Northwood Santry

Cr8or

I was looking to join the Northwood gym in Santry .. anyone got good or bad reviews?

Northwood is part of ben dunne fitness group so it might be simliar to the other clubs.. im not too sure..

Also they say you get a free Guest Pass worth €60 euro .. what does this cover? could i bring a family member in with this?

Cr8or

*bump* - anyone at all?

telecaster_dub

hey i went down to that gym and its lovely and seels to be great value for money but when Ikea opens there it will mental to get out of the estate

€495 for 15 months is good

telecaster_dub

hey i went down to that gym and its lovely and seels to be great value for money but when Ikea opens there it will mental to get out of the estate

€495 for 15 months is good

Cr8or

it looks like there is about 3 entrances in and out of the estate so id say it will be ok.. im going to pop up and see if they let me have a tour first.

insane drummer

im moving into the appartments across from that gym and im wonderin if it has a website. is it aimed at fitness or has it good a good weights section too. me myself would be into body building so is it able to cater for people like me?

(hope i dont sound snooby or vein there! just wonderin if its a fitness gym or dose it have weights too!!:D )

justsomebloke

ah it's not the best but as you are only going to be across the road you aren't going to get closer.

They only have the one squat rack and bar that well errrr, actually bar that and a bit of free space and an oly bar I generally don't use that much else.

dumbells only go up to 30kg, I have my own set of oly dumbell handles jsut haven't had the chance to bring them up yet to see if they say anything

insane drummer

is it worth joining, like i take it they have benches and that, cable station or anything?

justsomebloke

insane drummer wrote:

is it worth joining, like i take it they have benches and that, cable station or anything?

ah ye they have 5 bench's, 3 smith machines, and quite a few cable stations so you should be sorted

best bet is just go up and take the tour

insane drummer

ah right! cool! thanks for that info. have a nice day!!

charba

I joined the gym about 2 months ago and I can not say a bad word about it.

The staff have been nothing but helpful, any questions they are always willing to help.

There are so many cardio machines I have never had to wait to get on one and I get there at peak hour.

I'm only a newbie to the gym so don't know much about weights and the likes but there seems to be a lot of them. At peak times there are a lot of people around the weights area so you may have to wait a while for them.
The opening hours are pretty good 7 or 7:30 ( I can't really remember) - 10 Monday to Thursday, and to 9 on Friday. Saturdays are 9-6:30 and Sunday is 9-6

Having the tv and radio stations on the tv's helps you disassociate yourself from the gym its self and you can focus on your own workout.

They also have a lot of classes, both evening and lunchtime classes and they cater from novices like myself to adavnced classes also

Ruth Farrell

Hi everybody,
Do ya know if Northwood has a website//phone number i cant find a thing on dem.only info i have gotten is 4m ur commets.
I heard there rates are good + so is the gym???Any comments?
i have 3 gyms in mind..Westpoint(Blanch) Mellows road and then this one??Blanch has its faults though..traffic and travelling bit of a put off when ur comin from jamestown road?
leave me a comment.......
Confused!!

justsomebloke

Ruth Farrell wrote: »

Hi everybody,
Do ya know if Northwood has a website//phone number i cant find a thing on dem.only info i have gotten is 4m ur commets.
I heard there rates are good + so is the gym???Any comments?
i have 3 gyms in mind..Westpoint(Blanch) Mellows road and then this one??Blanch has its faults though..traffic and travelling bit of a put off when ur comin from jamestown road?
leave me a comment.......
Confused!!

ah jayus if you are only on the jamestown road you might as well just join northwood as you pretty much would be going past it if you went up to Ballymun to get on to the M50.

Anyway it depends what do you want out of a gym, you might be best just going to all 3 and then deciding which ones suits you best

Poker Engineer

i joined northwood 3 weeks ago as its extremely handy for me living in the northwood complex its a min walk away from my flat. its two floors with the bottom floor filled with four different types of cardio machines ( treadmill, bike, crosstrainer and step machines with dozens of each) also downstairs there is a 25 meter pool ,2 25 seater jacuzzis, a lie down jacuzzi, 2 saunas and 2 steam rooms.
Upstairs is the weights area with pretty much any type of resistance and free weights you can imagine. also there is the rest of the cardio equipment upstairs.
When you join you also get a personal plan set out for you by one of the many helpful personal trainers.

Diamondmaker

im in it 15 months and have found it excellent.

SO handy to get to, if you live within NW, that you find your self just going to the spa or a quick wok out instead of the cursed telly !!

Its very clean well run and has everything your average to above average fittness head would want.

Perhaps it lacks a little at the very specialist high end ( greater than 30kg DBs :eek: etc ) that only real HUUGE guys need.....but I have never found it lacking in any dept.

The misus can even avail of the regular free classes in variuos aerobic work outs.

coolaboolaali

hey jus joined 2 weeks ago.. only e200 for the year.. absolute bargain!!
its VERY busy at peak times but other then that its grand!

kdevaney

Few of us gonna join up tomorrow, as we are working a stone throw from the place for the next few months. Its €165 each when you go 3ways, kinda hard to find better value. Unfortunatly the only time we will be there will be close on peak time, but most gyms are like that these days anyway.

Ill report back with more findings after ive joined

Jimmy Bottlehead

coolaboolaali wrote: »

hey jus joined 2 weeks ago.. only e200 for the year.. absolute bargain!!
its VERY busy at peak times but other then that its grand!

Aye, people whine and moan about it being busy all the time. Yes it is but it doesn't mean you can't still work out!! Waiting two minutes for a bar does NOT ruin a workout!

mcballer

hey...what are the real busy peak times?? and has anyone gone to any of the classes at northwood?? Are they good??Are they mad busy?? Cheers

HooohRaaah

My girlfriend works right beside here and was wondering how much they are charging these days? How busy would it get at around 17:30 ?

Frank Spencer

Think it's €295 for membership atm.

Does be at its busiest at 17:30 but if it's cardio machines she's looking to use then it won't be too bad.

HooohRaaah

What are the chances of haggling them down from €295

Jam-Fly

moving to the area this month, thinking of joining this gym. Is there any other gyms nearby people would recommend over this? (will be driving so anywhere 15 mins or so from Clontarf-ish area)

few questions:
1. is there parking?
2. how busy is it (generally and during peak times)?

ThunbergsAreGo

Yes there is parking, not always spaces though, it can be busy enough in the evenings but iv never really had to wait for anything

all_aboard

Yeah, thinking of joining here also....Hard to find better value. Will have to go check it out, sounds like they are over accepting members and get very busy at times.

Whats is like @ 6:30 am?

Maybe the DCU gym could be an option? Living in Marino. Any other suggestions greatly appreciated.

chriity139

Jam-Fly wrote: »

moving to the area this month, thinking of joining this gym. Is there any other gyms nearby people would recommend over this? (will be driving so anywhere 15 mins or so from Clontarf-ish area)

few questions:
1. is there parking?
2. how busy is it (generally and during peak times)?

Westwood (pricey)
Unique physique in Kilbarrack
Muscle Factory in baldoye
Slender health in Raheny

Thats all I know off the top of my head in the clontarish area.