going to the gym?
jde-tv
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Im 16 and just went to the gym for th first time and loved it..
i went to big one in my area called total fitness, its got everything and 3 pools
but its £25 a month!
what does everyone else think of the gym and its prices?
i went to big one in my area called total fitness, its got everything and 3 pools
but its £25 a month!
what does everyone else think of the gym and its prices?
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I currently pay £28 a month for the gym only.
The other gym in the area charge £35 for gym and swimming but I am not ready for swimming yet!!
The top gym in area charges about £60 with 2/3 other gyms charging £40.
They really are stupid money, I realised that I could get the basic equipment and just shove them in my spare bedroom. OK so I don't have the pool or anything, but I can still go swimming at the local leisure center.:)
I don't believe your sixteen - your a mega millionaire - yes these prices are FAB!
Problem is to cheap and your going to get some chav's in and you don't want them.
Can I move in with you please?
There's nowhere for you to sleep, my gym has taken the place of the spare room, and you can't go into the guest room. My office? The shed?:p
Most of the stuff you can do in the gym I prefer to do outside the gym (such as cycling and running).
Most weight lifting exercises can be done with very little equipment, too. In fact, you only really need an adjustable bench and you can work out every part of the body with dumbbells and such. I don't have that much space so I bought a fold-away one, which is great, but takes me about 5 minutes to put up and down all the time.
..but too expensive and you get the racket sports playing toffs with their 'big bag' competions in the changing rooms :mad: , and women dripping in jewellery with a full face of make-up, all the gear, but no idea!
I might wear a plain t-shirt and smell of old cabbage - but I'll wager I'm fitter than 90% of the chumps who go to mine.
It's so posh, I jokingly call it Stoke Park.
And the personal trainers at these fitness centres, well not really, in the states to be called a personal trainer you have to go through intensive studying. Over here in places like fitness first, they just seem to show people how to use machines, and dont know a great deal about nutrition etc
Very very few people push themselves at our place. Perhaps it's not the done thing.
There's this one woman regular who is always chewing gum - like some premiership manager. Surely you can't excercise properly whilst chewing!
People do a lot of stuff wrong. I know someone who goes to the gym and goes straight to lifting weights, which is a bit daft because it can be bad for you.
When I went to my old unis gym, people were on the treadmills drinking bottles of Lucozade whilst running.
Gyms are fads for some people, I guess. It just makes people feel better, which is a good thing.
People drive to it. Why not just get on your bicycle, cycle to the gym, turn around and go back again. Thus no need for gym fees!
Just a thought....
Cylcing would only provide one form of a workout, whereas in a gym you would get a more complete one.:)
If pedestrians along the way agree to be used for weights it might work.
People do many things wrong, my particual hate is people using the squat rack to do bicep curls in:mad:
Most gyms have at least one of these guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCj8Yr290tE
In the holidays I run outside - my hometown is v. safe, doubt I could feel safe running in Glasgow (an unfortunate spate of murders recently has made me quite glad to leave for a while).
My local gym is also £30 a month so cannot afford that, but it is really small anyway.
Thinking of joining my local gym but get the feeling it will be full of people aged 40+ who know what they're doing! There's nothing wrong with that - just prefer to be around people my own age who don't know as much as I do about weights etc...!
What is Curves? I think there is one across the road from me!
Someone told me it's £40 a month for an 'off peak' membership! You can't attend at weekends or after 5pm weekdays.
Any classes or one to ones with Fitness instructors are also included but sessions with Personal Trainers are extra.
We get all sorts in ours - from the chavs, to the ladies of leisure, to the top boxers in the area....