Crunch Fitness UCD

JimmNeutron

Hey just looking for some opinions on the crunch fitness in ucd. Joined there last week and quit jackie skelly at last and wondering how it compares. Also is it possible to upgrade my membership to allow me to use other branches of the gym??

SpAcEd OuT

I personally hated Crunch fitness, the weights room was a joke, constantly queing to use everything and full of idiots who didnt know what they were doing the amount of people that were doing a set then having a chat for 10minutes then doing another set was unbelievable, that was a year ago mind you but I doubt much has changed

jman0

Obviously depending upon what time you get there.
The place has loads of machine weights, some in better nick then others.
It's good in the mornings.
Nice when there's something going on in the gymnasiums below like fencing, trampoline.

Personally i would choose a different gym however. I all got my stuff robbed outa the lockers downstairs once. Also got my bike robbed outside there.

Kinetic^

JimmNeutron wrote:

Hey just looking for some opinions on the crunch fitness in ucd. Joined there last week and quit jackie skelly at last and wondering how it compares. Also is it possible to upgrade my membership to allow me to use other branches of the gym??

Well I did the same as you as I thought JS was for jokers, UCD isn't all that great but at least they've some decent free weights.

fasterkitten

it's crap - full of posers, especially the staff

dajaffa

I joined and never went... I hear it's not great but it is very cheap for UCD students. €165 for a year at the mo

Reyman

UCD is a very basic gym, fitted out (if you can call it that) for students. The changing rooms are out of the 1950s -- cheaper and scruffier than you can imagine. God knows what you'd catch in there !

Having said that there's a good range of machines, it doesn't cost much and the staff are pretty friendly.

There's a weights room down in the basement but it's hard to get near any weights because all the football, hurley teams etc seem to train there and take over the place.

If you're short of cash it's an option, but otherwise look further afield

Journey_man

Is closing at the end of June for anyone thinking of joining.

As for the gym itself... it has everything you need without the frills. Cardio equipment, weights machines, spinning room and free weights room. It's cheap for what you get but if you're looking to relax in a steam room or jacuzzi afterwards then maybe it's not for you.

They sent a text out recently for four month membership at 19 euro per month which is miles cheaper than anywhere else in the area.

My advice to anyone looking for a gym until end of June is call in and they'll give you a guest pass so you can see for yourself.

Zamboni

Journey_man wrote: »

Is closing at the end of June for anyone thinking of joining.

As for the gym itself... it has everything you need without the frills. Cardio equipment, weights machines, spinning room and free weights room. It's cheap for what you get but if you're looking to relax in a steam room or jacuzzi afterwards then maybe it's not for you.

They sent a text out recently for four month membership at 19 euro per month which is miles cheaper than anywhere else in the area.

My advice to anyone looking for a gym until end of June is call in and they'll give you a guest pass so you can see for yourself.

Zombie thread :eek:

That 19 euro is probably a student price.
I wouldn't recommed the gym to anybody.
It's has gone to fvck as it's closing.
The weights room is is full of odd plates, some in pounds, some in kilos.
The benches are ripped to bits.
It is full of young lads socialising.

It is probably a haf decent option for people into their CV.
However, two of the four Concept 2 have broken displays. One has no foot straps at all.

Journey_man

I don't disagree with most of what you say Zamboni, the rate of 19 euro per month is available to everyone for good order. The gym is basic and does have some faulty equipment but i've always been able to work around those.

Again, my advice to anyone is go see for yourself.

gavney1

I've trained up in UCD with a friend of mine a few times. I'm a member in TCD, but i sometimes use guest passes (or pay) to use UCD.

Tbh, on first impression it's seems like a real dingy, old-fashioned place, and oddly laid out.

I'm not able to comment on any of the cardio equipment or machines (cause I've never used them).

But the free weights area is actually really good. There's only 1 squat rack, but it's never as busy as TCD gym, so you're normally not waiting a huge amount of time (at the time I go anyway).

There's some very small advantages over some other gyms that aren't that obvious (and may be just my own preferences). The free weight equipment is just that little bit better than TCD (apart from the lack of squat racks).
Just basic, solid equipment. Also, better equipment than what i remember of WW Sandyford (again im only talking about free weights).

The free weights area also got a good atmosphere for doing hard work. There's no women down there, ever, which cuts out that distraction anyway! And I like the way the free weights is completely separate from everywhere else. It means noone is going to be bothered if you scream while deadlifting.

