How much do you pay for your gym membership?

[Otispunkmeyer]

Was paying £35 a month at what some might call a box gym. Its not a cross fit place though, its just an independent gym run out of an old warehouse. No CV or weights machines, its all free weights, climbing frames, tractor tyres, climbing ropes and slam ropes etc.

Its a cool place and its usually empty when I go. He does offer lots of classes and things (spinning, HIIT, Pole etc) which I guess you are paying for, use them or not. But in the end I have moved to one of these, I guess, "no frills" gyms that are popping up everywhere (we've had two in Lboro!).

Part of the reason is the venue. An old warehouse/mill is cool, but in winter its absolutely Baltic and I am talking you want some good gloves on if you intend to hold a bar or something. Its that cold. No good if you like training in shorts and vest. In summer you get the opposite as the glass/tin roof just keeps the heat in and it becomes an unbearable sweat box.

saving £15, and whilst its got more mainstream gym stuff in it they do still have power racks, squat racks and platforms to use and usable changing rooms and its a nice temperature and its actually well lit (warehouse place had funky disco lighting and some LED spots, but for the most part was dark and dingy looking).

I do miss it being empty though and not full of dunder heads who waltz round looking in the mirror all the time, only doing chest and biceps and leaving plates scattershot around the gym .

Good value though I think, whilst everything is all new and shiny anyway. No contracts at either, its just stop paying when you want to stop going. Its not that the first place was bad value at £35, he had a lot of unique equipment in there, but in the end for what I am doing I can do it cheaper elsewhere and not feel like I'm working out in a cave on the side of Mt Everest.

Edited by Otispunkmeyer on Wednesday 6th January 12:13

[Hoofy]

Otispunkmeyer said:

Was paying £35 a month at what some might call a box gym. Its not a cross fit place though, its just an independent gym run out of an old warehouse. No CV or weights machines, its all free weights, climbing frames, tractor tyres, climbing ropes and slam ropes etc.

Its a cool place and its usually empty when I go. He does offer lots of classes and things (spinning, HIIT, Pole etc) which I guess you are paying for, use them or not. But in the end I have moved to one of these, I guess, "no frills" gyms that are popping up everywhere (we've had two in Lboro!).

Part of the reason is the venue. An old warehouse/mill is cool, but in winter its absolutely Baltic and I am talking you want some good gloves on if you intend to hold a bar or something. Its that cold. No good if you like training in shorts and vest. In summer you get the opposite as the glass/tin roof just keeps the heat in and it becomes an unbearable sweat box.

saving £15, and whilst its got more mainstream gym stuff in it they do still have power racks, squat racks and platforms to use and usable changing rooms and its a nice temperature and its actually well lit (warehouse place had funky disco lighting and some LED spots, but for the most part was dark and dingy looking).

I do miss it being empty though and not full of dunder heads who waltz round looking in the mirror all the time, only doing chest and biceps and leaving plates scattershot around the gym .

Good value though I think, whilst everything is all new and shiny anyway. No contracts at either, its just stop paying when you want to stop going. Its not that the first place was bad value at £35, he had a lot of unique equipment in there, but in the end for what I am doing I can do it cheaper elsewhere and not feel like I'm working out in a cave on the side of Mt Everest.

Edited by Otispunkmeyer on Wednesday 6th January 12:13

For winter, it sounds ideal. You can wear warm clothes and as you get hotter, take layers off. Summer sounds like it sucks. The guy should put in a/c or industrial fans. It's a bit like that at some of the places I climb (basically warehouses kitted out with climbing walls) but they do use industrial fans which helps. (It's only on the hottest days of the year that I don't climb as the fans are good but not that good.)

[Targarama]

Years ago I paid too much for David Lloyd, then moved to Fitness First (and missed the pool/hottub) Fitness First had many more meatheads spending too long looking in the mirror. I moved up Leicester way and now pay £3 a visit at a local gym in S Wigston -it has a mixture of equipment and offers classes if you're that way inclined. Has a small number regular bodybuilding types who seem to be there all the time and don't seem to be able to lift the weights (i.e. they drop heavy weights on the floor) but they're all nice enough guys. Good local place. Not too close so I can cycle there for a warm-up 10 mins bike ride/5 mins drive for me. I like to pay like this as some weeks I'll go once, other weeks 2/3 times.

[wazztie16]

A bit OT, but this thread is probably a good place to ask as any.

I'm currently part of a gym group, £25 pm, gym, swim and classes all included at I think 6 different venues, although not each has everything.

I only ever use the venue near work, and even then very rarely for the gym, and practically never for swimming.

However for £30 pm I could move to a gym near home (and then have another close by), but that £30 only includes gym, nothing else.

Do I switch?

I never have the get up and go to gym after work, and can't before as early starts. Having 2 near home seems like it would suit me better.

What would you do?

What should I do?

[Hoofy]

wazztie16 said:

A bit OT, but this thread is probably a good place to ask as any.

I'm currently part of a gym group, £25 pm, gym, swim and classes all included at I think 6 different venues, although not each has everything.

I only ever use the venue near work, and even then very rarely for the gym, and practically never for swimming.

However for £30 pm I could move to a gym near home (and then have another close by), but that £30 only includes gym, nothing else.

Do I switch?

I never have the get up and go to gym after work, and can't before as early starts. Having 2 near home seems like it would suit me better.

What would you do?

What should I do?

I read that as:
you are now a member of a gym you only do classes at and never use the actual gym.
you want to join a gym that doesn't have classes and only a gym.

[wazztie16]

Hoofy said:

wazztie16 said:

A bit OT, but this thread is probably a good place to ask as any.

