David Lloyd - WTAF?
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I'm paying $23 a month for an amazing gym in Salt Lake City - includes hanger sized gym, miles of free weights, club-like spinning room, half-size basketball court, heated indoor swimming pool, Sauna, steam room, massage chairs etc. You can pay $27 a month and take your partner which brings it down to like $14 a month.
https://eosfitness.com/location/murray-s-900-e-560...
I'm guessing it's a mormon not drinking thing, but there are lots of super fit people that go there.
https://eosfitness.com/location/murray-s-900-e-560...
I'm guessing it's a mormon not drinking thing, but there are lots of super fit people that go there.
cheesejunkie said:
A man who mentions the farts knows what he's talking about. f
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.
ETA. Sheffield was very brief, work secondment and friends took me there. I don't want to imply I spent a lot of time there.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.
TBF I've had a bit of a paradigm shift with David Lloyd.
I used to think of it as an overly expensive gym, with an attached restaurant catering to sticky children.
I now think of it as a private members club, with sports facilities with a restaurant that serves quite healthy and competitively priced food It's usually cooked quite well.
Yes, there are still sticky children, but easily avoided during the week.
Louis Balfour said:
TBF I've had a bit of a paradigm shift with David Lloyd.
I used to think of it as an overly expensive gym, with an attached restaurant catering to sticky children.
I now think of it as a private members club, with sports facilities with a restaurant that serves quite healthy and competitively priced food It's usually cooked quite well.
Yes, there are still sticky children, but easily avoided during the week.
To be fair I understand that attitude. I don't want my gym to be a creche/social club/wine bar (yes I've been in one that had)/video library (showing how long I've been going)/ etc. I just want to get in train and get out. Maybe with a bit of a chat but not for too long, every minute I'm talking to someone is another minute I could be out of there. I used to think of it as an overly expensive gym, with an attached restaurant catering to sticky children.
I now think of it as a private members club, with sports facilities with a restaurant that serves quite healthy and competitively priced food It's usually cooked quite well.
Yes, there are still sticky children, but easily avoided during the week.
Sticky children, thankfully never encountered that, the thought of having to be nice to them has already zapped some of my energy
.Although I've gym kit at home I had thought about joining a gym to get me out the house a bit and for swimming. Looked at a few, thought I would check out the local DL as well.
Most are in the circa 50 quid a month mark, some slightly more, some less.
Then DL came back with £209 a month. 200 quid. I get its a bit nicer but 4 times the price of the competition. Probably full of yummy mummy Centre Parcs types.
Think I'll go for the 40 quid PFI place with all the toothless oddments.
Most are in the circa 50 quid a month mark, some slightly more, some less.
Then DL came back with £209 a month. 200 quid. I get its a bit nicer but 4 times the price of the competition. Probably full of yummy mummy Centre Parcs types.
Think I'll go for the 40 quid PFI place with all the toothless oddments.
Scabutz said:
Although I've gym kit at home I had thought about joining a gym to get me out the house a bit and for swimming. Looked at a few, thought I would check out the local DL as well.
Most are in the circa 50 quid a month mark, some slightly more, some less.
Then DL came back with £209 a month. 200 quid. I get its a bit nicer but 4 times the price of the competition. Probably full of yummy mummy Centre Parcs types.
Think I'll go for the 40 quid PFI place with all the toothless oddments.
I'm slightly joking but there's another way of looking at it. A 209 a month gym is likely to be full of people I don't want to meet.Most are in the circa 50 quid a month mark, some slightly more, some less.
Then DL came back with £209 a month. 200 quid. I get its a bit nicer but 4 times the price of the competition. Probably full of yummy mummy Centre Parcs types.
Think I'll go for the 40 quid PFI place with all the toothless oddments.
They might be paying that because they don't want to meet me, I'm fine with that contract
.I could afford it but no way I'd pay it.
Blown2CV said:
i was a member of david lloyd for 10 years i think like 2003 to 2013 and i think it was £80-90 a month.
Not sure how useful that info is
It would be useful to someone who's a detail nerd and wonders where you paid for after 2013 or did you just pull the rip cord and say fNot sure how useful that info is
k it?I'll never understand people paying DL fees and I'll make the odd joke but I won't criticise them. They've suffered enough
.Blown2CV said:
AdeTuono said:
paolow said:
Before you fall over, here are some figures for the (for us) alternatives that we were paying:
Swimming lessons for both kids - £1500PA
Per annum? I learnt to swim in about an hour, probably less.Swimming lessons for both kids - £1500PA
I would reiterate that if we didnt have children we would struggle to justify the cost, but we do and DL is the only place locally that offers an 'under one roof' support of that.
Previously we have been members of a local uni gym which I have to say was exceptional at the price which IIRC was less than £400 all in (for both) - but those days are gone (sadly). We have just adapted and changed to suit.
I looked at DL about a year ago. Despite me saying I didn’t want the racquets option the sales insisted on showing me that part of the facility then presenting a monthly fee inc racquets. It took some doing to get a cost for gym/pool etc only and then it was a minimum of 12 months as “they don’t do three months membership options” at that site. I hadn’t been a member of a gym for 25 years at that point so didn’t want to commit.
Via my employer’s benefits program I could get a three month option and pricing was 5% off.
I went and looked at Nuffield, it has everything I need for less than half of DL price, so have been a member for just over a year.
The non exercise facilities at DL certainly are much better, and this did have a value to me as taking up a membership was partly to help me get out the house but not at approaching £100 extra per month
Via my employer’s benefits program I could get a three month option and pricing was 5% off.
I went and looked at Nuffield, it has everything I need for less than half of DL price, so have been a member for just over a year.
The non exercise facilities at DL certainly are much better, and this did have a value to me as taking up a membership was partly to help me get out the house but not at approaching £100 extra per month
paolow said:
Blown2CV said:
you do realise the point of swimming lessons is to improve technique, power, speed not just to teach them how not to sink.... right
Of course, but shall we start with the not sinking bit? Then perhaps move to technique and a growing confidence?rambo19 said:
I got free membership many years ago through someone I know.
I was working the doors at the time, so use to go during the day.
I was in my early 20's.
Milfs/gilfs/cougars galore, and I had lots of fun.............
I am perhaps reaching a little here but I suspect your experience of being young and fit, slinging dick and not paying membership fees may not be especially atypical here of what DL offersI was working the doors at the time, so use to go during the day.
I was in my early 20's.
Milfs/gilfs/cougars galore, and I had lots of fun.............
cheesejunkie said:
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?
Louis Balfour said:
TBF I've had a bit of a paradigm shift with David Lloyd.
I used to think of it as an overly expensive gym, with an attached restaurant catering to sticky children.
I now think of it as a private members club, with sports facilities with a restaurant that serves quite healthy and competitively priced food It's usually cooked quite well.
Yes, there are still sticky children, but easily avoided during the week.
I'm 46 now and what I mostly want from a gym is space to do my stuff in peace without being jostled or interrupted by the bros and preferably a sauna/steam (and maybe a pool?) so that I can look after my rapidly aging body a little better. I wonder if David Lloyd might not be the answer.I used to think of it as an overly expensive gym, with an attached restaurant catering to sticky children.
I now think of it as a private members club, with sports facilities with a restaurant that serves quite healthy and competitively priced food It's usually cooked quite well.
Yes, there are still sticky children, but easily avoided during the week.
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