Are you a gym goer? what type of gym you choose?

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I have been a gym goer now sense i was about 16 and now i am 34. Well on and off i have a had few breaks off in that time. Most recently after my 2nd child was born i stopped going for about 18months to help out around the house etc and have now started up again. I found a local gym that i liked with a few perks, i will come to this in a mo. I have certainly noticed in 18 years of using gyms see trend changers and over the last 5 years the explosion in the number of low cost gyms. Personally i have not used one of these, i see why they have become popular but they seem to lack swimming I enjoy going swimming. My previous gym what was a local Virgin Active was great gym and across the road from where i worked at the time, but use to cost me a arm, leg and then even more if i wanted to take the wife and daughter swimming. Anyway I started this thread after reading this on the telegraph earlier.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-f...yms-have-muscled-way-fitness-market-but-good/

So what type of gym do you use? Any perks if any? How much do you pay?

I currently pay £40/month for the use of a gym at local golf coarse leisure centre. I consider this to be a perk, my kids get free swimming memberships until they are 12 so i get to they them once a week for no extra cost.
 
Ayahuasca said:
Used to be then built a wooden shed in the garden with a squat rack and all the equipment I need, got a treadmill in there too for incline walks/running when whether is poor.
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When i lived with my parents, I use to have a bench in the Garage and go running no matter what the weather was that was when i was 16/18. I also had a gym membership to use equipment that i didn't have access to.
 
Freefaller said:
I like proper spit and sawdust gyms. I don't need swimming pools, saunas (though they are nice), or several acres of treadmills and all the crap that goes with it as well as inflated prices.

I tried David Lloyd for a year or so, until they banned deadlifting - I cancelled the contract and found a much more "pro" gym. No gimmicks, just good equipment, good people,. and I was free to do what the **** I wanted.

I need good equipment that can take a bit of punishment, lots and lots of plates, lots and lots of racks, prowlers, specialist equipment and where they don't play **** pop music. Basically I need a gym without poncy *****, or bicep curlers. With space to do what I want, when I want, and people who are willing to share, egg you on, encourage you, challenge you and be a bro rather than some random anonymous nobody.
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Don't have many Gym's like around my area, they all seem to shut down or get taking over and turned into more commercial style gyms. If i didn't like swimming for cardio i would certainly like that kind of gym. Head down and get on with it.
 
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