Gyms to Reopen 2021???

billyhead · 07-06-2021 07:19PM

Great to be back. I reckon I'll feel it in the morning though.

Mitch Connor · 07-06-2021 07:25PM

Bench press went quite well, fairly close to what I was doing.

Tried some light dead lifts, and at the bottom of one of the reps something..... went. Struggling to walk now.

FFS! Ah well. Can still bench press!

silverharp · 07-06-2021 08:27PM

Rosita wrote: »

Is the sauna/jacuzzi area in operation?

they always kept them open before so I'd say yes, the one in Sandymount was open with the usual people limits

Kamu · 07-06-2021 08:48PM

I'm already feeling it, and it feels goooooooood.
It's good to be back.

I'm going to take my time with it and really focus on TuT and proper warm ups and stretching after.

Going to be my best yet!

brianc27 · 07-06-2021 09:35PM

Just out of the gym, I seem to be around 80% of what I was lifting before the lockdown, the dumbbells and resistance bands I was using the last 6 months seemed to have helped keep most of my strength, so happy enough after my first workout

capefear · 08-06-2021 01:41AM

silverharp wrote: »

i was in WW in Lep this morning , I dont use that one much but certainly not as busy as a weekday evening, the weights area was busy but not crowded and the machines and cardio sections were a ghost town

If you don't mind me asking but How much do WW lep charge monthly these days

Dublin Lad2021 · 08-06-2021 01:46AM

capefear wrote: »

If you don't mind me asking but How much do WW lep charge monthly these days

I believe it's 80 per month

jrosen · 08-06-2021 08:58AM

Frustrating workout this morning in my gym, its poorly equipped. Arrived to find no free benches, no free dumbells in the weight range I needed. Lost a good 20 mins time.

el Fenomeno · 08-06-2021 09:21AM

jrosen wrote: »

Frustrating workout this morning in my gym, its poorly equipped. Arrived to find no free benches, no free dumbells in the weight range I needed. Lost a good 20 mins time.

It could be worse.

At least you didn't do a 40km round trip at 4:30am to find a notice stuck to the gym door saying they were closed for the day due to the door being faulty.

I was livid. No email, no text, not even a FB post.... you had to actually get to the gym to find out it was closed :mad:

FlubberJones · 08-06-2021 09:28AM

All the muscles I trained yesterday are sore today, just being wise and working around the stiffness will allow me to train pretty much everyday. Back to the usual routine this morning, in there before seven, seeing lots of familiar faces, with knowing nods that we are back!

Mitch Connor · 08-06-2021 10:01AM

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Bench press went quite well, fairly close to what I was doing.

Tried some light dead lifts, and at the bottom of one of the reps something..... went. Struggling to walk now.

FFS! Ah well. Can still bench press!

Back is rightly fooked this morning. took me 50mins to do a 30min walk with the dog. Had to skip the gym.... on the second day back, cause I can hardly walk.

A very frustrating end to the gym closures for me!

FlubberJones · 08-06-2021 10:05AM

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Back is rightly fooked this morning. took me 50mins to do a 30min walk with the dog. Had to skip the gym.... on the second day back, cause I can hardly walk.

A very frustrating end to the gym closures for me!

I read your initial comment n this and knew it would be bad the next day, have done similar to this a couple of times.... At one stage I couldn't bend to put my shoes on. It fades after about three or four days

08-06-2021 10:08AM

Just did pull ups and dips yesterday and dipped my toe on bench press....... did reps of 80% of my Dec one rep max so happy enough. Was back in 2019 I pressed anymore than the December weight.

Heading back today for pull ups and chin ups and whatever else appeals / is available.

Black Sheep · 08-06-2021 11:19AM

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Back is rightly fooked this morning. took me 50mins to do a 30min walk with the dog. Had to skip the gym.... on the second day back, cause I can hardly walk.

A very frustrating end to the gym closures for me!

Ouch... I've been there.

Sometimes people write off a low back event like this as 'just a tweak', and assume that it will resolve in a couple of days. If you were lucky and it was purely muscular that might be the case, but as you're probably aware there's also a chance this is disc related and might need a bit more thought.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 08-06-2021 11:20AM

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Back is rightly fooked this morning. took me 50mins to do a 30min walk with the dog. Had to skip the gym.... on the second day back, cause I can hardly walk.

A very frustrating end to the gym closures for me!

Yep same here. Started with back and biceps yesterday, didn't do mad weight at all, high rep stuff and one exercise to failure on back and same on biceps but my god I'm sore today. Luckily I should be ok do do a similar chest and shoulders tonight. Horse those protein shakes into ya.

j@utis · 08-06-2021 11:21AM

I'm skipping the gym today because my quads and arse are busted after yesterday's squatting with 25kg incl the bar

and they say "cycling and running will keep you fit", yeah...