I'm currently part of a gym group, £25 pm, gym, swim and classes all included at I think 6 different venues, although not each has everything.

I only ever use the venue near work, and even then very rarely for the gym, and practically never for swimming.

However for £30 pm I could move to a gym near home (and then have another close by), but that £30 only includes gym, nothing else.

Do I switch?

I never have the get up and go to gym after work, and can't before as early starts. Having 2 near home seems like it would suit me better.

What would you do?

What should I do?

I read that as:
you are now a member of a gym you only do classes at and never use the actual gym.
you want to join a gym that doesn't have classes and only a gym.

Reading it back it does read like that, I have only stepped into the class room once, and that was on the induction. I just use the gym. And swim once in a blue moon.

[Hoofy]

wazztie16 said:

Hoofy said:

wazztie16 said:

A bit OT, but this thread is probably a good place to ask as any.

I'm currently part of a gym group, £25 pm, gym, swim and classes all included at I think 6 different venues, although not each has everything.

I only ever use the venue near work, and even then very rarely for the gym, and practically never for swimming.

However for £30 pm I could move to a gym near home (and then have another close by), but that £30 only includes gym, nothing else.

Do I switch?

I never have the get up and go to gym after work, and can't before as early starts. Having 2 near home seems like it would suit me better.

What would you do?

What should I do?

I read that as:
you are now a member of a gym you only do classes at and never use the actual gym.
you want to join a gym that doesn't have classes and only a gym.

Reading it back it does read like that, I have only stepped into the class room once, and that was on the induction. I just use the gym. And swim once in a blue moon.

Right, so basically 95% of the time you only use a gym. I'd have it nearer to home.
1) After work, you have a quick snack, drive/commute to gym (time to digest), then train then fall out and 5 minutes you're home
2) You can train on your days off
3) You can train at the weekend
4) You might make friends with people in your locale (if you feel so inclined).

[272BHP]

Any other David Lloyd members? how much are you paying?

I am paying 80 pound a month on a corporate rate just for the sheer convenience as it is close to my home. Never use any of the classes, swimming pool or racquets.

[Hoofy]

272BHP said:

Any other David Lloyd members? how much are you paying?

I am paying 80 pound a month on a corporate rate just for the sheer convenience as it is close to my home. Never use any of the classes, swimming pool or racquets.

Racquet stuff will cost another £25-30.

[madmover]

272BHP said:

Have you given them 3 month notice that you are about to quit? tends to catch a lot of people out.

Absolutely. I had a reminder in my calendar to ensure I reviewed it within the terms set by contract.
So many folk get caught out by that one with DL I suspect!

[Johnny]

£151 for myself and Mrs Johnny. £91 for me, corporate rate. I remember it being £77 not that long ago...

VA Classic Twickenham.

Gives me access to all VA clubs bar one, I think.

It's too much money but I like it there.

[Sheets Tabuer]

£60 a month for virgin in rugby, it's like a nightclub, standing room only unless you go at 06:30, nightmare when you have a programme to do.

I'm going to bin it off, one smith machine and with a slipped disc I need to have the safety not watch groups chat to each other while one of them lifts 10 kilo.

[vanordinaire]

I'm building a gym as part of my new house, it will probably cost me around £25000 extra on the housebuild costs so if I get 25 years use out of it, that's about £85 per month. Well worth it when I know I don't need to share the sauna or showers and never need to wipe someone else's sweat off the equipment and I get to choose my own music.

[Hoofy]

vanordinaire said:

I'm building a gym as part of my new house, it will probably cost me around £25000 extra on the housebuild costs so if I get 25 years use out of it, that's about £85 per month. Well worth it when I know I don't need to share the sauna or showers and never need to wipe someone else's sweat off the equipment and I get to choose my own music.

Pretty much why I prefer training at home.

And you will probably end up selling it for more (as a part of the house).

[DUMBO100]

I'm another paying £10.99 per month at "The Gym" and I've been impressed with nearly everything they do. No pool or sauna but it's clean with good equipment. The Mrs goes too and books her personal trainer 3 times a week

[Schiehallion85]

£19.99 per month for modern, clean mainstream gym...no pool..use it 3 times a week for weights, decent value...never use classes though ever which is included.

£30 per month for a local boxing gym..train there a lot but not bothered about value. It's a home from home.

[Hoofy]

I found a solution. Bit of a drive but it's a tennis academy with a shedload of indoor courts and outdoor courts (about 20 in total?) plus drop-in coaching and play sessions for £15 a time. I'll only be able to go once a week so don't mind paying £60 a month including coaching!

[TheJimi]

vanordinaire said:

I'm building a gym as part of my new house, it will probably cost me around £25000 extra on the housebuild costs so if I get 25 years use out of it, that's about £85 per month. Well worth it when I know I don't need to share the sauna or showers and never need to wipe someone else's sweat off the equipment and I get to choose my own music.

This needs a build thread!

[ambuletz]

£25 a month, 1month notice.

The local council gym which is horrible charges twice as much and needs 3 months notice.
'TheGym' that has opened is £17 a month, but is small, doesnt have much equipement and is more of a 'leisure gym' with no squat/power/half racks.

I like the one I'm with as they have tons of cardio machines. The other gyms only have smith machines, no power racks (which mine has). At mine you never have a problem using a cardio machine during peak times, I tend not to lift during peak times anyway, but you can get a power rack easily.

[FurryExocet]

Virgin Active for me, £57 a month. Its convenient for me, as I use one in Farnborough and one in Crawley.

The Crawley one, although is a bit older and less fancy, has more equipment. The Farnborough one is the "top tier" gym, but has less equipment...go figure