Flye Fit Georges St

KTR1C · 11-08-2015 2:11pm #1

I'm looking to move from Ben Dunnes in Jervis to a gym closer to work etc and I noticed a couple of months ago there was talk of Flye Fit opening on Georges Street.

Does anyone know if its going ahead ?

Alf Veedersane · 11-08-2015 2:16pm

KTR1C wrote: »

I'm looking to move from Ben Dunnes in Jervis to a gym closer to work etc and I noticed a couple of months ago there was talk of Flye Fit opening on Georges Street.

Does anyone know if its going ahead ?

Ye. Should be in the next month or so. I pass it every day and the sign is up and they're working away on it.

No fixed opening dat yet but no later than September.

WHIP IT! · 11-08-2015 2:43pm

Are all FlyeFits 24-hour opening lads, or just certain ones?

Alf Veedersane · 11-08-2015 3:24pm

WHIP IT! wrote: »

Are all FlyeFits 24-hour opening lads, or just certain ones?

All of 'em.

Zillah · 11-08-2015 4:08pm

The Ranelagh one is absolute mank. Macken St is great though. I wonder where George's St one will land.

WHIP IT! · 12-08-2015 2:56pm

I'm working quite near the Georges St one myself, not a million miles from the awesome set-up on Macken St and I've a pal in the Baggot St branch... so I'm thinking of becoming one of those twats who's a member of several gyms...

Alf Veedersane · 12-08-2015 3:09pm

WHIP IT! wrote: »

I'm working quite near the Georges St one myself, not a million miles from the awesome set-up on Macken St and I've a pal in the Baggot St branch... so I'm thinking of becoming one of those twats who's a member of several gyms...

When in Roam...

LostArt · 13-08-2015 10:53am

Zillah wrote: »

The Ranelagh one is absolute mank. Macken St is great though. I wonder where George's St one will land.

Supposedly it's pretty similar to Macken, but bigger

Alf Veedersane · 13-08-2015 10:59am

LostArt wrote: »

Supposedly it's pretty similar to Macken, but bigger

Macken St is 20,000 sq. ft.

George's St is supposed to be 25,000 sq. ft.

RoscommoLad · 31-08-2015 9:14pm

The flyefit website says it is their AIM to open the George's Street gym in the second half of October.

Alf Veedersane · 31-08-2015 9:40pm

Seems that they have been hit by the restrictions imposed by the council in the work being done because of the location

Zillah · 31-08-2015 10:26pm

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Macken St is 20,000 sq. ft.

George's St is supposed to be 25,000 sq. ft.

Jaysus, that's encouraging.

RoscommoLad · 31-08-2015 10:28pm

It could be their intention to advertise a gym as opening next month for the past 4/5 months knowing well 4/5 months ago is wasn't opening the following month.
VERSUS
Advertising a gym now and to open in 6 months time - nobody would join that gym this month/next month and it would open in 6 months with half the membership it needed.
Its just a theory.

swingking · 01-09-2015 3:34pm

I noticed that there is still a planning application on the door. Surely they've gotten planning permission !!

newacc2015 · 01-09-2015 3:37pm

swingking wrote: »

I noticed that there is still a planning application on the door. Surely they've gotten planning permission !!

No one takes them down. There is a few up on O'Connell Street for the last 5/6 years. If you start work without full planning, DCC would close down your site and fine you generally

Hanley · 01-09-2015 6:10pm

RoscommoLad wrote: »

It could be their intention to advertise a gym as opening next month for the past 4/5 months knowing well 4/5 months ago is wasn't opening the following month.
VERSUS
Advertising a gym now and to open in 6 months time - nobody would join that gym this month/next month and it would open in 6 months with half the membership it needed.
Its just a theory.

Solid theory.

Gomango · 18-12-2015 11:05am

This finally opened Wednesday, Thinking of joining.

Anyone that has used it have a review of availability of equipment. is it busy?

