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My personal advice when you plan to sign up for any gym club...

Tip 1: Enquire preferred gym club and clubs nearby and make comparison in terms or rates and facilities. In this case, you should take a tour around the gym to see the facilities yourself. After that, the consultant will ask you to have a sit and quote you the rates. For some clubs, they will throw in entrance fees, annual fees, etc into the rates. Try to bargain to get the best deal or just walk away(eg:"oh ok, i think i'll need to consider about it and bla bla bla") and you might end up getting the entrance and annual fees waived or they will like give in.(eg:"hmm, if you are interested, i give you a corporate rate and don't tell your friends you get this rate"-they tell everyone that!) If you are satisfied with the rate and maybe you need to discuss with your parents or something, they will ask you to leave your contact number. If you don't want them to disturb you, say you don't have a cell phone or ask them for their name card and suggest that you'll call them instead.

Tip 2: After arriving to a conclusion to sign up for the gym club, you negotiate further to see any more discounts can they give as they are assured that you will be joining, they might give you a better rate(eg:free 6 months when you sign up for 1 1/2 year and the rate will be cheaper if you spread throughout the number of months) or more free gifts(bags, water bottle,etc.) Make sure you negotiate before you sign any papers! Note that you will be charged an additional 5% government tax above the rates given.

Tip 3: After signing the papers, they will get a personal trainer to serve you. The personal trainer will then explain the stages of workout by drawing a ladder with different stages on how to start and that it is ineffective if you workout yourself. He will then say if you don't follow the stages, you will injured yourself and bla bla bla. He will then quote you the rates which is ridiculous and ask you is it expensive. You will definitely say "Yes" and he will slash the price half or something(how absurd). Its not that i'm against personal trainer but if you really need 1, you should bargain for a better deal or "google" it in the internet and you might just save a few months allowance(that is if you are not subsidised by your parents like me). So if he sees you are a little confused or reluctant, he will make an appointment with you and experience it for yourself. I personally have not been in these training programme but my friend told me that it's merely someone who teaches you the basic breathing, balanced diet and workout methods and force you to workout to the max(something like a teacher in school who shouts at you). I think that's all i can share...

P/S: Be firm with your decision made before signing up or they might just throw you another package with cheaper monthly payments but high commitment such as 2 years and more.