David Lloyd - WTAF?
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Rise of David Lloyd's 'two-weekers': How cheap trials are attracting new type of clientele who 'walk around half-dressed, getting beers and treating the place like Benidorm'... as affluent members brand them 'undesirables'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13386487/...
Perhaps only as exclusive as Benidorm!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13386487/...
Perhaps only as exclusive as Benidorm!
Blown2CV said:
i've seen online that several of their clubs are falling to pieces now too.
Ours (Norwich) certainly is - it was Esporta, then Virgin, and now David Lloyd and I'm not sure how much maintenance has gone on since the Esporta days (the locks still have the Esporta logo on them). If everything is working properly it's a great gym and I think is the only gym in Norwich that has all the bits it has (gym, courts, pool, classes, sauna, spa pool, outdoor pool) but there's always something broken, the pool temperatures vary massively and the staff just don't give the impression they want it kept nice so poolside is always dirty from people wearing shoes, etc.I think a health club/hotel & country club (call it what you will) can be great value for money if you use them, My gym has a golf course and swimming pool, studio/weights and cardio gyms I go there 5-6 times a week costs £1300 a year including 5 day golf membership so works out at around £5 per visit including playing golf every week if I want.
There are inconsiderate w
kers at every gym,
Highlight for me have been,
Chewing gun stuck under a weight bench.
Leaving wads of tissue/plastic bottles on equipment.
Parking on the access road in front of the gym on double yellows.
Parking in disabled spots with no badge or obvious (physical) disability
Parking on the hatched areas.
Driving at speed down the access road when there are people crossing, often with kids.
Emptying debris from their cars onto the car park.
Trimming beard into the sinks and leaving the hair.
Aggressive running round the track, shoulder barging.
Inability to use a toilet without leaving "evidence"
kers at every gym,Highlight for me have been,
Chewing gun stuck under a weight bench.
Leaving wads of tissue/plastic bottles on equipment.
Parking on the access road in front of the gym on double yellows.
Parking in disabled spots with no badge or obvious (physical) disability
Parking on the hatched areas.
Driving at speed down the access road when there are people crossing, often with kids.
Emptying debris from their cars onto the car park.
Trimming beard into the sinks and leaving the hair.
Aggressive running round the track, shoulder barging.
Inability to use a toilet without leaving "evidence"
J4CKO said:
There are inconsiderate wkers at every gym,
Highlight for me have been,
Chewing gun stuck under a weight bench.
Leaving wads of tissue/plastic bottles on equipment.
Parking on the access road in front of the gym on double yellows.
Parking in disabled spots with no badge or obvious (physical) disability
Parking on the hatched areas.
Driving at speed down the access road when there are people crossing, often with kids.
Emptying debris from their cars onto the car park.
Trimming beard into the sinks and leaving the hair.
Aggressive running round the track, shoulder barging.
Inability to use a toilet without leaving "evidence"
Seems like we're members of the same place. kers at every gym,Highlight for me have been,
Chewing gun stuck under a weight bench.
Leaving wads of tissue/plastic bottles on equipment.
Parking on the access road in front of the gym on double yellows.
Parking in disabled spots with no badge or obvious (physical) disability
Parking on the hatched areas.
Driving at speed down the access road when there are people crossing, often with kids.
Emptying debris from their cars onto the car park.
Trimming beard into the sinks and leaving the hair.
Aggressive running round the track, shoulder barging.
Inability to use a toilet without leaving "evidence"
I work at several gyms including David Lloyd and to me DL does not seem to be worth the difference in cost.
There are weights and swimmig pools and sanuas and classes at all the gyms I work at.
The overheads at DL must be so much higher due the Tennis courts and the extra land it takes up and to me they are passing those costs on. There are certain things that make the allure of DL worthwhile but scratching beneath the surface they are no better than any of the others.
The MILFs are defo of a hgher quality at DL though
There are weights and swimmig pools and sanuas and classes at all the gyms I work at.
