TotalFitness, Malahide road rumour?.

arybvtcw0eolkf

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055205456

Anyone heard anything along these lines?.

tribulus

Haven't heard anything, though it wouldn't surprise me, all the area to the side of it has been turned into apartments already. Shame if it's true, it was a good gym for lifting when I used to train there

pebbles21

dont think malahide rd would be sold as they refubished quite recently and its also very close to the shopping centre but it would make more sence if the rumour switched to their castlenock branch as the building itself is sitting on a very large site(massive car park)and in a prime area also their making a new entrance to connolly hospital which is right next door

Malteaser!

pebbles21 wrote: »

dont think malahide rd would be sold as they refubished quite recently and its also very close to the shopping centre but it would make more sence if the rumour switched to their castlenock branch as the building itself is sitting on a very large site(massive car park)and in a prime area also their making a new entrance to connolly hospital which is right next door

Oh god, don't say that...I love that gym!!!

King of Kings

dunno about that

tribulus wrote: »

Shame if it's true, it was a good gym for lifting when I used to train there

not any more
they've closed the weights room and moved (squashed!) the free weights up beside where the abs floor was. it's a nightmare,
according to the staff the weights room isn't opening again.

arybvtcw0eolkf

King of Kings wrote: »

dunno about that



not any more
they've closed the weights room and moved (squashed!) the free weights up beside where the abs floor was. it's a nightmare,
according to the staff the weights room isn't opening again.

Thats how it was originally. But then it originally it was managed by people who knew about training.

The free weights were up stairs and there was a properly laid out circuit weight training section.

Then the free weights were moved downstairs, and some lovely hammerstrenght machines installed upstairs, madness. Plus at the same time the circuit weight training 'circuit' was moved, this all came about at the time the gym's original managers left.

Also at this time the gym started to go downhill rapidly, new rules were brought in, hardcore lifting was frowned upon, the manageress (can't remember the wagon's name otherwise I'd name her here) banned a high profile/well respected bodybuilder for something really silly.

She lost the confidence of the guys spending money year in, year out there and a lot left to train in other gyms.

Basically the place went to sh*t.

TotalFitness has had its hey day, if it closes, good ridence I say.

tribulus

^^^ That's crap alright. I remember there were a few competitive BB'ers there, when the weights were downstairs it was a good atmosphere. Of course I was a complete stick then but it was still good to be there with them lol.

RIP TF Malahide Road by the sounds of it.

King of Kings

anybody recommend a decent one nearby - i'm from swords - i don't like jackie skelly* in swords and while image looks good and is cheaply priced the opening hours don't suit,
I like to train on sat / sun afternoon - evening.

alsaa's hours rock but the gym is basic......


*the reason i dislike jackie skelly is I was stupid enough to take their "free" day pass and use it - and despite me saying that i wasn't interested in joining a girl (same girl) rang me 4 times to see if I was interested in joining.

peterk19

i was up in TF malahide today and i hope this is true they have closed off the weightsroom downstairs we have lost some benches and a squatrack, also there new max dumbell is 35k which is a complete joke as a few of the lads in there warm up on 35s i had it out with the manager about tere only being one squat rack and he tells me theres and smith machine beside it and i could use that fukcing a$$hole and then tells me to use the cable machine and a bench instead of the dumbells

Malteaser!

peterk19 wrote: »

i was up in TF malahide today and i hope this is true they have closed off the weightsroom downstairs we have lost some benches and a squatrack, also there new max dumbell is 35k which is a complete joke as a few of the lads in there warm up on 35s i had it out with the manager about tere only being one squat rack and he tells me theres and smith machine beside it and i could use that fukcing a$$hole and then tells me to use the cable machine and a bench instead of the dumbells

Did they tell you why they were doing all that???

Hanley

Malteaser! wrote: »

Did they tell you why they were doing all that???

Sounds like they're trying to scare away the bigger lifters. I really think there is a market for a proper hardcore gym in the city that's open to the public at large.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Hanley wrote: »

Sounds like they're trying to scare away the bigger lifters. I really think there is a market for a proper hardcore gym in the city that's open to the public at large.

