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24 hour gym?

  • 14-01-2013 01:01PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 343 ✭✭


    Do they exist in the Dublin? Preferably around stillorgan or the dun laoghaire area. Nothing too complex, something nice, simple and cheap. Cheers!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ScriptedAlibi


    AFAIK they tried this out in the Fitness Dock a few years ago and it just didn't take off.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭The Davestator


    AFAIK they tried this out in the Fitness Dock a few years ago and it just didn't take off.

    yep - just got locked fools coming in after Flannery's!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    yep - just got locked fools coming in after Flannery's!

    :D
    AFAIK it doesn't exist anywhere in Ireland.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭Zombienosh


    we dont even have a 24 hour coffee shop nevermind a fuppin gym


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 31 av8r10


    I reckon this would do well in somewhere like RAW or IronHouse. Gyms close annoyingly early in ireland. If your a member of Old Wesley Rugby Club you can buzz in anytime. Dont think its great tho!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 343 ✭✭Liveforrugby


    I can't believe it.. what a joke. How about latest closing gyms, is it 12? 10?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,722 ✭✭✭nice_guy80


    staff costs money, as does lighting and heat

    if the place isn't being used, it doesn't pay to keep the place open


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 343 ✭✭Liveforrugby


    nice_guy80 wrote: »
    staff costs money, as does lighting and heat

    if the place isn't being used, it doesn't pay to keep the place open

    Don't need staff, simply fitness don't have them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,292 ✭✭✭Zamboni


    I can't believe it.. what a joke. How about latest closing gyms, is it 12? 10?

    If you think there is a niche in the market why don't you open up? :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,342 ✭✭✭meijin


    Do they exist in the Dublin? Preferably around stillorgan or the dun laoghaire area. Nothing too complex, something nice, simple and cheap. Cheers!
    Yes, 24/7, all year. My home, and the pavements to run outside. :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 343 ✭✭Liveforrugby


    Zamboni wrote: »
    If you think there is a niche in the market why don't you open up? :)

    The niche exists the population doesn't


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 343 ✭✭Liveforrugby


    meijin wrote: »
    Yes, 24/7, all year. My home, and the pavements to run outside. :D

    you squatin that couch brah?


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    Don't need staff, simply fitness don't have them.

    I would expect your friendly insurance provider would have something to say on that tbh.

    How does the gym operate with no staff? Who opens/closes/supervises entry/exit?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 343 ✭✭Liveforrugby


    Hanley wrote: »
    I would expect your friendly insurance provider would have something to say on that tbh.

    How does the gym operate with no staff? Who opens/closes/supervises entry/exit?

    Swipe your card, door opens. simples


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,887 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    Swipe your card, door opens. simples

    Slip and fall in showers. Bleed to death while no-one hears your cries for help. Simples.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,346 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    Slip and fall in showers. Bleed to death while no-one hears your cries for help. Simples.

    You could do that at home FFS !! :rolleyes:


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    KTRIC wrote: »
    You could do that at home FFS !! :rolleyes:

    You seriously think that's the same?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 343 ✭✭Liveforrugby


    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    Slip and fall in showers. Bleed to death while no-one hears your cries for help. Simples.

    4286-kill-yourself.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,794 ✭✭✭chillywilly


    KTRIC wrote: »
    You could do that at home FFS !! :rolleyes:

    Yeah but if you slip and fall in your home it's your own darn fault! If you slip in the gym then the owner is liable and a hefty insurance pay out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,887 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    KTRIC wrote: »
    You could do that at home FFS !! :rolleyes:
    chillywilly
    Yeah but if you slip and fall i your home it's your own darn fault! If you slip in the gym then the owner is liable and a hefty insurance pay out.

    This...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,887 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    4286-kill-yourself.jpg

    At least if I do it your unmanned 24-hour gym my surviving family might knock a few quid out of it...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 343 ✭✭Liveforrugby


    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    At least if I do it your unmanned 24-hour gym my surviving family might knock a few quid out of it...

    good point


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    Just image the stupid things people would try do with the machines


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,447 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    Just image the stupid things people would try do with the machines

    Just imagine the homeless guys taking a bath in the pool


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 riskybusiness


    Dean09 wrote: »
    Just imagine the homeless guys taking a bath in the pool

    Can homeless people afford gym membership?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,324 ✭✭✭JustAThought


    Stayed in a few hotels on business trips with those " gyms" that are really just rooms with the beds unscrewed from the headboards & a running & rowing machine and a few weights out in. They do stay open to " residents" all night thou ( typically) - you get in on a swipe card.

    Have you tried local hotels ? Manager might be able to sort something out for you . I did something like that once. Folk can be good web they see you & get to talk to you in person. You'd need to leapfrog the lower levels thou - they'd just say no IME.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭Dathai


    Can homeless people afford gym membership?

    You tell me. How many hulked up homeless people have you seen lately?

    Great wrestler name actually - Hulk Homeless.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,308 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Can homeless people afford gym membership?
    If they tailgate the person with the card, they could get in, have their monthly bath in the swimming pool, and have a snooze on a bench if it's raining outside.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,511 ✭✭✭Outkast_IRE


    :D
    AFAIK it doesn't exist anywhere in Ireland.
    In cork it does , http://www.dennehys.ie/
    Open Mon-Thur 24 hrs


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 efourc


    In cork it does , http://www.dennehys.ie/
    Open Mon-Thur 24 hrs

    Member there

    Top class gym.


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