On the downside - hardly anyone puts the weights back - but I've yet to be in a gym where that isn't the case

Mauricmo

gavney1 wrote: »

I've trained up in UCD with a friend of mine a few times. I'm a member in TCD, but i sometimes use guest passes (or pay) to use UCD.

Tbh, on first impression it's seems like a real dingy, old-fashioned place, and oddly laid out.

I'm not able to comment on any of the cardio equipment or machines (cause I've never used them).

But the free weights area is actually really good. There's only 1 squat rack, but it's never as busy as TCD gym, so you're normally not waiting a huge amount of time (at the time I go anyway).

There's some very small advantages over some other gyms that aren't that obvious (and may be just my own preferences). The free weight equipment is just that little bit better than TCD (apart from the lack of squat racks).
Just basic, solid equipment. Also, better equipment than what i remember of WW Sandyford (again im only talking about free weights).

The free weights area also got a good atmosphere for doing hard work. There's no women down there, ever, which cuts out that distraction anyway! And I like the way the free weights is completely separate from everywhere else. It means noone is going to be bothered if you scream while deadlifting.

On the downside - hardly anyone puts the weights back - but I've yet to be in a gym where that isn't the case

I agree with you that the weights area is fairly well equipted and well layed out.

However this is the only plus to this gym I can find. I was a member for a few years and decided in january of this year that enough was enough and moved to another gym even though I had 6 months left on my membership.

The place was just falling into total disrepair.

I usually only went early in the morning to have the weights area to myself, but the last day I was there was about 4 'o clock and I counted 40+ people in the weights room!

The place was always dusty and the floors dirty. Many of the dumbbells were loose and had no match.

Machines would sit idle for months with out of order signs on them.

Although I usually dont have much to do with staff in a gym, I found that crunch's staff were not the most helpful. Granted this was generally because they were understaffed, I remember needing help one day that the chap on the desk couldnt provide because he was the only one there.

I also remember I complained that the lights in the showers were broken, but people were showering in the dark for a week before it was fixed.

I'm really just throwing my two cents in, I know the place is on the way out and hopefully the new sports center delivers a state of the art gym that UCD deserves.

gavney1

Mauricmo wrote: »

I agree with you that the weights area is fairly well equipted and well layed out.

However this is the only plus to this gym I can find. I was a member for a few years and decided in january of this year that enough was enough and moved to another gym even though I had 6 months left on my membership.

The place was just falling into total disrepair.

I usually only went early in the morning to have the weights area to myself, but the last day I was there was about 4 'o clock and I counted 40+ people in the weights room!

The place was always dusty and the floors dirty. Many of the dumbbells were loose and had no match.

Machines would sit idle for months with out of order signs on them.

Although I usually dont have much to do with staff in a gym, I found that crunch's staff were not the most helpful. Granted this was generally because they were understaffed, I remember needing help one day that the chap on the desk couldnt provide because he was the only one there.

I also remember I complained that the lights in the showers were broken, but people were showering in the dark for a week before it was fixed.

I'm really just throwing my two cents in, I know the place is on the way out and hopefully the new sports center delivers a state of the art gym that UCD deserves.

yeah, i can see how that's quite likely true.

i've only been in there 7/8 times, and I may have been lucky with how few people were there. My experience of the gym is limited, as I only use about 1/5 of the equipment there - which I may be just be lucky that it's all working fine.

I hope though that the new crunch gym keeps some of the very good weightlifting equipment they have there, and don'[t replace the basic hard benches with brand new soft mattressy ones.

Oasis_Dublin

It's opening again until April 2012. New Student is due open in the same month

GrietVdV

Any other gym in the UCD campus area which is good?
Thanks

Zamboni

GrietVdV wrote: »

Any other gym in the UCD campus area which is good?
Thanks

There is a brand new student centre gym opening on the campus shortly.

GrietVdV

Zamboni wrote: »

There is a brand new student centre gym opening on the campus shortly.

Any idea how shortly? Because I'm only here now till June and I'm a real gym bunny

Oasis_Dublin

Keys are being handed over in late April but the kit out will take a few months. I'd try elsewhere, Friarsland in Clonskeagh perhaps.

nicolar1

flyefit ranelagh and rock fitness dundrum are worth a look.