Advice for short term Gym in Cork

tommy21

Hey all, I am currently joined (thanks to student fees) to the Mardyke arena, which has fantastic facilities. My student card (and therefore membership) is due to expire at the end of the month. Due to various circumstances, I had to defer my thesis to this year, and it will take 2-3 weeks to sort out according to the college authorities in terms of a new card. So I'm looking for recommendations of where to go so I don't lose ground on my weight training, that I can pay per session and would have similar facilities to the Mardyke.

I have thought of asking the Mardyke directly if anything can be done, but while the facilities are great, I often find the staff (at least admin anyway) difficult to approach and feel like they would give me short thrift.

Any ideas appreciated

FastFullBack

Leisure world in bishopstown is €8.10 peak and €6.70 off peak. Pretty good gym.

Esse85

CIT gym is free, i still use it until i get my student card from UCC

tommy21

Esse85 wrote: »

CIT gym is free, i still use it until i get my student card from UCC

How do you mean, you can hardly just walk in there and start using it can you?

Esse85

Yes you can, i was a student there for 3 years and was never asked once for an i.d card, there's a sign in sheet there, just stick a name and course down.

Mike Hunt, Chemical Engineering.

Simple.

tommy21

Well id prefer to do it legally lol, any other ideas folks?

104494431

Leisureworld out in Bishopstown seems to be popular with people who don't have/want membership.

Personally I think the Mardyke is the best gym I've been to in the city, though if you're intending on going after 6 then forget about it, students everywhere, not an iota of gym etiquette to be found :mad:

The Locker room is a good gym, no parking but it has a steam room and a sauna if you're into that type of thing.

I hear the Clarion gym is supposedly good.

Whatever that gym is called beside the FÁS building, I heard it's not great, though I can't remember why.

clusk007

If this is okay for me to post by the mods (as I have some involvement with the sports village), we have a Bootcamp beginning on 12 October which you might be interested in. No membership fees in our centre to partake in anything.
http://www.sportsvillagecork.com/studio-classes/?pageID=103&pagename=Rebel-Bootcamp

J.S. Pill

104494431 wrote: »

The Locker room is a good gym, no parking but it has a steam room and a sauna if you're into that type of thing.

I hear the Clarion gym is supposedly good.

Whatever that gym is called beside the FÁS building, I heard it's not great, though I can't remember why.

They're all membership based.

The one beside the FAS building is riversedge fitness, and yes it is sh*t, for weights anyway.

There's also Fitton st gym off South Mall - you used to be able to pay as you got for a tenner but I can't remember the last time I saw that place open. Anyone know what the story is there??

Illkillya

J.S. Pill wrote: »

There's also Fitton st gym off South Mall - you used to be able to pay as you got for a tenner but I can't remember the last time I saw that place open. Anyone know what the story is there??

They changed the hours a little bit, close earlier now I think, but afaik it's the same as always aside from that.

colblimp

Although on the Northside of the city, the Mayfield gym is very good. At €6.50 for normal and €5.50 for students, it's pretty competitively priced as well.

Psydeshow

Hey man if I were you I'd just give the card a try after it expires. Similar thing happened to me a few years ago and their system just never really copped it for some reason. Kept going for a few months with an expired card, though that was before the fingerprint business they have now.

If it does happen to reject you try sayin it to them then. I know what you mean about the staff being a bit stand-offish in there but sure what you got to loose, by and large they aren't too bad once you start talking to 'em.

As far as I know with the mardyke, if you've paid your registration fees to UCC for the year you have paid for the Arena membership so theoretically they should let you in. I could be wrong there though.