Thelonious Monk · 08-06-2021 01:18PM

Back in WW today, busy enough but got a bench. The place is like a sauna however, soaked with sweat.

paw patrol · 08-06-2021 02:11PM

was at flyefit this morning
Was as strong as before but felt ok . all working sets to failure.
restarted what i started in nov last.

i'm glad to get a workout in but set up is frustrating.
I know it's not the staffs fault in how the place is set up - all machines spaced means there is no functioning track anymore.

but not having the water fonts working is criminal

08-06-2021 02:16PM

paw patrol wrote: »

...........

but not having the water fonts working is criminal

Bring a bottle of water?
Simple solution.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 08-06-2021 03:07PM

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Back is rightly fooked this morning. took me 50mins to do a 30min walk with the dog. Had to skip the gym.... on the second day back, cause I can hardly walk.

A very frustrating end to the gym closures for me!

best of luck with the recovery, I tweaked my back at the bottom of a squat about a month ago (poor form, leant forward and ended up doing a half bast@rd good morning). Only just feeling properly right now, but going to take a good deload and record myself from now on so that I can see when the form is breaking down.

Kamu · 08-06-2021 03:18PM

This afternoon will be my second session (Chest Shoulders and Triceps baby).

These couple of weeks will be foundational; just about seeing what's just at the edge of my comfort zone.

I did high-reps deadlifts (and back exercises across the board) yesterday at a very low weight. I feel a little stiff but not close to full Dom's.

Just going to continue to ease in and enjoy the process.

sp00k · 08-06-2021 03:53PM

First proper leg session this morning since Christmas. Probably won't be able to get out of bed tomorrow morning.

el Fenomeno · 08-06-2021 04:28PM

I was making good progress in the gym before the lockdown, particularly with the chest press using a bar.

At home, I only have dumbbells and I quickly learned that pressing the same weight with dumbbells was more difficult, so I had to drop the weight a bit.

Since the start of the lockdown in January, I've added 6.5kg (to each dumbbell, so i guess 13kg in total). This might be a paltry improvement to some, I'm not entirely sure what's good progress and what isn't, I'm happy enough with any bit of progress with it anyway!

I can wait and see when I go back tomorrow, but in theory should I expect to be able to bench more with the barbell now than I was able to when I was last at the gym? Or have I neglected some muscle/movement by only doing dumbbell presses?

The Davestator · 08-06-2021 05:04PM

el Fenomeno wrote: »

I was making good progress in the gym before the lockdown, particularly with the chest press using a bar.

At home, I only have dumbbells and I quickly learned that pressing the same weight with dumbbells was more difficult, so I had to drop the weight a bit.

Since the start of the lockdown in January, I've added 6.5kg (to each dumbbell, so i guess 13kg in total). This might be a paltry improvement to some, I'm not entirely sure what's good progress and what isn't, I'm happy enough with any bit of progress with it anyway!

I can wait and see when I go back tomorrow, but in theory should I expect to be able to bench more with the barbell now than I was able to when I was last at the gym? Or have I neglected some muscle/movement by only doing dumbbell presses?

You should see some increase in your bench but DB bench is an infinitely better exercise so I wouldn't bother too much with BB bench either way! Good luck with it.

Patsy167 · 08-06-2021 05:05PM

el Fenomeno wrote: »

Since the start of the lockdown in January, I've added 6.5kg

Me too, I've also added 6.5kg...but unfortunatly not to the barbells or dumbells:rolleyes:

Thelonious Monk · 08-06-2021 05:21PM

sp00k wrote: »

First proper leg session this morning since Christmas. Probably won't be able to get out of bed tomorrow morning.

Went for the first time today but just arms and chest. I'm dreading doing squats this week after 6 months, I could barely walk when they opened again last year, it was way worse than I could have imagined.
Hope it's not as bad as you fear!

WoollyRedHat · 08-06-2021 07:33PM

Do people know of places besides WW in Dublin that have reopened their jacuzzi/ steam room and sauna

caviardreams · 08-06-2021 07:58PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Went for the first time today but just arms and chest. I'm dreading doing squats this week after 6 months, I could barely walk when they opened again last year, it was way worse than I could have imagined.
Hope it's not as bad as you fear!

I did legs yesterday morning - I won't lie, it was bad today painwise but not unbearable.
It was maybe somewhat limiting in that my strength has gone down so much, and I was just so shaky in terms of movement pattern that I wasn't able to go OTT with the weight even if I wanted to which probably helped a bit.

paw patrol · 08-06-2021 08:22PM

Augeo wrote: »

Bring a bottle of water?
Simple solution.

why didn't I think of that?

Underground · 09-06-2021 11:56AM

Awful case of DOMS but great to be back.

Gyms to Reopen 2021???

Comments