TCD Gym?

smeedyova

I haven't looked at it for a long time so I don't know what the story is with it now but when TCD sports centre started a Facebook page they got so many public complaints on it in the first few days that they shut down the comments section and said that their Facebook page was for giving OUT information and not for RECEIVING it.

As management refuse to listen they only way to vote is with your feet and go elsewhere.

With regard to people not wiping down the stretching mats, this was normal practice when I was using the gym and I even saw one guy who clearly had impetigo using one! If people won't be clean and hygienic then the sports centre should enforce this, but I have to say that the staff seemed baffled whenever I complained about this... they themselves don't seem to think it's a problem!

One of the many suggestions that I made to staff was that they should ban dirty people (those who don't shower before the pool, who don't wipe down mats, etc., ) for a period of time, but they said that that was not "possible". They also told me that it wasn't "possible" to tell people with clearly contagious skin infections that they could not use the facility until they were better.

The sauna --- people sit directly on the bench, with no towel under them, sweat all over it and leave.

And why that blaring music in the stretching area?

In most countries that I have experience of none of this is considered acceptable and would be jumped on by staff who would issue the appropriate fine or ask you to leave.

FirstIn

Jesus, none of this sounds very promising. I haven't had a chance to check ithe tcd gym out as I'm still running down the last of my current gym membership. However after trying a few other gyms it looks likely I'll be renewing my current membership.

papu

I usually wipe down the mats BEFORE I use them , also do afterwards. It's grand for what it is. Weights area is pretty small and can get quite packed, figure out when it's not to full and try use it then , I wouldn't recommend mornings , lunchtime , or 5pm.;)

Liveforrugby

The gym is a joke, our school gym was twice as big.. There are thousands of students, there are ques for the squat and bench racks it's a fckin joke