Dublin city centre Gyms

STaN

Anyone know when Crunch fitness on Aston Quay is opening?

Are any other city centre gyms any good?

Was in Jackie Skellies for a tour but wasn't impressed. Now i know their building an extension with a pool, but it still looks like its going to be an overcrowded place to workout.

What is iveagh fitness beside christchurch like?

Is there any good ones around?

damnyanks

Was a member of JS for a while. It's ok depending on the time you go. If you go between 6 - 7 its packed. But this was before the extension opened up. There is a place on Camdon street over the spar. Not been in there just saw it on bus... looks ok

mad m

what about Dublin City Council one near pearse st....down beside the screen cinema cant remember the name of it,has a lovely pool plus some machines etc....dont kow if they have weights to be honest but i assume so....

pwd

was in the iveagh place and it's huge and very upmarket and has a huge amount of equipment, yet still not great for weight training if that is your thing. Don't remember exactly why I decided this; I think there were not very many free weights.

ymca gym on aungier st is small downmarket but cheap! and you can use it without joining! and it is good for weight training. Only thing it lacks in that regard is a squat rack (has 2 smith machines though as I recall).

I personally feel way more comfortable in a down-to-earth well-equipped gym like this than the upmarket poseurific ones where you feel underdressed all of a sudden and like you are on display. (well i do anyway).

STaN

The crunch fitness in temple bar is opening in march with the first 500 members having their joining fee waived

joc_06

Keep these reviews coming lads.
Very interesting indeed...

fischerspooner

Yeah I want to join somewhere in town too, but is there anywhere with an extensive range of dumbells from light to very heavy, squat racks, bench presses etc., and all the main bodybuilding machines? From what I can see there doesnt' seem to be, how ridiculous is that??? Any ideas?

Bottle_of_Smoke

I'd recommend Tony Quinn on Eccle Street, trainers are great

logic1

fischerspooner wrote:

Yeah I want to join somewhere in town too, but is there anywhere with an extensive range of dumbells from light to very heavy, squat racks, bench presses etc., and all the main bodybuilding machines? From what I can see there doesnt' seem to be, how ridiculous is that??? Any ideas?

Hercs.

.logic.

fischerspooner

what do you mean by hercs mate?

Transform

fischerspooner wrote:

Yeah I want to join somewhere in town too, but is there anywhere with an extensive range of dumbells from light to very heavy, squat racks, bench presses etc., and all the main bodybuilding machines? From what I can see there doesnt' seem to be, how ridiculous is that??? Any ideas?

From working in the gyms for years you all need to know that most gyms do not want to promote bodybuilders coming to their gym - they are there frequently, most people will avoid training in that area when they are there (especially women) and they stay in the gym for agggges. Take for example crunch fitness, when it does open it will NOT have any weight above about 24kg and all the rest with be cv machines and weights machines.
If you are into weights mainly then hercs, iveagh is ok, fitness dock is low on weights again and same policy as crunch (in my opinion) and finally i would not give tony quinn a penny for all the junk supplements he touts (his own of course).

Bottom line - gyms only want people who go very little or not at all, mainly do cv and light weights and don't frighten the women away (as they go more often than men anyway and represent about 60% of their membership)

logic1

fischerspooner wrote:

what do you mean by hercs mate?

Hercs is a gym in the city centre catering for the more hardcore weight trainer. Very little cardio equipment but plenty of power racks, benches, squats racks etc..

Alot of powerlifters and bbers train there.

Not sure of the exact where abouts but Guvnor trains there I'll get him to post a bit about it.

.logic.

joc_06

logic1 wrote:

Hercs is a gym in the city centre catering for the more hardcore weight trainer. Very little cardio equipment but plenty of power racks, benches, squats racks etc..

Alot of powerlifters and bbers train there.

Not sure of the exact where abouts but Guvnor trains there I'll get him to post a bit about it.

.logic.

Sounds good logic. Im interested in this one.
So far im almost set on joining ucd. It seems like a really good gym. Bit spread out and a bit packed after 6 but should be grand around 8 in the morn. ASwell its only E280 for a year. I was paying 50 a month in my last place. Living in rathmines so ucd is only a short cycle away and during the summer it should be deserted. Dumbells upto 50kg and space for powerlifts too
Is this hercs place pay + train? Thatd be dead handy so i could train twice a day if the mood took me and it seems to every couple weeks...

Easygainer

I dunno how far you wanna extend the city centre but a cheap gym for membership and visits is World Gym, just 2 minutes from the spire. It's a bit of a dungeon though, only for lifters, but a good atmosphere and pretty good opening hours (if you get in with Bob who owns it, he'll cut you the key so you can go when you want). No cardio there! (well 2 old exercise bikes for warming up).

tribulus

"Hercs gym is on lurgan street , just off north kings street, membership is 300euro a year." i got that from fitnessireland.ie

world gym is only 330 for a years membership, bit of a dungeon is right but has good selectoin of bbing equipment and dumbbells go over 50kgs

fischerspooner

Do world gym/hercs be jammers? Also, I'm not exactly Ronnie Coleman, I'm squatting 120kg and benching 90, are they all 'roid monsters etc.?