Gym Membership - What are you paying?

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WHIP IT! wrote: »

but look around next time you're in a busy 'commercial' gym and just look at the incredible amount of people who are actually wandering around aimlessly!

The only people I see wandering around are some of the helper/PT people/staff looking for people to help

TheBellJar

bluewolf wrote: »

The only people I see wandering around are some of the helper/PT people/staff looking for people to help

I think the poster means the people you see who sit at one machine for 60 secs and then decide to try another and another etc., until they find one that's easy and then decide that's the best one.

Orla K

With the commercial gym vs coaching style gym there's also the matter of the commercial style gym having a certain % of it's members actually using the gym, these people are paying for the ones that use it while the coaching style ones the members have made far more of a commitment along with a cap on how many members that style of gym can take in they need to charge extra and they give you extra too.


Haven't been to one of these gyms (yet), I would like to join one but at the moment there are none here and I wouldn't be able to afford it but I can see they have a lot of value to them

Marty McFly

WHIP IT! wrote: »

Personally, I prefer to do my own thing - I don't even like going to the gym with a pal - but look around next time you're in a busy 'commercial' gym and just look at the incredible amount of people who are actually wandering around aimlessly! Couldn't these people do with a professional coach? As far as I can see, they're tossed into these commercial gyms, maybe given a generic (usually rubbish) intro programme, and then pretty much forgotten about... Everything has it's place and CrossFit, RevFit, whatever, has theirs...

Couldn't agree more with this part I was one of these people , my first few times in the gym I was walking around clueless as you see so many people everyday in the gym. I was literally clueless on everything including nutrition. I'd hate to see a video of myself first day in the gym now.

I then got myself a PT outside of the gym who I now see about once a week besides doing my own thing in my own gym, and it has worked wonders and helped move me along massively and without that help I'd still be one of them people wandering around aimlessly in the gym not really making any headway in the gym or walking out after barely breaking a sweat.


Some people need the extra help or the extra push others don't.

moc8827

I'm in Trinity College Gym.

€290 for the year afair, for past students. I think it's €390 for non past students.

Decent gym. Good pool. Good location. Only issue is it's a bit packed at certain times of the year with students just finished lectures. Great over the summer though!

Drained_Empty

Bravo on your complete rationalisation of training in crossfit ireland. Perfect form snatch and c&j? got video proof of that?

you've sweating a big chunk of your salary out your pores for the crossfit moniker. well done.

Inspector Coptoor

1. Crossfit isn't a "sport".
2. Your first post ever sounds like a shill for CFI.
3. Well done on your progress.
4. I too would love to see your perfect form snatch and C&J.
5. It's your money, spend it how you like, but time wise, 9 hours a week to train for just three hours of training/coaching time isn't something I'd do or sign up for.

Inspector Coptoor

afitzpatrick wrote: »

Thanks for the kind words.
I dont have videos, sorry
I respect your opinions.
As personal opinions are never wrong
Can u elaborate why its not a sport?

A sport has hard and fast rules.
Crossfit doesnt as the WODs and the exercises they contain are ever changing in sets, weight, time etc.

It's a hobby/exercise.

Done well, it's fantastic.
But that doesnt make it a sport, and it doesnt make the best Crossfitter the fittest in the world.

I'd argue that accolade could/should go to someone like an Olympian decathlete for a male and heptathlete for a female or even a multi event gymnast, but that's just a personal opinion.

Hanley

You simply can't define "fittest" because there's too many different types of "fitness". It's illogical.

World's Best CrossFitter, certainly.

World's Fittest Man, certainly not.

As for "perfect form" - that made me lol.

I'm all for people coming on and saying how much they love their gym, and the CFI guys are good friends of mine, but talking about "perfect snatch/C&J" amongst a crowd who actually knows what they're talking immediately eradicates your credibility.

Drained_Empty

afitzpatrick wrote: »

i'll change 'perfect form' to 'constantly improving form'

i know i was the first to stick the boot in but no point getting into a tit for tat with all the lads here justifying your crossfit romance. just keep on kipping.

afitzpatrick

Inspector Coptoor wrote: »

A sport has hard and fast rules.
Crossfit doesnt as the WODs and the exercises they contain are ever changing in sets, weight, time etc.

It's a hobby/exercise.

Done well, it's fantastic.
But that doesnt make it a sport, and it doesnt make the best Crossfitter the fittest in the world.

I'd argue that accolade could/should go to someone like an Olympian decathlete for a male and heptathlete for a female or even a multi event gymnast, but that's just a personal opinion.

I never thought if it like that. Hard & fast rules, makes sense.
I guess sometimes we can get blinded by what we believe rather than actual facts.

