[cite]Posted By: WSS[/cite]Those who know me may be surprised that I don't go to a gym...
That being said, I'd never pay over £400 quid a year to run (which I can do on the street), do weights (which I could buy and do at home) or to look at girls' bums which I can do on my walk from Cannon Street.
I can also use my swimming pool, jacuzzi and sauna at my house....
Fair play to those that choose to do it though - I suppose if you spend that amount you will go regardless (bit like a Charlton season ticket).
wait till your metabolism packs up, skinny bean. Running in the streets on a cold winters night. No ta. stretching those aching muscles in the jacuzzi... sweating out the previous nights beer in the sauna etc etc lovely bit of R and R.
Just off to spin class now.
I love the jacuzzi after a swim and then into the sauna which I always think is doing me good but does it?
Does any one know what proven benefits there are? Do you lose weight? clean pores? genuine question so please don't all the clique on here attack me.
each to their own - Eltham leisure centre £3.20 to swim. Not sure what real health benefit a Jaccuzzi has and and i'm sure you can pick up plenty of colds and the like in a steam room. If you've got the money then go for it but it's one of those expenditures that personally i couldn't justify - particularly when my kids have got to somehow get on the housing market in the future.
[cite]Posted By: WSS[/cite]Those who know me may be surprised that I don't go to a gym...
That being said, I'd never pay over £400 quid a year to run (which I can do on the street), do weights (which I could buy and do at home) or to look at girls' bums which I can do on my walk from Cannon Street.
I can also use my swimming pool, jacuzzi and sauna at my house....
Fair play to those that choose to do it though - I suppose if you spend that amount you will go regardless (bit like a Charlton season ticket).
wait till your metabolism packs up, skinny bean. Running in the streets on a cold winters night. No ta. stretching those aching muscles in the jacuzzi... sweating out the previous nights beer in the sauna etc etc lovely bit of R and R.
Just off to spin class now.
I love the jacuzzi after a swim and then into the sauna which I always think is doing me good but does it?
Does any one know what proven benefits there are? Do you lose weight? clean pores? genuine question so please don't all the clique on here attack me.
Saunas and Steam Rooms are excellent for your skin. Opens all your pores, gets all the dirt out. The best thing for a nice, clean shiny face is a good old sweat! Better than anything soap and water could do.
Not sure about weight loss etc.. I guess in theory it should help
[cite]Posted By: Bexley Dan[/cite]each to their own - Eltham leisure centre £3.20 to swim. Not sure what real health benefit a Jaccuzzi has and and i'm sure you can pick up plenty of colds and the like in a steam room. If you've got the money then go for it but it's one of those expenditures that personally i couldn't justify - particularly when my kids have got to somehow get on the housing market in the future.
That is fine and your choice - you cut yourself off doing things for yourself to save for your childrens future homes.
But seing as I dont have children i can afford to pamper myself. Id love to join the Virgin opposite me but refuse to pay the 90 quid they want. thats stupid.
[cite]Posted By: Bexley Dan[/cite]each to their own - Eltham leisure centre £3.20 to swim. Not sure what real health benefit a Jaccuzzi has and and i'm sure you can pick up plenty of colds and the like in a steam room. If you've got the money then go for it but it's one of those expenditures that personally i couldn't justify - particularly when my kids have got to somehow get on the housing market in the future.
It is a lot of money I agree and one of those things I reconsider regularly.
But I swim 3 or 4 times a week when I'm being good. That's maybe 15 times a month or £48 is if was paying £3.20 a time.
