Total Fitness :: Coolock info

Blazher

Hello all.

I am looking for some up to date info on Total Fitness coolock.

Is it any good. Is it really worth the 600 euro joining fee. I mean north wood is only 240 for the year.

What's the classes like. What's the gear like. The pools etc

Cheers

Fatloss08

full of complete prats and posers and no its not worth the money , dont they know theres a recession ?????

tinydave

Blazher wrote: »

Hello all.
I am looking for some up to date info on Total Fitness coolock.
Is it any good. Is it really worth the 600 euro joining fee. I mean north wood is only 240 for the year.
What's the classes like. What's the gear like. The pools etc
Cheers

i was a member of total fitness for 4 years and found that every year it was getting worse and worse but it suited me for the location of the coolock and blanch gyms for me to rejoin. things like machines not working, dirt in showers and changing rooms, the sauna and steam rooms were broken more than not and i found all the staff there not very helpful were always there.
as the post above says there is a lot of posers but you get that in every gym so i wouldn't worrie about them, im going to join northwood as the price is alot better and the gear is a lot newer and it seems cleaner(for the moment anyway)
thats my 2 cents anyway:)

Blazher

Cheers.

I used northwood when I lived over that side. Its a good gym. But total fitness is just down the road. That's the only thing it has going for it.

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I've been a member of TF Malahide Rd. since 2003, the place has changed a lot in those few years but overall I think it's for the better.

Yeah, there are a relatively large group of people who just seem to go there to say they went to the gym, stand around talking, posing, etc. but the way I see it, those people are making my gym membership cheaper. It's simple really, they're paying their membership and then coming in and not taking up machines, benches or racks so they aren't causing me any delay and if they all leave tomorrow then my membership cost will increase. So the more people who wanna sign up then come in and stand around the better in my opinion.

The weights section has lost a bit of it's edge since they moved it from it's own wee room / cave to the mezzanine floor but there's still enough guys there who are genuinely into lifting that means you'll almost always get a spot or some advice on form, etc. They have two racks, two benches, two incline benches, a decline bench and the usual array of Olympic bars, plates, barbells and DBs.

I've never had to wait for a cardio machine, ever. There are always cross trainers, rowers, stationary bikes and treadmills available. The main pool and the hyrdopool are always clean and the temperatures are never too far from what they should be. The steam room, sauna and saunarium are always clean and working. The plunge pool is usually perfect although the odd time it might be empty for whatever reason.

The selection of classes can vary a bit with the time of year, but any classes I've attended (boxercise, spin, couple of others) have always been well taught and the instructors all mean well. The class instructors are generally excellent at the class they are teaching - though they all seem to fall into one of two categories; one lot will push you as absolute hard as they can whilst the other lot are much happier to let everyone go at their own pace and encourage you to work at your own comfort level. It's up to you which you prefer I guess.

The new cafe is overpriced shiite in my opinion but Fresh is just up the road and they do some nice stuff and you can sit in and eat in. The dressing rooms can get a little stuffy during the summer but they usually pump up the AC and bring in big portable fans to help cool things down.

Overall, I think the gym has gone from strength to strength over the last few years. Obviously would prefer if the weights were still downstairs in the cave and they hadn't been moved upstairs to make way for that crap cafe.

Oh, one final point, if you can get yourself accredited as a student to any poxy little night class or anything like that you'll probably be able to avail of a student membership which is €35 a month (€420 / year) or €360 up front (I think).

Good luck whichever you choose mate!

rondog

Im a member of TF coolock and I have to say its a good gym.

It cost me 550 to join which is half the cost of westwood.It has tons of classes starting at 7am up til 7 at night with everything incluing spinning,boxercise,circuits etc.
It can get packed at peak times but then again so does every other gym.
It is more expensive than northwood but northwood have fcuk all classes.
In my opinion it has every thing you need to get and stay fit and ive never noticed it to be dirty in any way.I would say that yea the price could be reduced as we are recessionary times but i do think its a good gym.

BuyingorSelling

Im in TF blanch and find it great also so im assuming TF coolock is of the same standard. Classes are great if you dont have the motovation to hit the gym yourself

Hanley

I'm surprised at all the TF bashing... they're good gyms.


THe one in Blanch is the best of the lot, but the equipment in Coolock isn't bad at all!

rondog

My girlfriend is in northwood and they have very few classes so if you consider that youve 8 hours a day instructed classes in TF you'll see that it is worth the extra few quid.Couldnt be ars*d doing the math but that hundreds of hours of classes a year which easily justifies the extra compared to Northwood.
As for westwood,when i asked for a quote 2 years ago to join i was quoted around a grand i think:eek:

BraziliaNZ

TF was a good gym, great equipment, but the longer I was there the more and more idiots were joining with stupid barcode haircuts walking around the place throwing shapes, didn't like the atmosphere when it became infested with these types

Degsy

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

TF was a good gym, great equipment, but the longer I was there the more and more idiots were joining with stupid barcode haircuts walking around the place throwing shapes, didn't like the atmosphere when it became infested with these types

There's a lot of these prats in TF at the moment,they seem to be part of the January-Join-up and chances are they wont be around very long.

TarfHead

Waylon Handsome Musketeer wrote: »

I've been a member of TF Malahide Rd. since 2003, the place has changed a lot in those few years but overall I think it's for the better.

I agree with this post.

We have had family membership for about 5 years so, for us, the choice was between Westwood in Fairview and TF Coolock. While, all other things being equal, I would prefer Wstwood, the cost of family membership was almost double. DCU was, for me, also an option, but they don't have a kids pool.

There are some members of TF Coolock that I would gladly send on a one-way ship to the other side of the world. That may reflect me and my values, rather than theirs. And, that could be true in other clubs too.

The standard has improved over the last 2 years. I find that the staff aren't as surly and unhelpful as they once were.