I found the defintion of a sport in the oxford dictionary
"an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment"

I agree with your 'fittest in the world' opinion. Lots of sports could claim that. Id quite like Jessica Ennis to have that title. She is FIT!

Well sport or no sport. Id take the prize money.
About 180,000 people entered the crossfit open this year & the eventual winners got about 200k each.

SeaDaily

afitzpatrick wrote: »

The most talented sports people in the world all have top class coaches.

I'm guessing you aren't among the most talented sports people in the world and you therefore do not need top class coaches.

I'd also like to add that these people are probably not as knowledgeable as you seem to think they are. Anyone could learn as much as they know with a little research.

Inspector Coptoor

Not many Elite level Crossfitters train Crossfit every day, in the same way, no Strongman trains the strongman events every day, you'd make absoolute sh1te of yourself.

Many Crossfitters would be better off training Olympic lifting/powerlifting/rowing and dropping an occasional lung busting WOD.

Puking and breaking someone is not the sign of a good coach or system.
(i'm not saying you said that by the way)

Drained_Empty

i think we're a bit off topic here lads

Doug Cartel

moc8827 wrote: »

I'm in Trinity College Gym.

€290 for the year afair, for past students. I think it's €390 for non past students.

Decent gym. Good pool. Good location. Only issue is it's a bit packed at certain times of the year with students just finished lectures. Great over the summer though!

I'm a TCD student so I'm signed up for TCD gym whether I like it or not, and I go to the FlyeFit place just down the road on Macken street. It doesn't have a pool, but it has about 4 times the room. TCD is not just a bit packed, it's so full you cannot move. Unless you're very careful about what time you go, it's very hard to get anything done.

swiftman

plant health and fitness in galway shopping centre.
couldnt be more perfect for me.
bang in the middle of the city, walking distance so no money spent on busses etc.

last year paid 179 for 12 months this year 199 for 12months

doesnt have a pool, student living close to nuig visit sometimes but it easy to know when there is 5 people in the weights room. perfect for me

rainbow kirby

Pure Gym, Holloway Road, £19.99/month. Also pay about a fiver a time to go swimming at a local pool.

Owen_S

UL gym, 200 for around 9-10 months, includes swimming pool and classes which I never use.

deadlybuzzman

30 a month off peak in Popeyes Sligo, cant go wrong at that price.

FTA69

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Pure Gym, Holloway Road, £19.99/month. Also pay about a fiver a time to go swimming at a local pool.

I had a look at that place and didn't like the weights section to be honest. They've only one squat rack and I can't be dealing with that lark on peak times. I use Premier Fitness opposite Finsbury Park station, it's £28 a month with three racks, two pressing benches, spare oly bars all over the gaff and it's usually really quiet.

rainbow kirby

FTA69 wrote: »

I had a look at that place and didn't like the weights section to be honest. They've only one squat rack and I can't be dealing with that lark on peak times. I use Premier Fitness opposite Finsbury Park station, it's £28 a month with three racks, two pressing benches, spare oly bars all over the gaff and it's usually really quiet.

Yeah the lack of squat racks can be a bit annoying, particularly when big groups of bro-types are there during peak times. Joined there because my OH was already a member and its convenient for us!

FTA69

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Yeah the lack of squat racks can be a bit annoying, particularly when big groups of bro-types are there during peak times. Joined there because my OH was already a member and its convenient for us!

I mean the rest of the gym is amazing for what you're paying like. You have the best of cardio stuff and machines, loads of areas for mobility, free spin classes and kettlebells etc and it's a convenient location. All I do is barbell training at the moment and unfortunately that place just didn't suit me. My old doll uses it and she f*cking loves the place. They have great deals on personal training as well. Are you living on the Holloway Road?

rainbow kirby

Not quite but close enough. Moving to Archway soon so about to get even closer!

awesomelakes

Pay €250 a year for the gym in NUIG. I'm a student though, not sure how much it costs non-students.

Sangre

FTA69 wrote: »

I mean the rest of the gym is amazing for what you're paying like. You have the best of cardio stuff and machines, loads of areas for mobility, free spin classes and kettlebells etc and it's a convenient location. All I do is barbell training at the moment and unfortunately that place just didn't suit me. My old doll uses it and she f*cking loves the place. They have great deals on personal training as well. Are you living on the Holloway Road?

Do they do weekly passes at finsbury park place do you know?

siblers

€50 a year for my local GAA club's gym. It only opened in January and is absolutley superb. It can be used 24/7 and its really quiet most of the time.

FTA69

Sangre wrote: »

Do they do weekly passes at finsbury park place do you know?

No, three month contract is the minimum I think.