Industry Figure Tom Chappell

Discovery Health is doing something called the National Body Challenge, which includes a variety of features, such as exercise plans and what look like some tasty recipes.

It’s free, and if you sign up (really) soon, you can download an 8-week free pass to your local Bally Total Fitness, as well as a free personal trainer session, which alone is about a $50 value.

Now, Bally’s doesn’t have the best reputation in fitness clubs, but the one I went to smelled better than the local 24-Hour Fitness, had decent equipment, and was properly air conditioned.

They didn’t ask me to sign anything other than an injury waiver, didn’t ask for my credit card number, didn’t pressure me to sign up for a paid membership. Seems to be a straightforward free trial.

I fell in love with the Life Fitness elliptical cross-trainers there. They easily get my heart rate up to the cardio target rate, and then just vary their resistance to fit my pace and keep my heart rate at that target. Lots of machines have similar settings, but this one seems particularly well-suited for charging along in time to the music on my iPod.

I’m scheduled to take my free personal trainer session tomorrow. I’ll report back.

Read about the National Body Challenge.

Sign up for the National Body Challenge.
Then be sure to download your free 8-week pass ASAP, because that offer expires soon.