Lift Performance Centre in Redfern, NSW was voted 2015s best new independent gym by Men's Health Magazine Australia, offering a distraction-free training environment. The gym built its model on "going back to basics" and has no music, tv screens and mirrors. Cato Rutherford, founder and director of the gym emphasises that a screen-free environment is crucial to maximing results when exercising. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The University Recreation and Aquatic Centre (URAC) in Wollongong, NSW provides the local community with a broad range of fitness and sporting facilities. The family friendly gym has television screens, lifescape screens and mirrors throughout the main gym and group exercise classes. Jess*, a personal trainer and exercise physiologist discussed people's biggest distractions in the gym, the screens available at URAC and how she uses certain devices to enhance her performance.