Westwood clontarf?

thegame

i was thinking of joining westwood.for the gym only..wanted to ask members here that are joined

is the gym bug and is it kitted out well with free weights..i am in finglas gym and its small and benches and weights are rare to get.

does it get busy..i do shift work so 1 week ill be going mornings and the other week i would be going at 4pm.

also anyone what the membership is i have been on there website and i request a brochure

chriity139

thegame wrote: »

i was thinking of joining westwood.for the gym only..wanted to ask members here that are joined

is the gym bug and is it kitted out well with free weights..i am in finglas gym and its small and benches and weights are rare to get.

does it get busy..i do shift work so 1 week ill be going mornings and the other week i would be going at 4pm.

also anyone what the membership is i have been on there website and i request a brochure

Yes free weight section is quiet big ranging from dumb bells 1kg upto 55kg with 2 or 3 sets of most of the weights.
Its very busy between 5-8 as everyone finishes work but any other time its fine.

thegame

thanks...cant decided between these..

westwood
sportslink
dcu
regency swords road

ill only use it for the gym

chriity139

the main thing that drives people away from westwood is the price. I only use the gym in westwood but basically everything else is free regards to classes, tennis, wall climbing, fitness classes etc.

thegame

yeah true..do you know how much the membership is?

Gummy Panda

thegame wrote: »

yeah true..do you know how much the membership is?

75e a month. They try get a join fee but usually they had an "offer" ending that day where they would waiver it for if join there and then lol

discus

I've talked westwood down by about 40% in the past, I had to walk to to achieve it though - then they were hounding me down the phone for weeks afterwards. Got a free day or two out of them before too.

Didn't join in the end though #stingyc*nt

Sugar Free

OP here's a previous post I made on the subject

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80624728

thegame

thanks sugarfree

CWF

Regency Hotel is the place to go for equipment and value for money. I was a member in WW for a few months good equipment just hated the place.

OMCCABE

Have experienced DCU, WW, And Regency. If you can talk your way into the High performance gym in DCU then that should be your destination without a doubt.

Westwood has a big variety of equipment but a lot is rubbish. Great range of dumbbells however and good benches & racks. If your talking their joining fee down 40% then you've given them 40% more than they would have settled for. They're desperate for members.

Regency is surprisingly well stocked and good value.

kodoherty93

Join the Ben dunne gym in santry. It's cheap compared to most gyms as they keep the staff numbers low and know most people only use their membership for a few months and give up. Therefore they sell a few more places knowing that the gym can handle more people.

People say the regency is packed and I never hear anything great about it. My friends say there is a huge queue sometimes for the equipment.

Personally I would wait till mid february to join the gyms as they have seen that people aren't using their membership. Plus there is little demand as most people have joined for new years resolution bs. Meaning you get a great price for membership.

The Davestator

kodoherty93 wrote: »

Join the Ben dunne gym in santry. It's cheap compared to most gyms as they keep the staff numbers low and know most people only use their membership for a few months and give up. Therefore they sell a few more places knowing that the gym can handle more people.

People say the regency is packed and I never hear anything great about it. My friends say there is a huge queue sometimes for the equipment.

Personally I would wait till mid february to join the gyms as they have seen that people aren't using their membership. Plus there is little demand as most people have joined for new years resolution bs. Meaning you get a great price for membership.

February is generally busier in gyms as a lot of people don't join until the end of January when they get paid. So you have all the old members still using the club and all the new ones.

OMCCABE

The Davestator wrote: »

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February is generally busier in gyms as a lot of people don't join until the end of January when they get paid. So you have all the old members still using the club and all the new ones.

This is correct. Worked in commercial gyms for years before going out on my own and this was always the case. Gyms were generally very quiet first 2-3 weeks of jan