Looking For Review Of Ben Dunne Jervis St

dario28

Anyone got anything to say about Ben Dunne Jervis

I dont wanna join a Ben Dunne Gym but its closet to new job

MetHerInSolas

At peak times i.e. lunch, after work (4:30 - 6:00) weekdays it’s busy, for example there are only 2 squat benches so sometimes you mightn't get to use them during those times. Morning times are very quiet and weekends are a little busier.
The Staff look like there just out of school but I have found them helpful with any questions I have had.
It costs me €19 a month and I go probably 20 times a month; I do cardio and free weights so I believe its good value.
Changing facilities can get busy at peak times and you could be queuing for the showers at these times too.
Any other questions let me know…cheers

dario28

MetHerInSolas wrote: »

At peak times i.e. lunch, after work (4:30 - 6:00) weekdays it’s busy, for example there are only 2 squat benches so sometimes you mightn't get to use them during those times. Morning times are very quiet and weekends are a little busier.
The Staff look like there just out of school but I have found them helpful with any questions I have had.
It costs me €19 a month and I go probably 20 times a month; I do cardio and free weights so I believe its good value.
Changing facilities can get busy at peak times and you could be queuing for the showers at these times too.
Any other questions let me know…cheers

Cheers for that

Have ya been at lunch time ?

Lunch and early mornings would be the times I go

MetHerInSolas

I usually go at lunch, I’d say Mon, Tues & Wed are the busiest lunchtimes.
As I said morning are quietest times also after 6:30pm things go quiet too.

Gummy Panda

It can be very busy but I found in the mornings I can grab a squat rack without problem. Seems to be queues for smith machines all the time.

starch4ser

You can't beat the price but the Jervis street one has it's bad points too. About 90% foreigners and about half of them brazilians. They recently removed the dryers from the men's changing room. I asked one of the gym instructors why and he said for hygeine reasons. I asked what unhygeinic things people were doing as I had recently seen a guy drying his flip flops with a hand dryer (strange as there is no pool) and he said people were sticking the nozel of the hand dryers down by their balls and arse crack! The very same day I noticed a new sign at the entrance to the shower saying "no eating in the showers". Also the toilets in the men's are sometimes out of order and when they are working are a bit messy and smelly due to all the creatine and protein powders being shat out in them. If you can put up with the strange behavior from a minority of the conglomerate of users, I'd recommend it.

starch4ser

starch4ser wrote: »

You can't beat the price but the Jervis street one has it's bad points too. About 90% foreigners and about half of them brazilians. They recently removed the dryers from the men's changing room. I asked one of the gym instructors why and he said for hygeine reasons. I asked what unhygeinic things people were doing as I had recently seen a guy drying his flip flops with a hand dryer (strange as there is no pool) and he said people were sticking the nozel of the hand dryers down by their balls and arse crack! The very same day I noticed a new sign at the entrance to the shower saying "no eating in the showers". Also the toilets in the men's are sometimes out of order and when they are working are a bit messy and smelly due to all the creatine and protein powders being shat out in them. If you can put up with the strange behavior from a minority of the conglomerate of users, I'd recommend it.

They have done the same with the removing of the hair dryers in Northwood.

Funny how it's just in the men's they have done this. If it had of been the other way around there would be murder.

Gummy Panda

The no eating in the showers sign has been there a year. Tbh the hair dryers removed was due to complaints. You use to see old men drying their balls with a hair dryer in Jervis and Northwood.

There is a few knobheads in Jervis but there is also some great gym rats. It really depends on time you go. The foreigners aren't bad. Sometimes the Irish are worse like the lad in full GAA kit bicep curling the oly bar with 5kg plates each end in the squat rack.

The only foreigner that stands out is the Brazilian lad who does be bicep curling dumb bells in the mirror while dressed like 50 cent e.g. Baggy shorts, sleeveless t-shirt, baseball cap to the side and silver long chain cross lol

RMD

Gummy Panda wrote: »

There is a few knobheads in Jervis but there is also some great gym rats. It really depends on time you go. The foreigners aren't bad. Sometimes the Irish are worse like the lad in full GAA kit bicep curling the oly bar with 5kg plates each end in the squat rack.

Has someone told him to stop being a knob and go use a 30 bar (I assume there is one?). Crap like that really pisses me off, a busy gym with only 2 racks and some arsehole decides to do an exercise occupying one of them which has plenty of alternatives.

RunninReba

Gummy Panda wrote: »

The no eating in the showers sign has been there a year. Tbh the hair dryers removed was due to complaints. You use to see old men drying their balls with a hair dryer in Jervis and Northwood.

There is a few knobheads in Jervis but there is also some great gym rats. It really depends on time you go. The foreigners aren't bad. Sometimes the Irish are worse like the lad in full GAA kit bicep curling the oly bar with 5kg plates each end in the squat rack.

