Gym Recommendations

DAIR · 26 Nov 2014 at 15:08

Hi,

Starting a new job back in London in Jan and would like to know if any of you could recommend a gym. My only requirement is that I'm able to get value for money.

Location: London, London Bridge area (south of the river)

Thanks

stuie · 26 Nov 2014 at 15:54

See if you can get into a pure gym, plenty of free classes 24/7 access and well priced

tom_e · 26 Nov 2014 at 15:58

DAIR said:
My only requirement is that I'm able to get value for money.

Good luck with that in London! Anything remotely reasonably priced will be so rammed all the time that you won't be able to use anything.

DAIR · 26 Nov 2014 at 16:40

stuie said:
See if you can get into a pure gym, plenty of free classes 24/7 access and well priced

Thanks. However, the closest one is near vauxhall. Thats too far.

DAIR · 26 Nov 2014 at 16:40

tom_e said:
Good luck with that in London! Anything remotely reasonably priced will be so rammed all the time that you won't be able to use anything.

Yeah.. not looking forward this.

tom_e · 26 Nov 2014 at 16:41

What sort of price range are you looking at? Most central London gyms seem to be around the £60 and upwards per month sort of price range.

DAIR · 26 Nov 2014 at 16:49

tom_e said:
What sort of price range are you looking at? Most central London gyms seem to be around the £60 and upwards per month sort of price range.

To be honest I dont want to pay anymore than £10 - £20. However, there is no chance of finding a place that cheap.

I could just about deal within handing over £40 per month. Wouldn't want to (but would if I have to) pay much more than that.

Maccy · 26 Nov 2014 at 16:59

I pay £34 that for a gym in Watford, so good luck in London!

Freefaller · 26 Nov 2014 at 17:02

You won't find that in central London for that price.

tom_e · 26 Nov 2014 at 17:11

I pay £50 in Wolves

DAIR · 26 Nov 2014 at 17:16

Maccy said:
I pay £34 that for a gym in Watford, so good luck in London!

Which one you go to?

I used to go Pumps gym. Now going to that crap hole that is NRG although my membership ends on Friday. So thinking about signing up to fitness4less to see me through December.

DAIR · 26 Nov 2014 at 17:17

Freefaller said:
You won't find that in central London for that price.

Its looking that way. If I'm going to spend over £40 the place had better be bloody good.

Maccy · 26 Nov 2014 at 17:19

DAIR said:
Which one you go to?

I used to go Pumps gym. Now going to that crap hole that is NRG although my membership ends on Friday. So thinking about signing up to fitness4less to see me through December.

Everyone Active, as I use the pool as well as the gym. Convenient location for me as I can walk/run there too.

Freefaller · 26 Nov 2014 at 18:40

DAIR said:
Its looking that way. If I'm going to spend over £40 the place had better be bloody good.

I would suggest avoiding chain gyms. But the more dedicated gyms are harder to find unfortunately.

grudas · 27 Nov 2014 at 00:22

thegymgroup is reasonable.. not that good equipment wise if you want to do some proper lifting but being a 24/7 gym you can just go when ever.. I'd say 9pm-4am is quiet and reasonable.. which is when I go.

DAIR · 27 Nov 2014 at 09:26

Looked up that gym but there isn't one near by. May just start looking around when I start the New job.

CaptainRAVE · 17 Apr 2015 at 22:44

Maccy said:
I pay £34 that for a gym in Watford, so good luck in London!

Which gym is this? Going to be moving to radlett and wouldn't mind finding a good gym not too far away!

semi-pro waster · 17 Apr 2015 at 22:56

It might be worth looking into Better Gyms, there's one called the Colombo Centre which is pretty close to Southwark station and not all that far from London Bridge. You can get memberships starting from £20 and for a smallish fee you can use other gyms in the chain - I think they tend to be affiliates so there may be variations between the facilities and charges.

It does depend what you want from a gym, I've not been to the Colombo Centre but I've been to a couple of others in the chain and they seemed fairly basic but reasonable enough.