So roughly the same as I pay a month for a much better,closer, cleaner pool with less people and proper swimming lanes compared to the Glades in Bromley
agreed - wished i could actually save some money and to be fair if i didn't go out at weekends i could join a gym instead. The point i'm making is to me, joining a gym is like having a brand new car - it's a nice to have - you can go for a cheaper option and still get the same thing although it may not be quite as pleasurable. To go out socialising - drinking and football is more important to me and i'd sooner 'slum it' running round the streets but agreed it is all a matter of choice. I'd like to join a gym as the all round experience is obviously nicer but there just always seems something else i should spend my money on all the time i have a pair of trainers or a bike. Anyway, enough about me.
used to be a member of a gym up until about 2 years ago. paid around £35 a month to use the gym at the waldorf on Aldwych, I moved to the city and had to pay £50 and stopped when my contract ended.
generally for it to be worthwhile paying monthly I worked out you need to average about 3 visits a week.
I now stick to running and some work with a gym ball at home. It is far cheaper (spend about £80 on trainers a year plus some bits of other running kit take it up to about £120-140 yearly).
The gym was also a useful way of avoiding spending loads of cash on lunches when at work
I pay £23 a month for my work gym on the Mile End Road. Allows me to use the Gym from 7am - 5pm.
Really good facilities, all very modern and up-to-date equipment and we get all the lunchtime gym classes including spin classes and circuit training thrown in for that too.
I have to say I rarely use the gym. I use it purely to get a decent shower when I've cycled into work. However, our new cycling block will be open soon with indoor storage for bikes along with changing rooms, lockers and showers which will be free to use, then I'll give up the gym membership.
Just dont take up cycling to keep yourself fit. You start with a budget and once you get get into it, you end up with a bloody mortgage lol.
Sounds like theres a lot of things to take in consideration not just the cost , how long does it take for you to get to the gym , how long is the drive there , ( S/be run there :)
I used to live in Tiverton drive, just off Sparrows Lane and got free membership to the Sparrows farm gym (for being a local resident) at the end of your road - doesn't have a pool but for nothing it was alright. Moved about 6 years ago so not sure if it's still free to residents. Played squash therea few times as well - can't remember if that was free or not.
I work freelance in a gym in Five Oak Green in Kent (as a Personal Trainer) and the membership there is about £37 per month.
I doubt if anyone on here lives in the area but if you do and you're interested in trying it out, i can sort you out a free guest pass. It's a small family run club (250 members) but it has the best free weights set-up in the area as well as Trixter bikes which are quite popular at the moment, plus lots of other stuff. Send me a message if you're interested.
With regards to the sauna yes you can lose weight but any weight loss will be through sweating - so you'll simply put the weight back on again as soon as you eat/drink anything.
Also, does anyone know what happened to the Greenwich Leisure gym at The Valley?
[cite]Posted By: Bexley Dan[/cite]I used to live in Tiverton drive, just off Sparrows Lane and got free membership to the Sparrows farm gym (for being a local resident) at the end of your road - doesn't have a pool but for nothing it was alright. Moved about 6 years ago so not sure if it's still free to residents. Played squash therea few times as well - can't remember if that was free or not.
Think the gym is now on campus at the Southwood site, not sure what they've got in sparrows farm now.
Use Virgin in Bickley. £60 a month but tip top facilities.
Saw Semedo signing up there a few months ago (or his missus) and he is built like a boxer and I felt quite deflated as i waddled past him holding my gut in and got into my battered peugeot 206 whilst he made his way to his brand new Range Rover.
Last year the squad used David Lloyd at Sidcup on a sunday morning - not sure if that's the case now. Think they jog up to Eltham, do some press ups then in for a swim - 11 X £3.20, leaving change for a lucozade on the way home.
Just joined a gym at £20 per month - but it is only a gym (it has classes like spin etc) with no pool/sauna etc.
Discounted because its at my workplace!
Was paying £45 at Fitness First before that which had no pool but a sauna (that I never went into) and a steam room (where men shaved and generally passed their illnesses to one another!)
Cannot justify /afford the money for a gym subscription.
A brisk walk at lunchtime (work permitting) for 20 minutes or so and a longer brisk walk of an hour or so a few evenings a week is my fitness regime these days. The body no longer takes running:-(
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I love the jacuzzi after a swim and then into the sauna which I always think is doing me good but does it?