The only foreigner that stands out is the Brazilian lad who does be bicep curling dumb bells in the mirror while dressed like 50 cent e.g. Baggy shorts, sleeveless t-shirt, baseball cap to the side and silver long chain cross lol

There's a guy that works out there with a CHAIN? haven't seen that guy yet.

tomdublin

starch4ser wrote: »

You can't beat the price but the Jervis street one has it's bad points too. About 90% foreigners and about half of them brazilians. They recently removed the dryers from the men's changing room. I asked one of the gym instructors why and he said for hygeine reasons. I asked what unhygeinic things people were doing as I had recently seen a guy drying his flip flops with a hand dryer (strange as there is no pool) and he said people were sticking the nozel of the hand dryers down by their balls and arse crack! The very same day I noticed a new sign at the entrance to the shower saying "no eating in the showers". Also the toilets in the men's are sometimes out of order and when they are working are a bit messy and smelly due to all the creatine and protein powders being shat out in them. If you can put up with the strange behavior from a minority of the conglomerate of users, I'd recommend it.

The many foreigners are a bonus as it's the Irish guys who are responsible for most of the anti-social behaviour in this gym (hoarding weights, endlessly resting on machines while refusing to let others work in, peeing on toilet seats, throwing wrappers on the changing room floors, bad personal hygiene, etc.). I have never seen a Brazilian doing any of this.

RNC

tomdublin wrote: »

starch4ser wrote: »

You can't beat the price but the Jervis street one has it's bad points too. About 90% foreigners and about half of them brazilians. They recently removed the dryers from the men's changing room. I asked one of the gym instructors why and he said for hygeine reasons. I asked what unhygeinic things people were doing as I had recently seen a guy drying his flip flops with a hand dryer (strange as there is no pool) and he said people were sticking the nozel of the hand dryers down by their balls and arse crack! The very same day I noticed a new sign at the entrance to the shower saying "no eating in the showers". Also the toilets in the men's are sometimes out of order and when they are working are a bit messy and smelly due to all the creatine and protein powders being shat out in them. If you can put up with the strange behavior from a minority of the conglomerate of users, I'd recommend it.

The many foreigners are a bonus as it's the Irish guys who are responsible for most of the anti-social behaviour in this gym (hoarding weights, endlessly resting on machines while refusing to let others work in, peeing on toilet seats, throwing wrappers on the changing room floors, bad personal hygiene, etc.). I have never seen a Brazilian doing any of this.

How do you know there pissin on the toilet??? Is ur first name peeping

tomdublin

RNC wrote: »

How do you know there pissin on the toilet??? Is ur first name peeping

:-) It's an intuition....

xgtdec

Gummy Panda wrote: »

The foreigners aren't bad. Sometimes the Irish are worse like the lad in full GAA kit bicep curling the oly bar with 5kg plates each end in the squat rack.

You mean the curl cage, i dont know what peoples obsession with squatting in the curl cage is!!!!!

but a full GAA kit is not on, theres only 2 places a full GAA kit is ok
1. on a gaa pitch
2. In Austrailia as your national identity badge!!


I was thinking of joining Jervis for early sessions before work.....Still 50/50 after these reviews:(

ebixa82

starch4ser wrote: »

You can't beat the price but the Jervis street one has it's bad points too. About 90% foreigners and about half of them brazilians. They recently removed the dryers from the men's changing room. I asked one of the gym instructors why and he said for hygeine reasons. I asked what unhygeinic things people were doing as I had recently seen a guy drying his flip flops with a hand dryer (strange as there is no pool) and he said people were sticking the nozel of the hand dryers down by their balls and arse crack! The very same day I noticed a new sign at the entrance to the shower saying "no eating in the showers". Also the toilets in the men's are sometimes out of order and when they are working are a bit messy and smelly due to all the creatine and protein powders being shat out in them. If you can put up with the strange behavior from a minority of the conglomerate of users, I'd recommend it.

Why do you feel that foreign nationals in a gym are a bad point? Is that not quite a racist thing to say?

ebixa82

cisk wrote: »

They have done the same with the removing of the hair dryers in Northwood.

Funny how it's just in the men's they have done this. If it had of been the other way around there would be murder.

Presumably most women don't have hairy arses and don't need to blow dry them. Also in this day and age most would be trimmed if not totally shaven and so no need to stick a dryer down their gees!

martomcg

Its been briefly mentioned about how busy it is in the morning but only vaguely. I'm looking to join with the aim to be in there for 7am for pretty much weights only, workout will be a 5 day split.

How busy is busy exactly? like is there much waiting on machines?

Do these anti-social types be in there at this hour?! hardly!

I'm living on the Clonliffe rd behind Croke Park and trying to see what gym would be most convenient to go to!

MetHerInSolas

Never been there at 7am usually get there at 8:10 but I would say the only machines you could possibly be waiting on is the Smith machine or squat rack.
I'm usually there at 8:10am most days and its not particularly busy and as I said the only machines you might have to wait on are the Smith and the Squat rack.

