Gym in Drumcondra/City Centre/Clontarf

Patdusty2010

Where would the top gym in the above places be? I will be in DCU but don't want to join the gym there.

Hanley

There's not a whole lot around...

Westwood in Clontarf/Fairview, The Edge is there too - but it's quite expensive.

Northwood's in Santry, not too far from DCU.

There's the DCC gym in Ballymun as well.

Where are you planning on living?

youllneverknow

You could try www.informedperformance.com. There are plenty of DCU students who train there.

Patdusty2010

Hanley wrote: »

There's not a whole lot around...

Westwood in Clontarf/Fairview, The Edge is there too - but it's quite expensive.

Northwood's in Santry, not too far from DCU.

There's the DCC gym in Ballymun as well.

Where are you planning on living?

Drumcondra really for DCU. I am thinking about joining Westwood in Clontarf as its only two train stops away and it seems like a decent gym.

The only thing is the nearer the better as it will make me go more often.

cobijones

The Regency hotel on the Swords Road has a gym. I've never been in it so not sure what its like.

http://regencyleisureclub.com

There is also a gym in Alsaa , which is on the old airport road and handy to get to by bus from Drumcondra.

Larianne

The gym in Ballymun Leisure Centre is really good. Huge weight section and pool was never busy when I was there.

Only down side, the opening hours aren't great.

Hanley

cobijones wrote: »

The Regency hotel on the Swords Road has a gym. I've never been in it so not sure what its like.

http://regencyleisureclub.com

There is also a gym in Alsaa , which is on the old airport road and handy to get to by bus from Drumcondra.

Wouldn't even bother tbh. Got a flyer in thedoor for it a while ago. It's shockingly poor.

TouchingVirus

Hanley wrote: »

Wouldn't even bother tbh. Got a flyer in thedoor for it a while ago. It's shockingly poor.

Which one, The Regency or Alsaa?

I only ask because I want to join a gym myself, but it has to have a pool (I love swimming for cardio). I'll mainly be using the gym for cardio but if it's got a good enough set of weights for a beginner I can always educate myself and start using them too.

Hanley

TouchingVirus wrote: »

Which one, The Regency or Alsaa?

I only ask because I want to join a gym myself, but it has to have a pool (I love swimming for cardio). I'll mainly be using the gym for cardio but if it's got a good enough set of weights for a beginner I can always educate myself and start using them too.

Regency!!

TouchingVirus

Hanley wrote: »

Regency!!

In what way is it poor?

cobijones

TouchingVirus wrote: »

In what way is it poor?

Its more of a leisure club than a gym, if you just want cardio machines and a pool/jacuzzi etc then its fine. A friend of mine is a member there and gets on grand but he's only really interested in the cardio machines, he said there is a free weights section but didn't go into details so I'm no help to you there, its rarely very busy and its clean and kept well according to him. Its relatively inexpensive aswell. I'm sure if you go up they'll give you a tour of the place. But as far as I know its pretty much like a bigger version of a standard hotel gym.

Barry.Oglesby

youllneverknow wrote: »

You could try www.informedperformance.com. There are plenty of DCU students who train there.

I'd second this. It's a great place to train and one of the coaches there is really cool and everyone thinks he's awesome. Try to guess which one?

If you're interested in training hard and smart we're open to general membership as well as athletes and combat sports.

http://www.informedperformance.com for more details

carwash106

Near Drumcondra (apart from dcu gym)

Sportslink in furry park, santry
http://www.sportslink.ie/

Northwood gym in northwood park sentry

Clontarf
Westwood, clontarf road, Dublin 3
http://www.westwood.ie/Club/clon.php

City centre
The fitness dock, 1-4 lower Camden street, Dublin 2
http://www.coralleisure.ie/our-clubs/the-fitness-dock/

Camden court hotel leisure centre, the Camden hotel, lwr Camden street
http://www.camdencourthotel.com/leisure_center.htm

crunch fitness premier temple bar, 1 aston quay, temple bar,
http://www.crunchfitness.ie/astonquay.html

Markievicz Leisure Centre, townsend street, d 2
http://www.dublincity.ie/RECREATIONANDCULTURE/SPORTSFACILITIES/LEISURECENTRES/Pages/markievicz_leisure_centre.aspx

Barry.Oglesby

carwash106 wrote: »

City centre
The fitness dock, 1-4 lower Camden street, Dublin 2
http://www.coralleisure.ie/our-clubs/the-fitness-dock/

Camden court hotel leisure centre, the Camden hotel, lwr Camden street
http://www.camdencourthotel.com/leisure_center.htm

crunch fitness premier temple bar, 1 aston quay, temple bar,
http://www.crunchfitness.ie/astonquay.html

Markievicz Leisure Centre, townsend street, d 2
http://www.dublincity.ie/RECREATIONANDCULTURE/SPORTSFACILITIES/LEISURECENTRES/Pages/markievicz_leisure_centre.aspx

Near Drumcondra????

Inspector Coptoor

I'd recommend IP.

discus

I'd have to second that, LiamHenners257.

IP - 4 big ass safety racks as well as another single stand alone rack, tons of plates and bars, 2 platforms.

edit: Ha, just realised this isn't the "powerlifting gym?" thread. Still though

carwash106

Barry.Oglesby wrote: »

Near Drumcondra????

if you read the question you will see that it mentions drumcondra/clontarf/city centre

my three headings had
near drumcondra
clontarf
city centre