Or open to large members of the public

Mickk

Hanley wrote: »

Sounds like they're trying to scare away the bigger lifters. I really think there is a market for a proper hardcore gym in the city that's open to the public at large.

You would be surprised at the amount of big lads who come into my gym and ask about swimming/hydrotherapy pools and also comment that there is "no pussy to look at" and join carlisle instead... The truly dedicated are few and far between.

peterk19

Malteaser! wrote: »

Did they tell you why they were doing all that???

na he would say its policy but im sure theres still heavier weights in all the other TF but i reckon they are trying to scare the bigger lifters away apparantly there was complaints about people being too intimidated to train in the the weights room they have totally ruined the gym if u ask me

Malteaser!

peterk19 wrote: »

na he would say its policy but im sure theres still heavier weights in all the other TF but i reckon they are trying to scare the bigger lifters away apparantly there was complaints about people being too intimidated to train in the the weights room they have totally ruined the gym if u ask me

Yeah I train in the one in Blanch/castleknock and they still have big weights in the normal free weights room. I hope they don't decide to do that in all of them, that'd be just a bit crap!!

peterk19

Malteaser! wrote: »

Yeah I train in the one in Blanch/castleknock and they still have big weights in the normal free weights room. I hope they don't decide to do that in all of them, that'd be just a bit crap!!

yea bit of luck at least i can take a spin out to the blanch one on saturdays for my heavy days

Boru.

Mickk wrote: »

You would be surprised at the amount of big lads who come into my gym and ask about swimming/hydrotherapy pools and also comment that there is "no pussy to look at" and join carlisle instead... The truly dedicated are few and far between.

Is that why I'm getting hit on more and why there were 30 odd massive guys in the jacuzzi today? God damn it.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Seem's the problems with TF (Malahide rd) and serious lifters are getting worse.

Talking to a lad tonight who told me that after protesting the free weights issue he was refunded his membership fee and banned from the gym.

There's also been some kind of membership petition sent to the management protesting issue's surrounding the free weights and general dis-repair of the gym.

King of Kings

Mairt wrote: »

Seem's the problems with TF (Malahide rd) and serious lifters are getting worse.

Talking to a lad tonight who told me that after protesting the free weights issue he was refunded his membership fee and banned from the gym.

There's also been some kind of membership petition sent to the management protesting issue's surrounding the free weights and general dis-repair of the gym.

interesting as I posted them a scathing letter in the post yesterday - i guess I'll be banned so....hmmmm

i never saw that petition is it on public view?
i know a petition was sent around 9 months ago about w'end opening hours.
now they've starting closing an hour earlier.

Laslo

Total Fitness is a joke of a gym. They've been banning people for years out of some kind of bizarre mix of self-righteousness and snobbery. If you don't want bodybuilders hanging about then the gym business is hardly the one to be in I would have thought!

There seems to be this pathetic assumption that guys with big muscles are all juiced-up perverts who want to murder regular gym users. "Boo hoo, they're intimidating me" :rolleyes:

If any current TF members fancy reviewing it - http://www.irishfitnessforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=12

Floppybits

Why is there such a difference between TF on the malahide road and TF in Blanchardstown?

Usually I train in TF malahide road and have found nothing but people complaining and who can blame them. The weights room move is just a disaster, you hardly ever see a member of staff helping someone out and a lot of the machines are always out of order.

Over the christmas period I started training in TF blanchardstown because it was easier to get to for me over the christmas period. Anyway I noticed huge differences firstly they have a big weight room (similar to the one that use to be in TF malahide road but bigger), there seemed to members of staff always on the floor helping people, and even though there were one or two machines out of order most were working. In addition to there is seems to be loads of space and lots of cardio machines throughout the gym.

I cant understand if they are owned by the same company why the difference in the two gyms? Is this just down to the management in one gym being better than the other?

Unfortunately now that christmas is over and I am back in work I will have to use TF on the malahide road during the week but at least I can use TF in blanch at the weekends.