What gym do you use?

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  • garber6th
    garber6th Posts: 1,890 Member
    24 hour Fitness

    Pros -
    Close to home
    I've been a member forever so it's cheap
    Lots of cardio machines and multiple areas for strength training
    When I go early in the morning it isn't crowded
    Lots of classes
    My location is big and open

    Cons -
    If I go in the evening, it's much more crowded
    Popular classes can fill up quickly and there have been classes I couldn't join
    Sometimes slow when making repairs to equipment/cardio machines

    I also work out at home and at a home gym at my trainer's house
  • Juniper210
    Juniper210 Posts: 77 Member
    Crunch Fitness

    Pros -
    Cheap, for 20 a month I get classes and can always bring a guest (works for the bf who only occasionally wants to go)
    Plenty of classes with a relatively wide variety
    It opened in the last year, so all new machines, very clean.
    All the machines have headphone hookups to the multiple tvs
    Open 24 hours during the week

    Cons -
    It's in a mini mall with a grocery store, pet store, & 2 restaurants so that parking lot fills up. It gets pretty bad during peak hours looking for a spot.
    The staff kinda sucks. Not helpful when I have questions, they feel like they don't want to be there.
  • xchocolategirl
    xchocolategirl Posts: 186 Member
    edited June 2017
    I attend a gym that's only for ladies so far it's pretty good!

    The pro would be the equipment being pretty good.

    Sauna, pool and jacuzzi, classes

    Con- the location isn't in the best area.
  • lilithsrose
    lilithsrose Posts: 752 Member
    edited June 2017
    I'm a Planet Fitness member.

    Pros:
    Great Price
    Lots of Equipment
    Nice Showers
    Open 24 Hours on Weekdays (I don't go weekends)
    Decent Music
    TVs on Cardio Machines

    Cons:
    Distance from Home (about 15 miles, but I live in the country, so everything is far for me)
    No Pool

  • BlueSkyShoal
    BlueSkyShoal Posts: 325 Member
    I go to a small local gym.

    Pros:

    Has all the equipment I need
    Can almost always get on the machine I want without waiting
    Conveniently next to a grocery store
    On the way home from work
    Open 24/7

    Cons:

    Very small
    Limited equipment
    There's a TV at the end of the room and sometimes someone turns the volume on and I'm like "I did not come here to listen to cable TV people shouting about sports, why oh why didn't I bring my headphones."
  • sarahlifts
    sarahlifts Posts: 610 Member
    I go to Xsport (chain gym)

    Pros
    24 hours
    Close to home (3 miles) walkable in the summer and fall on weekends
    Across from a Target and Vitamin Shoppe
    Pool
    Sauna in ladies locker room
    Relatively clean
    Towel service

    Cons
    Its always crowded. Always. O_O I've never been in the middle of the night but 5 am -10 pm I've been in there and its too peopley for me.
    2 power racks, 1 squat rack we need more. There will be a wait.
    The floor in the weight room has soft spots so finding the proper footing can be a task
    no dedicated deadlift platform so people are dead lifting in the 3 racks :neutral:
    The trainers and staff are rude.
    Most patrons on weekends and evenings think the gym is a nightclub. Mornings are preferred but still crowded.

    so overall too crowded 30-40 people in the weight room at off peak hours. Peak hours I'm sure there are fist fights



  • runningjen74
    runningjen74 Posts: 312 Member
    I'm in two gyms

    Local garage type gym
    Pros
    - train in class environment, always someone to spot you or encourage you, friendly competition at conditioning sessions.
    - Specific training advice if I want to focus on power lifting, endurance or general help on what ever my goals are.
    - Body company measurements with calipers
    - I'm friends with the other members and know them all by name at this point - brunch on Monday after class :smile:
    - everyone turns around if you're going for a PR on the erg, lifting, which ever...to encourage, cheer you along, just say well done.
    - Nutrition advice when I ask for it
    - Emails asking me how I am if I miss sessions, not that I do, but others might. I think they'd be in the phone wondering if I was still alive if I missed more than 2-3 days without telling them :blush:
    - Genuinely care about my health

    Cons- only set class times, expensive, we just about have a toilet, 1 parking space.

    Commercial gym
    Pros cheap and has a pool, changing rooms and lots of parking.
    Cons- people more focused on looking in mirrors than lifting correctly
    Poorly maintained equipment, the poor erg hasn't seen a drop of oil in years I'd reckon
    Left to own devices, poor advice from trainers

    I go to the garage gym 4-6 times week. The other one is for the odd time I don't make a class or maybe for a swim on a Sunday.
    Hit more goals than ever, smashed through yearly goals in weeks to have to set new ones since joining the garage gym. I love it!
  • cs2thecox
    cs2thecox Posts: 533 Member
    I go to an independent gym in central London called City Athletic

    Pros
    - loads of free weights
    - some seriously inspirational staff (it's run by Shaun Stafford and he's around a lot - do a google image search!)
    - fabulous trainers with tons of qualifications
    - membership capped to 400 so you get to know the regulars quickly
    - properly friendly staff
    - nice women's changing rooms that are never too busy
    - fabulous vibe, with everyone getting on and doing their thing, and not getting up in your face
    - about 99% of people are happy to let you work in

    Cons
    - expensive
    - some of the people are too scary to ask to work in with!
    - some people are bad at putting the weights back
    - can get busy at some lunchtimes, particularly as many people work with trainers so there are double the number of people on the gym floor
  • MaddMaestro
    MaddMaestro Posts: 405 Member
    Crunch Fitness

    Pros: Prices
    Cons: Hours, and it's tiny

    But the price! Lol
  • appleheadmwa858
    appleheadmwa858 Posts: 6 Member
    I go to to Crunch in Staten Island
  • Evamutt
    Evamutt Posts: 2,724 Member
    fitness evolution
    Pros:
    3 blocks from my home
    open 5am-11pm week days
    year round pool
    can use other fit evo gyms
    new machines
    good price
    cons:
    they just cancelled all group classes & are charging extra $20+ to participate in group personal trainer classes
  • LisaFellis
    LisaFellis Posts: 5 Member
    Baileys Gym in Jacksonville, Florida.

    Been there for three years. My plan includes fitness classes, spinning, tanning (which I dont do) and childcare (which I dont have). I go to a trainer through there and he is great although being 25, I am going to have ton stop soon because I dont have the money (school, doctor bills because I have crohns). My favorite fitness class is called ignite. I say it is like hip hop zumba. More actual dancing. So fun. And a lot of sweating. Just started ballet fusion last week which is like a barre class. The gym is open 24/7 for members and has like 15 locations so with my membership I can go to all of them depending on which side of Jacksonville I am on and I heard they may be making one in my hometown 40 minutes away so maybe when I visit my family I can still go to the gym.

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