WARNING - ENDRESULT FITNESS PERSONAL TRAINING / TRAINER
WARNING - Personal Training / Trainer - ENDRESULT FITNESS - ALLAN ALGUIRE CRAIG ADAMS - END RESULT FITNESS OTTAWA ONTARIO
Do not sign up with these personal trainers or company! Allan Alguire makes all kinds of promises when you meet to discuss and sign up for personal training. However, it all changes once you sign the contract and actually start to train. ENSURE THAT YOU WRITE EVERY LAST DETAIL INTO THE CONTRACT: WORK-OUT TIME, WORK-OUT DATES, TRAINER, PARTNER GENDER, ..the WORK-OUT DETAILS, AND DO NOT SIGN A 'MONTHLY CONTRACT' BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO CHARGE YOUR ACCOUNT even AFTER YOU CANCEL!!!
Allan Alguire will say that he will only pair you with the same sex (if your female and request it), but then will book you with a male client for a work-out. You will then be subject to listening to two men discuss hockey and sports. You will then have to interrupt the personal trainer and ask them what exercise is next because the guys get caught up in their conversation and will completely ignore you. So much for the 'personal' in personal training!!
Allan Alguire will agree to the dates you request, but will continually set up training sessions even after you specify that you CANNOT workout that date. Allan Alguire does not listen to your concerns or follow through on the personal training details or workout which were previously AGREED to and for which you PAID.
Allan Alguire says that you will get a different work-out every time. You will do the same work-out every time except in reverse order. And worse, the actual work-out sucks. You won't even break a sweat... but then again, when the trainer is chatting it up, and ignoring the client--- it would stand to reason that you would hardly get a work-out.
Allan Alguire will charge your credit card WITHOUT your AUTHORIZATION!!!
Allan Alguire will say that you can cancel with 4 weeks notice, but will CONTINUE to charge your credit card! Then, will REFUSE to give your money back!
Allan Alguire makes ALL kinds of promises and guarantees -- Allan Alguire re-negs on everything and follows through on NONE!!!
STAY CLEAR of this personal training / personal trainer service. The male personal trainers, Allan Alguire, Craig Adams will completely ignore your concerns and/or specific training requests. They simply do not LISTEN and deliver ZERO customer service.
Allan Alguire / END RESULT FITNESS will steal your money and you will get ZERO results. In fact, the company should be renamed to ZERO RESULT FITNESS. IT IS A RIP-OFF!
This is the worst personal training service I have ever experienced!!!! SAVE YOUR MONEY AND YOUR SANITY -- DO NOT DEAL WITH THESE PEOPLE!
If you want to know more, please contact me. I would be more than happy to tell you all about this WORST experience EVER!!
I disagree with you 100%. I'm not saying these things didn't happen to you, but you are broadcasting them as though they are an everyday occurrence, when in fact you were the unfortunate victim of a couple of rare and accidental mistakes.
ReplyDeletenobody is perfect, but insulting great people who make a mistake rather than offering constructive criticism on how to improve/avoid such situations in the future is simply immature and downright slanderous.
I have been training with them for over a year now and have not experienced even one of the things you mentioned. Craig makes every effort to get to know your strengths and weaknesses to make sure the workouts evolve to fit your fitness level - but this is a two-way process involving communication on both parts - trainers are not psychic, they can't adjust the weight, etc. if you don't tell them it's too light.
As for chatter - Craig gets to know every member and chats about topics that are unique for each person - he even goes so far as to change the radio station to what he thinks each person will like. Not once have I been waiting on him for another task, but any pause is perfect time for squats, lunges or stretching.
As for being paired with the opposite gender by mistake, that suggests their scheduling system could use improvement by including a mechanism for handling special requests. Right now, I believe they go simply on memory, which makes it very easy to make a mistake. This could be a very useful addition to their system and I will share this idea with Allan.