Does any one know what proven benefits there are? Do you lose weight? clean pores? genuine question so please don't all the clique on here attack me.
Saunas and Steam Rooms are excellent for your skin. Opens all your pores, gets all the dirt out. The best thing for a nice, clean shiny face is a good old sweat! Better than anything soap and water could do.
Not sure about weight loss etc.. I guess in theory it should help
You obviously haven't been to the gym much if you think you could exercise your whole body with a set of dumbells.
That is fine and your choice - you cut yourself off doing things for yourself to save for your childrens future homes.
But seing as I dont have children i can afford to pamper myself. Id love to join the Virgin opposite me but refuse to pay the 90 quid they want. thats stupid.
It is a lot of money I agree and one of those things I reconsider regularly.
But I swim 3 or 4 times a week when I'm being good. That's maybe 15 times a month or £48 is if was paying £3.20 a time.
So roughly the same as I pay a month for a much better,closer, cleaner pool with less people and proper swimming lanes compared to the Glades in Bromley
generally for it to be worthwhile paying monthly I worked out you need to average about 3 visits a week.
I now stick to running and some work with a gym ball at home. It is far cheaper (spend about £80 on trainers a year plus some bits of other running kit take it up to about £120-140 yearly).
The gym was also a useful way of avoiding spending loads of cash on lunches when at work
Really good facilities, all very modern and up-to-date equipment and we get all the lunchtime gym classes including spin classes and circuit training thrown in for that too.
I have to say I rarely use the gym. I use it purely to get a decent shower when I've cycled into work. However, our new cycling block will be open soon with indoor storage for bikes along with changing rooms, lockers and showers which will be free to use, then I'll give up the gym membership.
Just dont take up cycling to keep yourself fit. You start with a budget and once you get get into it, you end up with a bloody mortgage lol.
1. to be en route to or from work.
2. have a full cardio room and a full weights room
3. have a number of classes throughout the day
4. have a membership under or around £50 per month
5. have a good warm down area
6. have airhostesses working out there
7. have a pool *NO CLASSES IN THE POOL*
8. A Jacuzzi to massage those achey muscles
9. A sauna to open up the pores and get the oils loose
10. a steam room to help sweat and drip away the loose oils
And finally 11. Good shower facilities with locker cabinets
p.s Virgin active will tick most of these boxes
you forgot to add:
a ban on people blowdrying their body hair. There is something deeply disturbing about that.
The experience is just better then alot of the other cheaper clubs. You get what you pay for!
for the people near New Eltham, Metro Gas gym (where Gritty sometimes drinks), small but decent, sauna, £150 a year, worth looking into.
I doubt if anyone on here lives in the area but if you do and you're interested in trying it out, i can sort you out a free guest pass. It's a small family run club (250 members) but it has the best free weights set-up in the area as well as Trixter bikes which are quite popular at the moment, plus lots of other stuff. Send me a message if you're interested.
With regards to the sauna yes you can lose weight but any weight loss will be through sweating - so you'll simply put the weight back on again as soon as you eat/drink anything.
Also, does anyone know what happened to the Greenwich Leisure gym at The Valley?
Think the gym is now on campus at the Southwood site, not sure what they've got in sparrows farm now.
Saw Semedo signing up there a few months ago (or his missus) and he is built like a boxer and I felt quite deflated as i waddled past him holding my gut in and got into my battered peugeot 206 whilst he made his way to his brand new Range Rover.
Discounted because its at my workplace!
Was paying £45 at Fitness First before that which had no pool but a sauna (that I never went into) and a steam room (where men shaved and generally passed their illnesses to one another!)
A brisk walk at lunchtime (work permitting) for 20 minutes or so and a longer brisk walk of an hour or so a few evenings a week is my fitness regime these days. The body no longer takes running:-(
Only downside is no swimming pool.