Everyone at Habitat For Fitness must play by the Club Rules (“Rules”). The Rules aren’t just any old rules – they’re part of your official Habitat For Fitness Membership Agreement and have been lovingly prepared by our legal beagles. So please take a moment to get familiar with what they have to say.
WHO SHOULD PLAY BY THE RULES?
The Habitat For Fitness team, Habitat For Fitness members (“members” or “you”) and their guests.
WHY?
• So we can keep ourselves nice, safe and maintain Club standards.
• So everyone, especially you, can have a good time at our Clubs.
PLAYING FAIR
Unlike some rules, like only having chocolate once a week, our Rules can’t be broken.
If you don’t comply, we may ask you to leave the Club, deny you Club access, or (if it’s really serious) terminate your Membership.
We will of course be fair when applying our Rules (which we’ll do at our discretion). While we’re not here to rain on your parade, we will consistently apply our Rules so that everyone can work out in a safe and comfortable environment.
THE ODD CHANGE
We may change these Rules occasionally. When this happens, we’ll let you know in advance by popping a notice on Club display boards or screens and by updating our website (habitatforfitness.co.nz). Please be sure to keep an eye out for any changes.
FROM THE GET-GO
1. Be kind to yourself. Talk to your doctor before starting a new fitness program or using our Club facilities.
2. All members and guests must fill in a Health Check Waiver before using Club facilities. We may ask for a letter from your doctor confirming you are safe to exercise. If your medical circumstances change during your membership with us, please let us know by completing a new Health Check.
MEMBERSHIP
3. Every time you enter our Clubs please present your Membership Card at Reception.
4. No-one else may use your Card.
5. If your Card is lost or stolen, you’ll need to organise a new one and pay the replacement fee (set out in your Home Club Price List).
6. If your Membership Fees aren’t up to date, or your Membership is frozen, suspended or terminated, Club access will be denied.
7. On termination of Membership please return your Membership Card to your Home Club.
8. If we terminate your Membership, it will be at our complete discretion as to whether you are eligible to join any Habitat For Fitness club in the future.
IF YOU BRING A FRIEND
9. At our discretion, members may bring guests to our Clubs by paying the guest fee set out in your Home Club Price List.
10. Guests must play by these Club Rules, including completing a Health Check before using the Club.
11. You must accompany your guest(s) at all times, be responsible for their behaviour and make sure that they play by these Rules. Please don’t leave our Club prior to your guest’s departure.
12. You may not access our Clubs as a guest if your Membership is frozen.
GENERAL CLUB USE
13. We’ll post opening and closing times on Club displays and our website (habitatforfitness.co.nz).
14. Don’t bring alcohol or illegal drugs into our Clubs.
15. Please don’t consume food or beverages brought from outside, in our Clubs.
16. You may bring guide dogs into our Clubs. Carers may enter our Clubs with the member they are caring for but cannot workout in the Club when caring for a member.
17. Don’t use the Club facilities while under the influence of alcohol, anticoagulants, antihistamines, beta blockers (unless you provide a letter from your doctor), narcotics or tranquillisers.
18. Don’t smoke inside or near the entrance to our Clubs.
19. Please leave the Club punctually and prior to our published closing times.
20. If you are taking photos or videos in our Club please respect other members’ privacy including ensuring that you do not photograph or film members without their consent and by ensuring that you are not detracting from other members’ experience using the Club. Absolutely no photos or videos are permitted in the change rooms. We reserve the right to ask you to delete content if we deem it inappropriate.
21. You’ll need to pay for any loss or damage caused by you or your guests while in the Club.
22. We may provide trial access to our Clubs for potential members and other folks.
THE TRAINING FLOOR AND STUDIOS
23. Use equipment for its intended purpose. Follow the instructions provided, including instructions given by our team members. Ask for help if you need it. Please do not bring your own equipment into our Clubs. Items such as boxing gloves and yoga mats are ok. If you are unsure of what you can bring, check with our team. Be sure to let us know if any of our equipment is broken or unsafe.
24. No food or bags on the training floor or studios.
25. Only drinks in plastic or aluminium bottles containing water or sports drinks are OK to bring onto the training floor and studios. No glass bottles please.
26. Please think of other people by replacing weights and equipment after use.
27. A towel must be used on all equipment and while you’re strutting your stuff in the studio and on the training floor. Please wipe down equipment after use – no one wants the pleasure of your sweat, no matter how sweet it is.
CLASSES
28. We recommend pre-booking as classes have maximum head-counts. Our instructors will limit the number of attendees to stay within the pre-set maximum capacity class numbers.
29. You can book your classes up to 8 days in advance. You can manage your class bookings and cancellations through your Habitat For Fitness App, website log in, or by contacting us.
30. If you can’t make it, we ask that you cancel your booking at least 1 hour before the scheduled class start time. If you cancel your class within 1 hour of the scheduled class start time, or fail to cancel and do not show – you will incur a $2 Late Cancel / No Show Fee. This fee will be added to your account and scheduled for the next available Direct Debit date.
31. Timetables and instructors may change without notice. Changes will be visible online (habitatforfitness.co.nz) or in your Habitat For Fitness App.
32. If you’re more than 5 minutes late for a group exercise class you will not be able to join in. We want to start classes on time as your time is precious. Please arrive a few minutes early. Make sure you warm up before you get physical.
33. Please follow all instructions given by our smiley instructors.
34. Unless we specify otherwise, audio visual equipment is only available for use during by a Habitat For Fitness staff member.
WHAT (NOT) TO WEAR
35. Exercise gear fit for purpose must be worn at all times in our Clubs. For example, t-shirts/tops (no bare chests thanks fellas) and closed footwear must be worn at all times including when moving between classes and change rooms. No shoes are OK only when you’re in the change room, during a Personal Training session during non-weighted exercise, and or during specific classes like Yoga and Barre.
36. If you’re unsure of what to wear, ask a Habitat For Fitness team member.
LOCKERS, CHANGEROOMS AND BELONGINGS
37. Lockers are available to store your gear while using the Club (subject to availability). We can’t guarantee that the use of a locker will stop theft or damage to your stuff from occurring.
38. Lockers may only be used for the usual suspects -like gym kits, toiletries and the clothes you have on when you arrive at our Clubs. Don’t keep anything else in your locker.
39. If we have reasonable grounds for suspecting that a locker is being used for something else, we reserve the right to open it and remove any offending items.
40. Lockers are available for use only while you’re on Club premises. Any gear left in lockers overnight will be removed. If it’s not collected in 7 days, we’ll donate it to charity.
41. Only one person can be in a shower cubicle at any one time.
PERSONAL TRAINING
42. Only Habitat For Fitness Personal Trainers can provide personal training in our clubs. Please don’t bring your own trainer into our Clubs.
SAFETY
43. Don’t mess around with fire doors or fire exits.
44. Please follow any health and safety notices displayed in our Clubs. Please let a Habitat For Fitness team member know if you are hurt or injured before you leave the Club.
45. In an emergency or when an announcement is made, have your ears turned on and follow the Club staff’s instructions at all times. If you don’t evacuate when asked we will treat this as a serious breach of these Rules.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST
46. Habitat For Fitness may occasionally take photographs/ images of the Club and its facilities (including members). We’ll try our best to get your OK beforehand (so you can glam up) but this may not always be possible. We reserve the right to use these photographs/images for commercial purposes without payment. We use CCTV to monitor any incidents at our Clubs.
47. Club Price Lists will change from time to time.
48. We reserve absolute discretion when approving Membership applications.
49. Always respect other Club members, guests and our staff. Please use the Club in a way that doesn’t disturb, detract or impair anyone’s experience.
