Temperature in your gym

trotter_inc

Do you know what temperature it is in your gym?

I go to the Oriel House Hotel in Ballincollig, Cork and the temperature in there is WAY too warm. I've been a member of many other gyms but have never experienced anything as warm as this! When it's really busy the temperature goes up even higher!

According to the thermometer on the wall it usually reads about 26 - 27 degrees celcius which is far too high. Ive mentioned it many times to the instructors but their reply is always the same: "they cant change the air conditioning", which according to them is set at 19 degrees celcius.

Just wondering how hot or cold it is in other peoples gym before I start complaining to the management in the Oriel gym.

Thanks guys.

joker77

26/27 degrees is way too hot! Then again, it wouldn't take long to get a sweat up.

My gym is set to 19 degrees, which is a little too cold for me - would prefer 20/21

SuprSi

Westwood Leopardstown is grand - grand in that I've rarely noticed the temperature being anything other than normal, except sometimes in the changing rooms when it can be a little cold. A couple of times it was a bit warm in the weights machines area, but generally it's a comfortable room temperature.

Malteaser!

That's funny that there's a thread on this, I was only thinking about it when I walked into my own gym today.

Mine, (TF:Castleknock) is always FREEZING, or at least I'm always freezing in it, even after the hardest of sessions I only ever feel a normal temperature after it.

celestial

You'd have to complain about that! How come they haven't done something about it already! That temperature is what you'd get on the beach in the Canaries. Normal room temperature is around 23 degrees so a gym would want to be the same or a bit less than that.

trotter_inc

Im fed up complaining to them, wasnt going to join back this year but its the best in my area...

I have spoken to other members about it who have also complained, they're getting the same response that they're not allowed to change the controls!

smellslikeshoes

The instructors would have absolutely no control over the temperature so theres not a whole lot of point wasting your time continuing to ask them, Look for a manager or someone in a position of authority.

Malteaser!

smellslikeshoes wrote: »

The instructors would have absolutely no control over the temperature so theres not a whole lot of point wasting your time continuing to ask them, Look for a manager or someone in a position of authority.

That's very true, when I worked in a gym people would complain to me about the temperature all the time and I'd just smile nicely and say 'I'll see what I can do about that for you'...We never did anything, it was the maintenence guys job, who were on a different radio system to us so we would have had to wander around the whole centre looking for them to sort it out...we didn't like our jobs that much!!

Canis Lupus

My gyms therm has a mark by the 16c mark I think showing what they want but in reality it's around the 19c mark I think. Only looked at it a couple of times.

Couldn't imagine exercising in 26c temps?!! Are people not falling like flies from heat exhaustion

trotter_inc

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Couldn't imagine exercising in 26c temps?!! Are people not falling like flies from heat exhaustion

Im just a soaked bag of sweat after my work out. I can easily do 10 miles on the road outside but in the gym I can barely manage 5 coz Im sweating so much. Its not very hygenic!

acme4242

In Shanghai, they put the gym to nearer 30 degrees in both winter and summer
its crazy and unhealthy, done 8K today in 28.5 degrees, even my runners where soaked.
The Office is often 32 Degrees !!!

The Guvnor

In some gyms we are the heaters and I would say some are well under 20 degrees.

squod

It'll be 1 or 2°C t'morrow morning in mine.

syklops

Mine, (TF:Castleknock) is always FREEZING, or at least I'm always freezing in it, even after the hardest of sessions I only ever feel a normal temperature after it.

Well do you not find you can perform better for longer when the gym temperature is cooler? My usual reason for stopping before I'm ready is not exhaustion but dehydration caused from sweating. The colder the better IMO.

DL Saint

The warmer the gym is the less chance of injury. Sometimes, I find if a gym is slightly cool, I warm up my joints/muscles only to have them cool down in between sets.

the_syco

About 16/17 Celsius during the winter, and around 19/20 Celsius during the summer on the hot days, in the Glenyroyal, Maynooth.

Orla K

acme4242 wrote: »

In Shanghai, they put the gym to nearer 30 degrees in both winter and summer
its crazy and unhealthy, done 8K today in 28.5 degrees, even my runners where soaked.
The Office is often 32 Degrees !!!

Why bring up a 5+ year old thread to post a pic of the temp in your gym?

The Guvnor

What is ideal when working out?

I'd figure when actually working out not warming up then 15-19 seems ideal to me.

Although in many gyms they are cold so pays not to sit around - keep moving!

nice_guy80

if you're cold you haven't warmed up properly or are swinging the lead

arse..biscuits

I train in my shed, so during winter it's fairly cold. I usually start wearing 2 t-shirts and 2 jumpers. They come off one by one once the lifting starts, then when I go back into the house the heat nearly knocks me over.
I have to keep gloves on though as the bar can be icy.
Roll on summer, metcons outdoors in the sun are amazing.

googled eyes

Shed gym. Corrugated plastic roof. Cold as ice. The winter has been hard, that few metres of a walk is not something i look forward to.

Once im warmed up its grand though.

syklops

DL Saint wrote: »

Sometimes, I find if a gym is slightly cool, I warm up my joints/muscles only to have them cool down in between sets.

How long are you resting between sets?

DL Saint

syklops wrote: »

How long are you resting between sets?

Only about 30 seconds to a minute. My point was just more about how a cold gym is bad for the joints imo...

squod

DL Saint wrote: »

The warmer the gym is the less chance of injury. Sometimes, I find if a gym is slightly cool, I warm up my joints/muscles only to have them cool down in between sets.

This. Spent a few mins barricading the bluddy window tonight. Freezing.

syklops

DL Saint wrote: »

Only about 30 seconds to a minute. My point was just more about how a cold gym is bad for the joints imo...

If your joints are getting cold during a 30 second rest between sets then its not the gym thats the problem.