Allan is the most dishonest business person I've ever met. He ripped me off in so many ways.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I have never met such a dishonest business person. I was extremely dissatisfied with their service. Bad reputation on bbb means something!
ReplyDeleteHe is the biggest douchebag I have EVER met.
DeleteMy wife may currently be in a similar position.
ReplyDeleteWhat did you do? If you stop pre-authorized payments, how was he still able to get payments?
Also, what about the 30-day notice? Does that not apply?
I guess you could give notice to stop payment, but doesn't mean he might not still try to get you to pay (according to some questionable fineprint).
Any help would be recommended.
Thx, Chris
If you read the reviews on google and yelp, many people seem to have had bad experiences with End Result Fitness, and those are only the ones that were reported. 1 reviewer stated that they took their post down because ERF threatened legal action. So I understand the anonymous blog post here. Consumers need protection from businesses.
ReplyDeleteI had to contact the BBB and it still didn't get resolved. He ripped me off by hundreds of dollars, lied to me and also promised a lot of "customized" nutrition plans that were actually complete cookie-cutter programs, complete with foods I'd told him outright I was allergic to. Allan is dishonest, manipulative and a smug asshole. If I ever see that face again I will have to do everything in my power to stop from punching him....
ReplyDeleteFollowing years of career building and family expansion (adding two children to my family) I hit over 200lb. It hit me hard and I finally gave in to getting a Personal Trainer.
ReplyDeleteIn the past I had been a member of a few gyms but I never really got the results I wanted (Either by lack of motivation or not knowing the proper way to perform the exercise on the free plan offered by the gym staff).
I visited several Personal Trainers in the Ottawa area and participated in several free consultations/sessions. Some had gimmicks, others promotions and some had expensive marketing.
As Personal Trainers are an expensive option to getting in shape I wanted to make sure I found one that I had confidence in and was comfortable working with, after all I was going to be spending a lot of time with this person.
I finally came across End Result Fitness (http://www.endresultfitness.ca), I sent an email and was soon meeting with the owner, Allan Alguire, he had a great character (energetic, positive and respectful).
But personality is not the only important thing for a Personal Trainer, I wanted a Certified and Knowledgeable individual. After looking into Allan’s back ground I found the following:
Allan Alguire is a Certified Personal Trainer with ACE (The American Council on Exercise -acefitness.org – which is considered one of the best professional certification in the industry. You can verify his certification at: https://www.acefitness.org/acefit/trainer_profile.aspx?acecp=722xyw
He has a book: Your End Result Fitness: The Fitness Plan You Need for the End Result You Deserve! Which can be found on Amazon.ca: http://www.amazon.ca/Your-End-Result-Fitness-Deserve/dp/1461078520/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423175852&sr=8-1&keywords=allan+alguire
And is now a BBB certified business: http://www.bbb.org/ottawa/business-reviews/health-and-fitness-program-consultants/end-result-fitness-in-ottawa-on-38191
This was all nice, however, I did find some negative, there were several negative reviews, even VERY negative reviews regarding the gym and Allan. I confronted Allan regarding this and he informed me that this was due to a promotion that had not turned out right. Individuals had paid for his services (via a third party), however, did not understand that End Result Fitness was not a traditional gym. It is a small custom gym/workout and you must book your sessions prior to arriving. I decided to give End Result Fitness and Allan Alguire a chance and see for myself.
It has been one month and the results are great I have lost 15lb and 5% body fat, my endurance, strength and fitness have grown and I have had no issues with the gym or Personal Trainer. If there were issues they have been corrected. I have event recommended End Result Fitness and Allan Alguire to friends and family. I feel comfortable enough to recommend this Personal Trainer to anybody searching to put the time and effort in to getting in better shape. The knowledge possessed by Allan will help you achieve your goals faster than any other option.
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ReplyDeleteForgot to say HE NEVER RETURNED ME THE MONEY as he said "I do NOT return money $$$$"
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