The overheads at DL must be so much higher due the Tennis courts and the extra land it takes up and to me they are passing those costs on. There are certain things that make the allure of DL worthwhile but scratching beneath the surface they are no better than any of the others.
The MILFs are defo of a hgher quality at DL though
J4CKO said:
There are inconsiderate wkers at every gym,
Highlight for me have been,
Chewing gun stuck under a weight bench.
Leaving wads of tissue/plastic bottles on equipment.
Parking on the access road in front of the gym on double yellows.
Parking in disabled spots with no badge or obvious (physical) disability
Parking on the hatched areas.
Driving at speed down the access road when there are people crossing, often with kids.
Emptying debris from their cars onto the car park.
Trimming beard into the sinks and leaving the hair.
Aggressive running round the track, shoulder barging.
Inability to use a toilet without leaving "evidence"
This all rang so true to me that I was going to ask if you and I shared a gym, but there's no track at PureGym Luton & Dunstable.kers at every gym,Highlight for me have been,
Chewing gun stuck under a weight bench.
Leaving wads of tissue/plastic bottles on equipment.
Parking on the access road in front of the gym on double yellows.
Parking in disabled spots with no badge or obvious (physical) disability
Parking on the hatched areas.
Driving at speed down the access road when there are people crossing, often with kids.
Emptying debris from their cars onto the car park.
Trimming beard into the sinks and leaving the hair.
Aggressive running round the track, shoulder barging.
Inability to use a toilet without leaving "evidence"
Never mind parking on the hatched areas at the end of rows in the car park, what about parking on the pavement/double yellows outside the gym doors? If those are busy why not just park in the hatching in front of the fire escape?
There's no staff so no one's going to tell you to put your weights away (where would one start anyway), but that also means no one's going to ask you not to vape between sets, so it's a double win really.
I've spent most of my adult life training in spit and sawdust type gyms. The type where the owner only takes cash and you'll run into a load of roid heads. (I'm not one).
I've never understood the appeal of a gym that has a social club. Never done David Loyd.
Have done Pure Gym, Fitness First, a load of council ones and probably some other brand names who gave me a free towel. But just give me access to the weights room is generally my attitude.
It's sadly closed now but one of my local gyms was ran by a bodybuilder, self ran business, everything in there was focussed on what he liked etc. Due to health problems he sold the business off and it's gone. I now train in a pure gym, it's ok, I don't end up in conversations with taxi drivers training in their work uniform and don't miss that but pure gym - it's lacking something.
If I was there for the MILFs I'd not be disappointed but I'm not.
I've never understood the appeal of a gym that has a social club. Never done David Loyd.
Have done Pure Gym, Fitness First, a load of council ones and probably some other brand names who gave me a free towel. But just give me access to the weights room is generally my attitude.
It's sadly closed now but one of my local gyms was ran by a bodybuilder, self ran business, everything in there was focussed on what he liked etc. Due to health problems he sold the business off and it's gone. I now train in a pure gym, it's ok, I don't end up in conversations with taxi drivers training in their work uniform and don't miss that but pure gym - it's lacking something.
If I was there for the MILFs I'd not be disappointed but I'm not.
£2,250 a year for DL is very much on the high side, but it is a different proposition to PureGym and Gym Group. Whether that’s worth it to you is I guess personal preference.
For me I find the local council leisure centre (Braywick) better than the DL in Maidenhead and very good value at £70 a week.
For me I find the local council leisure centre (Braywick) better than the DL in Maidenhead and very good value at £70 a week.
BobToc said:
£2,250 a year for DL is very much on the high side, but it is a different proposition to PureGym and Gym Group. Whether that’s worth it to you is I guess personal preference.
For me I find the local council leisure centre (Braywick) better than the DL in Maidenhead and very good value at £70 a week.
