular gym. Relatively clean, equipment is well kept. Horrible management. To the man I talked over the phone to, if you’re salty that someone’s talking over you in a phone call, drink a bucket of cement and harden up. You were just as rude.