Looking to use it between 12 and 2.

Taboola · 18-12-2015 1:25pm

Gomango wrote: »

This finally opened Wednesday, Thinking of joining.

Anyone that has used it have a review of availability of equipment. is it busy?

Looking to use it between 12 and 2.

Since it's only brand new you're not really going to be able to gauge how busy it is. Chances are it'll be similar to all the other Flyefit and other gyms and be busy at peak times 7-8.30am and 5-8pm.

LostArt · 18-12-2015 1:29pm

I was there yesterday evening, pretty quiet but it's very very well equipped.

coffee_cake · 18-12-2015 6:46pm

I must go for a tour or something now that it's finally open
oly stuff...

papu · 19-12-2015 1:44am

bluewolf wrote: »

I must go for a tour or something now that it's finally open
oly stuff...

no solid platforms , the room with all the racks just has rubber flooring all over. ****ty for heavy squats or deadlifts.. place is huge though.

WHIP IT! · 19-12-2015 6:30pm

papu wrote: »

no solid platforms , the room with all the racks just has rubber flooring all over. ****ty for heavy squats or deadlifts.. place is huge though.

There is 10 Racks though in fairness and it's not exactly spongey underfoot. Was surprised there was no platforms as the only other FlyeFit I've been in - Macken St - has em... but it's an unbelievably well-equipped gym... you'd get lost in the place!

papu · 19-12-2015 7:13pm

WHIP IT! wrote: »

There is 10 Racks though in fairness and it's not exactly spongey underfoot. Was surprised there was no platforms as the only other FlyeFit I've been in - Macken St - has em... but it's an unbelievably well-equipped gym... you'd get lost in the place!

The racks are also of the none adjustable kind, which are always just a bit too low, or a bit too high...

conzy · 19-12-2015 7:58pm

WHIP IT! wrote: »

There is 10 Racks though in fairness and it's not exactly spongey underfoot. Was surprised there was no platforms as the only other FlyeFit I've been in - Macken St - has em... but it's an unbelievably well-equipped gym... you'd get lost in the place!

I actually did get lost there.. Great spot though, definitely the flagship FlyeFit and its about 2 minutes from the office. be interesting to see how bad it will be in January

WHIP IT! · 19-12-2015 8:10pm

papu wrote: »

The racks are also of the none adjustable kind, which are always just a bit too low, or a bit too high...

Yep, this was my main bugbear I must say.

WHIP IT! · 19-12-2015 8:11pm

conzy wrote: »

I actually did get lost there.. Great spot though, definitely the flagship FlyeFit and its about 2 minutes from the office. be interesting to see how bad it will be in January

Personally I'll only ever be there around mid-day or after 11pm so I'm pretty sure the 'rush' won't effect me... fingers crossed, anyhoo...

caviardreams · 19-12-2015 11:16pm

WHIP IT! wrote: »

Yep, this was my main bugbear I must say.

Do you mean the safety bars can't be raised / lowered? Sorry for the stupid question!

conzy · 20-12-2015 1:24am

caviardreams wrote: »

Do you mean the safety bars can't be raised / lowered? Sorry for the stupid question!

Exhibit A

The safety bars are fully adjustable, but for some reason the fixed rails for the barbell have omitted the 2nd notch from the bottom. So for me anyway the bottom one is too low and the next one up is too high. I just ended up using the top one and putting 10kg bumpers under the bench.

WHIP IT! · 20-12-2015 2:30am

Yep, and for me, the higher pins shown in Conzy's pic - the second highest one is too low for squatting, so when I stand up to unrack with the bar it tips the pin above which is not ideal. I can't imagine I'll really be able to go 1RM on these racks because of it.

COH · 20-12-2015 8:35pm

Popped in there this morning - not overly impressed at all tbh

Yer Aul One · 21-12-2015 2:21am

COH wrote: »

Popped in there this morning - not overly impressed at all tbh

In what ways?

Flye Fit Georges St

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