Gym, where do you go?

Supercow · 25 Jun 2015 at 09:56

Freefaller said:
I was deadlifting and I was disturbing a couple on a date in the bar :/ they complained, I complained back, they banned deadlifts, I told them they were in breach of contract since the Ts&Cs had changed from when I signed the agreement, they kindly asked me to leave, but would forgo the 3 month cancellation fee.

This is probably, the most ridiculous things I've read today!

(and seeing as some bonehead mates were linking chemtrail conspiracy crap on facebook, that's saying something)

Freefaller · 25 Jun 2015 at 10:20

FrenchTart said:
Banning deadlifts... lol :/

You make it sound far more calmly dealt with than I imagine it was

Yes it was dealt with somewhat more emphatically than this - though I didn't have a go at the staff as they're just following direction, and the girls were cute!

However I had the likes of Terry Hollands retweeting me, and I even published the letter from DL on twitter which got lots of retweets.

I then got a call from the manager stating he wished I hadn't done that and had approached him first... I had tried, he was never available. Ah well.

grudas said:
lol banning deadlifts, hello fitness first? also who has a date at a bars gym?! tards.

Well indeed.... Plebs of the highest order.

Supercow said:
This is probably, the most ridiculous things I've read today!

(and seeing as some bonehead mates were linking chemtrail conspiracy crap on facebook, that's saying something)

All the gyms in my area when I first introduce myself used to say "ohhhh you're the guy from twitter fighting david lloyd?!"

It was ridiculous.

jimbaw · 25 Jun 2015 at 10:29

I work in a strength and condition studio and it's the best gym I've trained in.
We've got 3 racks, 1 deadlift platform, a room with astro turf for prowler, tyre flips etc, competition benches etc.

Membership is £34 a month and includes some classes and assessment with a PT

I used to work at DW and absolutely hated it. People pay 36 a month and equipment is always out of order. I complained about it many times but management kindly told me to find something else to do with my clients...

FutileBreadMachine · 25 Jun 2015 at 13:35

I go to GoGym in Sutton, which is like £16pm. Has a decent sized free weight area and 2 squat racks. Only thing is there is no power rack, and only one bench for bench press. It can get quite busy too with brodudes constantly doing curls and admiring themselves in the mirror. They also leave weights everywhere and no-one stripst the plates off the bars once they are done except me.

LOL @ DL not allowing deadlifts! "they could also bring about injury to the novice that tries to emulate someone else they have seen doing it"

Adults with personal responsibility? Not even once.

Jim99 · 25 Jun 2015 at 13:40

Tried TheGymGroup locally, but it was just way too busy on the weights to be worthwhile. Now working in London, Virgin Active down the street wants c. £100 p.m. to join.

I think I'll pass.

Darryl_1983 · 25 Jun 2015 at 14:24

I got tired of my old gym (Gym4all) being so busy and the equipment always being broken (cheap bars, broken plates, broken machines, etc), so joined a private gym which was costing me £55 a month. First month was great but then January came and it was rammed all the time.

I've been training for around 10 years now, and I use free weights for 95% of my workout, so I need a gym with a good range of weightsdSo I decided to turn my garage into a Gym.

Love it, but it's cost me a lot more than i'd intended to spend, probably around £1500. But it'll only take me around 2 years to break even using the £55 a month i'd have been spending at my last gym and I fully intend on keeping the equipment for as long as i can continue lifting for.

I've previously used Virgin active, Fitness first, Council gyms, Fitspace, JJB/DW Fitness. They're all pretty similar really, mostly CV equipment, resistance machines and small to medium sized free weight areas.

Rifte · 26 Jun 2015 at 13:18

davejh666 said:
Now at Gold's gym in Bedford. I looked at quite a few before joining. It suited me the best by a long way. Opening times are ideal, they open at 6am, so I get down there then, do my workout, hit the shower and am in work by 7.30-7.45. Loads of free weights and hammer plate machines. Cardio Cinema, which plays movies throughout, so take the boredom off if you are doing 30 mins or so on cardio. My only criticism if you can call it one is that they don't have a pool. I say criticism, but I hate swimming anyway, so very rarely used it at any other gym. Membership was free for the first month, no joining and £37 a month.

I tired The Gym Group for a day before I joined Gold's (open 24hours etc).

I was a member of this Gym up until April of this year when I left because I was relocating abroad. Loved it....great gym with some good guys in it.

Rifte · 26 Jun 2015 at 13:21

On another note (sorry not an attempt to increase my post count!), I was a member of David Lloyds for about 2 years. My gym seemed to have no issue with me dead lifting, and I genuinely enjoyed my membership there, although it was bloody pricey. I think it was 98 notes a month for me and my 3 year old son.