I have never seen the anti-social types there in the morning or at lunch.

From what I heard they are locals skangers who sit on the mats and play with their phones.

DylanJM

xgtdec wrote: »

You mean the curl cage, i dont know what peoples obsession with squatting in the curl cage is!!!!!

but a full GAA kit is not on, theres only 2 places a full GAA kit is ok
1. on a gaa pitch
2. In Austrailia as your national identity badge!!


I was thinking of joining Jervis for early sessions before work.....Still 50/50 after these reviews

It usually fairly quiet in the mornings, the worst times are from about four o'clock onwards and lunch time.

BraziliaNZ

martomcg wrote: »

I'm living on the Clonliffe rd behind Croke Park and trying to see what gym would be most convenient to go to!

Westwood is just up the road from you and is far better than Jervis St. It costs a lot more though but I think it's worth it given what else is on offer.

xgtdec

DylanJM wrote: »

It usually fairly quiet in the mornings, the worst times are from about four o'clock onwards and lunch time.

Well...if its quiet in the mornings i'll prob sign up, i have gear at home but im a nightmare for home workouts, getting stuff done on the way to work is the way to go for me!!, now all i need is one other to get the discount

gymtime

its quiet enough in the mornings first thing, i think its a very good gym in general (good selection of weights etc and some good staff - Gavin in particular) but have noticed a couple of things recently:

1. the place is boiling, there doesnt appear to be air con in the gym
2. the men's toilet area could be better kept, its been a bit grubby in the mornings lately

martomcg

thanks for comments.

Yea i'm aware westwood is close to me but it costs way too much to consider it at all!

I'd say i'll give Ben Dunne a go!

CluelessGirl

Hey!

I am hoping to join also.

What is it like for "girls"!

Pretty Polly

CluelessGirl wrote: »

Hey!

I am hoping to join also.

What is it like for "girls"!

I'd love to know as well. I've been thinking about joining for a while.

I've never joined/used a gym before so the pictures on the website with all the equipment are a little intimidating for me.

ursula_max

Hey Dario28,


Before you make any decisons on joing Jervis you should be aware that:

1) there is no airconditioning in the place, it is a bit of a disaster, you are all sticky and gym is stinky for that reason ( they have only a few blowers that do not cool the air, ventylation is very poor and it is too hot )

2) poor sound system...not enough speakers in the palce, i am doing cardio sessions and ususally music helps you to run ect but they dont seem to care about the music factor at all
( sometimes radio is on low that you think that the one by the desk set it up that way only for herself/ himself )

3) a bit cramped, not enough of open space

If that doesnt bother you then you are getting cheap membership for a year and you are in a strict city centre..i done with them that for year but not planning to stay :-(

Gillo

Two lads I work with both used to go there (one has already posted here), they both left within the last month to go to Westpoint. From what they were saying it's not great at all, cheap but thats about the only thing going for it.
One of they actually went back a few weeks ago because his membership hadn't yet expired, they first thing he said when he got back to work was "yeah, I remember why I left the place now".

If location is the issue, two alternatives would be Crunch, I go there myself and find it fine, there's a fair few posers but theres also a decent amount of serious people there, I've been a member for about six years and can't see myself changing. Alternatively One Escape, I've never been so can't say good or bad.

MrPillowTalk

Anyone have any idea of the ammount of members in Ben dunne jervis or crunch Aston quay? Both close to me weighing up the decision.

Gillo

MrPillowTalk wrote: »

Anyone have any idea of the ammount of members in Ben dunne jervis or crunch Aston quay? Both close to me weighing up the decision.

I got a deal when I joined Crunch so not sure if you go by direct debit it's about €60 a month, considerably cheaper to pay for a year up front.
Not sure about Ben Dunne, it is considerably cheaper but no where near as nice. You'll get what you pair for.

cisk

cisk wrote: »

Funny how it's just in the men's they have done this. If it had of been the other way around there would be murder.

We don't stick blowdryers down our backsides, that's why
:rolleyes:

Gummy Panda

bluewolf wrote: »

cisk wrote: »

Funny how it's just in the men's they have done this. If it had of been the other way around there would be murder.

We don't stick blowdryers down our backsides, that's why
:rolleyes:

I'll have you know the angle of attack on those hairdryers was always upwards. That's why form on the bench lunge was so important

Up and Under was the maneuver's name

Gillo

Gummy Panda wrote: »

I'll have you know the angle of attack on those hairdryers was always upwards. That's why form on the bench lunge was so important

Up and Under was the maneuver's name

Yes I am looking for pity here but I have to work with this guy.

If you think drying your ballsack with a hair dryer is bad, I caught a guy once, walked out of the shower wearing a pair of manly looking briefs. He took them off and laid them neatly on the shelf beside the hair dryer, proceeded to dry them and put them back on. Strange people out there.

davkel

Anyone interested in joining this place it's 390€ for 2 people for 14 months