what gym shall i join

riamu

riamu

riamu

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which gym should i join? i am ready to pay around 40 to 60 quid a month for a decent gym where hopefully i can avoid riff-raff and get a good ambiance and workout and relax.

I have been to Fitness First near my house and they are £60 / month premium membership which i can access their top clubs with which have swimming pools.

Kinetika seem a bit scummy, and I have yet to visit virgin active and LA Fitness.

Can anyone help recommend the right place?

( don't want to be using the weights and surrounded by former inmates of HMP Belmarsh, get my drift....?)
 
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I can never justify paying that ammount for a gym, just find a standard local gym that isn't a branch like Fitness First/David Lloyd etc. Just make sure its a nice gym with decent kit and save yourself £30 a month
 
Any gyms that you are thinking of joining you would do best to check them out at the times you are thinking of using it. A gym I was at for a while was literally unusable at peak time at around 7pm, it was borderline dangerous so I just set up at home.

Also, as mentioned above look at the contract length etc as you may want to switch gym at some point.
 
i visited fitness first at 8pm when i will be using a gym, and it seemed very busy, i have 2 branches of fitness first in my area, one of them had a lot of big guys with big muscles and i thought i was in a zoo, but they seemed alright, the other branch had more corporate posh people, but the first branch smelled bad, i think the air-con was not working and it had more flights of steps to climb.

DW Fitness does not have branches in London. I live in SW London.
 
Visit the ones in your area and decide - even the chains can vary loads as you've seen.

Although maybe don't decide on the basis of how many flights of stairs you need to climb...
 
riamu said:
the other branch had more corporate posh people, but the first branch smelled bad, i think the air-con was not working and it had more flights of steps to climb.
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Is that as ironic as people trying to park as close to the front doors of the gym as possible?
 
I pay £16.00 (or as close as) for The Gym membership. It's the 24hr bit I like. Getting there at 5AM when there's hardly anyone else there is brilliant.

£16.00 and I never have to wait for equipment. Sure - there's some dodgy types in there but we all say Hi and keep it pleasant.

Suppose there's not much in the way of 'riff raff' round here :)
 
SquirtButton said:
£60 a month? You're having a laugh.

I pay just over £20 at http://www.dwfitnessclubs.com

Spa, Pool included.
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up norf?

lol that's what you get up there everything is cheap even the gyms
I remember once someone telling me they pay £10 a month for the gym some bodybuilder gym it was had needles all over the place...

@ OP - just go visit all of your local gyms and see which one works best for you.

my personal opinion is location - I prefer to be close to a gym, then what kind of equipment they got followed by price!
 
#Chri5# said:
Is that as ironic as people trying to park as close to the front doors of the gym as possible?
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Behave ;). I park as close to the doors as I possibly can. When I leave, aching. I don't want to have to walk across a car park to get to my car. Especially when its cold outside.

I use Klick Fitness. essentially Re-Branded, Re-modeled fitness first. (All the advertising mail say fitness first on it) I pay £15 per month but there is a joining fee.

http://www.klickfitness.com/
 
Just joined my local gym at £12.50/month. Not the most modern gym equipment but the More Energy membership also allows me to use the local University's facilities too.
 
Domo said:
I pay £16.00 (or as close as) for The Gym membership. It's the 24hr bit I like. Getting there at 5AM when there's hardly anyone else there is brilliant.

£16.00 and I never have to wait for equipment. Sure - there's some dodgy types in there but we all say Hi and keep it pleasant.

Suppose there's not much in the way of 'riff raff' round here :)
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Where in Surrey is this gym?
 
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