Gym in Rathmines

The Lovely Muffin

Can anyone recommend a good gym in Rathmines that does a student discount and is somewhere near the centre of Rathmines please? I don't drive so it has be somewhere near the centre of Rathmines or somewhere I can walk to.

Thanks.

NeuroticMonkey

The Swan Leisure Centre? Don't know about the student discount but it's right in the centre of everything.

http://www.swanleisure.ie/

The Lovely Muffin

NeuroticMonkey wrote: »

The Swan Leisure Centre? Don't know about the student discount but it's right in the centre of everything.

http://www.swanleisure.ie/

Thank you very much.

AntiMatter

The RAW Gym, though not quite in Rathmines, is another good one. Great facilities.

Again I'm not sure about the student discount. (just spotted on the website there that they do)

Peadar06

AntiMatter wrote: »

The RAW Gym, though not quite in Rathmines, is another good one. Great facilities.

Again I'm not sure about the student discount. (just spotted on the website there that they do)

Here is RAW gym's Facebook page

Peter

The Lovely Muffin

AntiMatter wrote: »

The RAW Gym, though not quite in Rathmines, is another good one. Great facilities.

Again I'm not sure about the student discount. (just spotted on the website there that they do)

Peadar06 wrote: »

Here is RAW gym's Facebook page

Peter

Thank you both very much.

Is the RAW Gym far from Rathmines? I am not familiar with Dublin at all.

AntiMatter

Purple_Bobbin wrote: »

Thank you both very much.

Is the RAW Gym far from Rathmines? I am not familiar with Dublin at all.

If you go down Rathmines, towards town, you cross the bridge over the canal, and now you're in Richmond St.

If you keep walking towards town, on your right hand side, when you pass the Bernard Shaw pub, you'll come to an alley way. The gym is down the end of the alley and through the gate, in a kind of warehouse building.

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AntiMatter wrote: »

If you go down Rathmines, towards town, you cross the bridge over the canal, and now you're in Richmond St.

If you keep walking towards town, on your right hand side, when you pass the Bernard Shaw pub, you'll come to an alley way. The gym is down the end of the alley and through the gate, in a kind of warehouse building.

Thank you.

Gavin "shels"

Swan Leisure you have to sign up for the year and it's done by direct debit, was planning on joining it myself but the 12 month wasn't for me.

MistyCheese

You do? They didn't tell me this when I signed up. I'll have to follow up on this because I don't want to be locked into a 12 month contract either.

The Lovely Muffin

Gavin shels wrote: »

Swan Leisure you have to sign up for the year and it's done by direct debit, was planning on joining it myself but the 12 month wasn't for me.

So is it a one-of payment or monthly payments? If it's monthly payments, is there any extra charge?

Thanks.

Gavin "shels"

MistyCheese wrote: »

You do? They didn't tell me this when I signed up. I'll have to follow up on this because I don't want to be locked into a 12 month contract either.

That's according to my mate who looked into it, that it's a 12 month contract paid by direct debit.

Purple_Bobbin wrote: »

So is it a one-of payment or monthly payments? If it's monthly payments, is there any extra charge?

Thanks.

You can do monthly or annual afaik, not sure it was my mate who went and sussed it out.

The Lovely Muffin

Gavin shels wrote: »

You can do monthly or annual afaik, not sure it was my mate who went and sussed it out.

Cheers for your help.

I'll pop in and find out once I'm up there.

arybvtcw0eolkf

If your looking for a serious, proper gym in the Rathmines area I'd look no further than RAW at Portabello (its practically Rathmines)..

And OP you'll forgive me if I move this over to the Fitness Forum, a few of the guys there have first hand knowledge of RAW.

Regards.

G86

+1 for RAW, it's not far from Rathmines at all and it's a great gym.

The Lovely Muffin

Thanks for all the help guys.

Are there any personal trainers are RAW that can give good advice/help when it comes to starting out?

Believe it or not, but I've actually never used a gym, so not sure what exercises would suit me and I'd need to change my diet as well, so any help there would be great. Also, what price would I be looking at for once or two sessions/meetings/consultations with a personal trainer?

Thanks again for all the help, much appreciated.

G86

Purple_Bobbin wrote: »

Thanks for all the help guys.

Are there any personal trainers are RAW that can give good advice/help when it comes to starting out?

Believe it or not, but I've actually never used a gym, so not sure what exercises would suit me and I'd need to change my diet as well, so any help there would be great. Also, what price would I be looking at for once or two sessions/meetings/consultations with a personal trainer?

Thanks again for all the help, much appreciated.

There are a few available in there, some better than others from what I've seen. COH, who posts here would be your best bet in there but unfortunately he doesn't do actual paid PT work and he's only there part time.

I'd recommend dropping Jayroc a pm; he's a PT who posts on here too and works out of RAW - you definitely won't go wrong with him:).

The Lovely Muffin

Thanks a million for all the help guys.

Is RAW far to walk from Rathmines? Around the Swan centre area.

Thanks.

G86

Purple_Bobbin wrote: »

Thanks a million for all the help guys.

Is RAW far to walk from Rathmines? Around the Swan centre area.

Thanks.

About 15mins max.

The Lovely Muffin

G86 wrote: »

About 15mins max.

Cheers for your help, appreciate it.