Waiver of Liability
DECLARATIONS: This Agreement is entered into between ALLEN
HAMLETTE of HAMLETTE FITNESS, LLC and the undersigned (“Client”).
The provision of personal training services by ALLEN HAMLETTE to Client,
and Client’s use of any premises, facilities or equipment are contingent
upon this Agreement.
ASSUMPTION OF RISK: You agree that if you engage in any physical
exercise or activity, including personal training, or enter the designated
location or use any facility or equipment on the agreed premises for any
purpose, you do so at your own risk and assume the risk of any and all
injury and/or damage you may suffer, whether while engaging in physical
exercise or not. This includes injury or damage sustained while and/or
resulting from using any premises or facility, or using any equipment,
whether provided to you by Trainer or otherwise, including injuries or
damages arising out of the negligence of Trainer, whether active or
passive, or any of Trainer’s affiliates, employees, agents, representatives,
successors, and assigns.
Your assumption of risk includes, but is not limited to, your use of any
exercise equipment (mechanical or otherwise), sports fields, courts, or
other areas, locker rooms, sidewalks, parking lots, stairs, pools, whirlpools,
saunas, steam rooms, lobby or other general areas of any facilities, or any
equipment.
You assume the risk of your participation in any activity, class, program,
instruction, or event, including but not limited to weightlifting, walking,
jogging, running, aerobic activities, aquatic activities, tennis, basketball,
volleyball, racquetball, or any other sporting or recreational endeavor.
You agree that you are voluntarily participating in the aforementioned
activities and assume all risk of injury, illness, damage, or loss to you or
your property that might result, including, without limitation, any loss or
theft of any personal property, whether arising out of the negligence of
Trainer or otherwise.
RELEASE: You agree on behalf of yourself (and all your personal
representatives, heirs, executors, administrators, agents, and assigns) to
release and discharge ALLEN HAMLETTE and HAMLETTE FITNESS, LLC
(and Trainer’s affiliates, related entities, employees, agents,
representatives, successors, and assigns) from any and all claims or
causes of action (known or unknown) arising out of the negligence of
Trainer, whether active or passive, or any of Trainer’s affiliates, employees,
agents, representatives, successors, and assigns.
This waiver and release of liability includes, without limitation, injuries
which may occur as a result of (a) your use of any exercise equipment or
facilities which may malfunction or break, (b) improper maintenance of
any exercise equipment, premises or facilities, (c) negligent instruction or
supervision, including personal training, (d) negligent hiring or retention
of employees, and/or (e) slipping or tripping and falling while on any
portion of a premises or while traveling to or from personal training,
including injuries resulting from Trainer’s or anyone else’s negligent
inspection or maintenance of the facility or premises.
INDEMNIFICATION: By execution of this agreement, you hereby agree to
indemnify and hold harmless ALLEN HAMLETTE and HAMLETTE FITNESS,
LLC from any loss, liability, damage, or cost incurred due to the provision
of personal training to you.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: You expressly agree that the foregoing release,
waiver, assumption of risk and indemnity agreement is intended to be as
broad and inclusive as permitted by the law in the State of Florida and
that if any portion thereof is held invalid, it is agreed that the balance
shall, notwithstanding, continue in full legal force and effect.
You acknowledge that Trainer offers a service to his/her clients
encompassing the entire recreational and/or fitness spectrum. Trainer is
not in the business of selling weightlifting equipment, exercise
equipment, or other such products to the public, and the use of such
items is incidental to the service provided by Trainer.
You acknowledge and agree that Trainer does not place such items into
the stream of commerce. This release is not intended as an attempted
release of claims of gross negligence or intentional acts. You
acknowledge that you have carefully read this waiver and release and
fully understand that it is a release of liability, express assumption of risk
and indemnity agreement.
You are aware and agree that by executing this waiver and release, you
are giving up your right to bring a legal action or assert a claim against
trainer for trainer’s negligence, or for any defective product used while
receiving personal training from trainer. You have read and voluntarily
signed the waiver and release and further agree that no oral
representations, statements, or inducement apart from the foregoing
written agreement have been made.