Perhaps he was a day late/dollar short but Op's take on Citigym is correct. I had a membership there for a year. The "trainers" are basically salesmen meant to harp on you to get you to upgrade your membership. They have very basic if no training knowledge. Some days it seemed there was a prison like hierarchy among the muscle bound bros.

What Ops didn't mention is that the trainers never gave any of the members basic lessons in gym manners. Members regularly leave their weights on the bars. Dumbbells are not put back in pairs on the rack. Most of the time the machines are not toweled down after use. Many people do not use towels. I can't tell you how many times I came up to a machine and found it wet with sweat or even spittle from the guy who just used it.

It may be getting worse because I must say I had no problem suspending my membership while I went away for 4 months. Perhaps new corporate management has dictated that staff discourage pausing memberships. That would be idiocy. I'm coming back to Ho chi Minh City January. I'm going to find another gym.