Seventy quid a week for a council leisure centre?For me I find the local council leisure centre (Braywick) better than the DL in Maidenhead and very good value at £70 a week.
Zoinks!
I'd want at least three months for that.
What are you paying for?
cheesejunkie said:
I've spent most of my adult life training in spit and sawdust type gyms. The type where the owner only takes cash and you'll run into a load of roid heads. (I'm not one).
I've never understood the appeal of a gym that has a social club. Never done David Loyd.
Have done Pure Gym, Fitness First, a load of council ones and probably some other brand names who gave me a free towel. But just give me access to the weights room is generally my attitude.
It's sadly closed now but one of my local gyms was ran by a bodybuilder, self ran business, everything in there was focussed on what he liked etc. Due to health problems he sold the business off and it's gone. I now train in a pure gym, it's ok, I don't end up in conversations with taxi drivers training in their work uniform and don't miss that but pure gym - it's lacking something.
If I was there for the MILFs I'd not be disappointed but I'm not.
There arent many spit and sawdust type gyms around are there ?I've never understood the appeal of a gym that has a social club. Never done David Loyd.
Have done Pure Gym, Fitness First, a load of council ones and probably some other brand names who gave me a free towel. But just give me access to the weights room is generally my attitude.
It's sadly closed now but one of my local gyms was ran by a bodybuilder, self ran business, everything in there was focussed on what he liked etc. Due to health problems he sold the business off and it's gone. I now train in a pure gym, it's ok, I don't end up in conversations with taxi drivers training in their work uniform and don't miss that but pure gym - it's lacking something.
If I was there for the MILFs I'd not be disappointed but I'm not.
I used to go to one called Walton Park in Sale and that was a BodyBuilder type place and was frequented largely by very large chaps, was a bit intimidating at first but after a while, once you got the etiquette and they realised you were making an effort to fit in and be respectful to the people/place, they were fine, apart from the farts, jesus.
Dont know of any others, certainly not in Cheshire, all degrees of poncy.
BobToc said:
£2,250 a year for DL is very much on the high side, but it is a different proposition to PureGym and Gym Group. Whether that’s worth it to you is I guess personal preference.
For me I find the local council leisure centre (Braywick) better than the DL in Maidenhead and very good value at £70 a week.
£3640 pa, £280 per month and that's very good value? For me I find the local council leisure centre (Braywick) better than the DL in Maidenhead and very good value at £70 a week.
£14.99 per month for the gym i go to, now that's what i call "very good value".
J4CKO said:
There arent many spit and sawdust type gyms around are there ?
I used to go to one called Walton Park in Sale and that was a BodyBuilder type place and was frequented largely by very large chaps, was a bit intimidating at first but after a while, once you got the etiquette and they realised you were making an effort to fit in and be respectful to the people/place, they were fine, apart from the farts, jesus.
Dont know of any others, certainly not in Cheshire, all degrees of poncy.
A man who mentions the farts knows what he's talking about. fI used to go to one called Walton Park in Sale and that was a BodyBuilder type place and was frequented largely by very large chaps, was a bit intimidating at first but after a while, once you got the etiquette and they realised you were making an effort to fit in and be respectful to the people/place, they were fine, apart from the farts, jesus.
Dont know of any others, certainly not in Cheshire, all degrees of poncy.
king protein overdosing stinkers. Not just protein but I don't want to smell what you've had for lunch.Never felt intimidated. Trained in a few in different places. Belfast, Sheffield, Newry and Newcastle in that order. Maybe I should have felt so but I didn't. Always got to know the owners and I'm not a talker but I can pretend to be. One time I helped kick a few travellers out, not my style but I considered the gym a bit of home turf and happy to help the owner. That's not going to happen in a David Lloyd. It's all fun and games looking back and I'm not sure I'd do the same thing again but gym life has been a good life. I've nothing against the commercial gyms and as mentioned go to one now but find them quite sterile and I doubt I'll have any stories to tell about pure gym in 10 years.
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