GSVBagpuss · 26 Jun 2015 at 13:30

Rifte said:
On another note (sorry not an attempt to increase my post count!), I was a member of David Lloyds for about 2 years. My gym seemed to have no issue with me dead lifting, and I genuinely enjoyed my membership there, although it was bloody pricey. I think it was 98 notes a month for me and my 3 year old son.

Wowzers, that's daylight robbery! I use my garage and can't recommend it enough - always open, not waiting and the equivalent of a years gym membership buys you all the free weights you could need

Freefaller · 26 Jun 2015 at 15:44

Rifte said:
On another note (sorry not an attempt to increase my post count!), I was a member of David Lloyds for about 2 years. My gym seemed to have no issue with me dead lifting, and I genuinely enjoyed my membership there, although it was bloody pricey. I think it was 98 notes a month for me and my 3 year old son.

You were lucky. Mine was rubbish. A/C kept packing up. Equipment was broken for weeks. The equipment in general was low quality. Weights area was small and limited and frankly the PTs (not that I would ever use them I have more knowledge than all of them put together) were absolutely beyond useless.

It was a gym for people to turn up with makeup, sit on a bike, and natter over a coffee in the "bar".

It was horrendously expensive and I will never use a DL ever again based on my experience.

Brutos · 26 Jun 2015 at 17:24

Pure gym as i am in London quiet a few around me so its not too bad and cheap and cheerful

nicktay2605 · 26 Jun 2015 at 17:28

That letter you got from the DL is bonkers, and really badly written. Why on earth is he making a point of deadlifts potentially causing injury to novices who don't seek the PT's instruction? That's applicable to every single exercise you can do at the gym, using pretty much any piece of equipment. Surely all gyms are covered against people injuring themselves through poor form if they haven't sought help?! Also, deadlifts taking up too much space? What?! I can think of plenty of other exercises that take up more space.

Freefaller · 26 Jun 2015 at 17:55

Indeed

davejh666 · 27 Jun 2015 at 18:52

Rifte said:
I was a member of this Gym up until April of this year when I left because I was relocating abroad. Loved it....great gym with some good guys in it.

Yep. Have to admit I felt a little intimidated going in there the first time as there are some seriously huge guys in there. But have to say it is the best gym I have been at. In some gym's you find people hogging stuff whilst not really using it, but people here are more than happy to let you work in and give you a hand if you need it.

Rifte · 30 Jun 2015 at 07:45

davejh666 said:
Yep. Have to admit I felt a little intimidated going in there the first time as there are some seriously huge guys in there. But have to say it is the best gym I have been at. In some gym's you find people hogging stuff whilst not really using it, but people here are more than happy to let you work in and give you a hand if you need it.

Indeed, there are some monsters that work out there, but like you I found everyone accommodating.

iamtheoneneo · 30 Jun 2015 at 10:48

Dw in aylesbury getting on 3 years now.
It's OK, decent weight area but always busy. PT asides from 2 are more for the female clients then males,so never used them.

Some douchbags that just treat it like a tip, but most people generally nice and just want to lift.

£25 pm.no contract.

MoDe · 30 Jun 2015 at 12:26

Exercise4Less

Good range of equipment and one of the biggest gyms in the area. But, at £9.99 a month it brings in a lot of people and at peak times it just gets silly.

I try and get in before the 5 o'clock rush, get there any later and I might as well not bother.

Another one opening pretty close so hopefully it will spread the amount of people a bit.

£9.99 per Month - 12 Month Contract.

Drizmod · 2 Jul 2015 at 11:42

My local PureGym is awful. Tiny free weights section. Overloaded with cardio machines (just run outside man). Always really busy due to it being cheap so forget about using all the quipment you require for that session. Also full of typical equipment hoggers (do a set in 30 seconds, spend the next 5 mins on the phone while still on the machine, do the next set, repeat about 10 times).

MrMoonX · 3 Jul 2015 at 22:26

Gym group, one near home and work £20 a month to use any of them, great for me, I use it for cross training for running, I'm not a weights monkey and have no idea what a deadlift is so it's perfect

reilly · 3 Jul 2015 at 23:18

Jim99 said:
Tried TheGymGroup locally, but it was just way too busy on the weights to be worthwhile. Now working in London, Virgin Active down the street wants c. £100 p.m. to join.

I think I'll pass.

£100pm, wow nice price premium in London. 'Up North' it is £50-£60pm depending if you want rolling monthly or annual contract.