My training has improved towards gym x training and I have identified weaknesses I never knew I had but i have previously been better at individual events so it's been good to mix it up a bit now.

As there is only 1event in Scotland and that wasn't even advertised last year I doubt they have even heard of gym x-training.

Since taking up the Gym X training challenges I have realized that my previous gym workouts needed more focus and were significantly lacking in cardio.  I have improved my strength training sessions as well.  Overall it was a matter of changing both the way I trained and the training intensity.  I change my routines more often instead of repeating the same daily routines time and time again.  I do more circuit training now and try to alternate cardio and strength days so that the intensity of my workouts can be higher. 

The personal trainers are impressed and like the website 

Thank you to all the guys who have replied to this questionaire. Some great little bits of info in here and some ideas of where to improve the site and what more has to be done.

Sean

Yes it has lots of information that's useful to a newcomer like myself.

I like all the results and splits history. It gives me an idea of what times to train towards. I used to buy athletics weekly just to look at race results even if I already knew my time and position - it's nice to see your name.

The venue was awesome overall. It would have been better to have had more space to run 2 lanes to enable compititors to race as this would have been more interesting for spectators than watching a time trial. Excellent starting point for promoting the sport further and it was clear a lot of work had been put in to make the event happen.

If there was a structure, points or prizes then yes but not as they stand now. I don't like challenges with bikes in them because most gyms have different models and you can't comare them accurately and there aren't enough people doing the challenges to have a leader for each model of bike.

Gyms don't care about this unless they can make money but I don't think we will get them onboard if we attack them we need to work with them but that may not be possible if they can't make money.

Yes I've been competing now for 6 months and I'm really enjoying it.

As a newcomer it's very hard to understand why so many events are run by so many different people. There seems to be too much politics going on and as a competitor you just want to train and race. It's hard to find out when different events are on and probably impossible if your a newcomer and don't know anybody who competes already.

Love the site.  Easy to use and with the latest news link I can keep up with what's happening in the gym challenge world. 

I like the online challenge postings.  They make a good basis for cross training workouts and provide a way to continually measure your fitness levels as well of course as an interesting challenge to undertake in the gym.

The Venue was good.  Easy to get to and the event was fantastic. It was my first extreme challenge and a great experience.  I really enjoyed all the support from the team 

Certainly there has been some interest from the personal trainers in my gym.  I have told them about the competitions and they have been to the website to check out the challenges.  They even ran a similar challenge at my gym. 

I have found that most people at the gym train the way I used to.  I believe it is a matter of habit.  Fortunately there are more circuit classes now as people realize the benefit of overall fitness rather than just being able to bench a lot of weight for 4 or 5 reps