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I'm an member of the one in Jesmond.Thinking of joining as my fitness is frankly abysmal! Never been a gym member before but was wondering if anyone uses this place?
If so whats it like? Is it worth the money
Are you sure? Do they do regional pricing?I'm sure it's something like 50 odd quid a month at the Doxy park one. Mental.
Shame like cos i could walk there in 5 minutes.
Sure my mate pays about £70 a month for the one with all classes, tennis, squash etc.I'm sure it's something like 50 odd quid a month at the Doxy park one. Mental.
Shame like cos i could walk there in 5 minutes.
Very possible mate. I just know it's far more expensive than other gyms of a similar nature. I go to Xercise4less and it costs me £9.99 a month and it has pretty much the same exercise and weight gear as David Lloyd just none of the pool/sauna carry on. Mental how much more people are prepared to pay for a seemingly slightly more classy experience when all you are doing is building up a sweat for an hour or so.Sure my mate pays about £70 a month for the one with all classes, tennis, squash etc.
I'm sure they do a discount for couples memberships but nigh on 100 quid a month for the 2 of yous to do some exercise is still pretty steep imo. Still sounds on the low side for the one round here.My wife and I are on the “posh” membership with racquet sport access and complimentary towels and we are less than £50 each.
As I said before, if my personal circumstances were different I’d use a cheaper gym.I'm sure they do a discount for couples memberships but nigh on 100 quid a month for the 2 of yous to do some exercise is still pretty steep imo. Still sounds on the low side for the one round here.
It clearly works for you mate so happy days.As I said before, if my personal circumstances were different I’d use a cheaper gym.
All the budget gyms are in the city centre so not practical for our current situation (2 kids under 6 living in the suburbs both working full time) - a 45min workout would mean being out of the house for about 2 hours when you consider getting into town, getting parked up etc. Whereas when it’s not pissing down I run over to DL and my quickest time so far is 1:21 (slowest is 1:44 depends on how busy the main road is).
The gym, especially free weights, are never very busy. There are 3 squat/power racks and there’s always at least 1 free, even on a weekday evening and at 11AM Saturday. I was a member of DW then Puregym pre-kids and they had 1 and 2 squat racks respectively and even at 6AM it was a nightmare to get one - I still get flashbacks about the occasional times I went in the evening.
There’s also much more of a social focus at DL than the budget gyms.
With the savings from stuff for the kids (my son losing his spot at Rugbytots is what encouraged us to go check DL out) it covers their memberships and some of ours. Rugbytots was about £6 a week for 1 session whereas my son does 3 classes a week included as part of his membership fee (£20 a month), which also doubles up as free childcare while we use the gym (although I can’t believe the number of parents who write “cafe” in the “where will parent be” section of the sign in form). My daughter decided last week that she prefers the DL Kids Clubnight on a Friday evening to her current football training so that’s £4 a week saved plus the Annual fee on top. They are currently £9.50 each a week for swimming lessons, and when their current block finishes we’ll switch them to DL at £6.35 a week each so that’s £6.30 a week saved. I’d also been considering rejoining my old badminton club but DL does a social badminton night thing as part of membership - that’s £30 annual subs and £4 a week saving.
I'm sure they do a discount for couples memberships but nigh on 100 quid a month for the 2 of yous to do some exercise is still pretty steep imo. Still sounds on the low side for the one round here.
Yeah I was thinking more the £130 mark for a joint full package.I wish I was paying £100 for our couples membership!
He tries to justify it by giving me his guest pass once a month for a free game of squash and having a swim once a week. I'll stick to my £20 PureGym membership and pay £5 when I fancy a swim once a month topsVery possible mate. I just know it's far more expensive than other gyms of a similar nature. I go to Xercise4less and it costs me £9.99 a month and it has pretty much the same exercise and weight gear as David Lloyd just none of the pool/sauna carry on. Mental how much more people are prepared to pay for a seemingly slightly more classy experience when all you are doing is building up a sweat for an hour or so.
Mind you, I'd get one for Seaham Hall if I could afford it like.
I'm sure they do a discount for couples memberships but nigh on 100 quid a month for the 2 of yous to do some exercise is still pretty steep imo. Still sounds on the low side for the one round here.
I'm sure it's something like 50 odd quid a month at the Doxy park one. Mental.
Shame like cos i could walk there in 5 minutes.
Doxy is £60 basic, prices going up by at least a fiver in January tho. If you want rackets on top it will be at least £70. Think I'll sack mine off in Spring, there 3 times a week but hate gym work really, might look for cheaper option or fitness classes. Some nice scenery in there the odd time, gets v busy tea times, quiet on other times. They seem to take their time getting sauna, steamer, Jacuzzi fixed, wouldn't happen down South. I think it is expensive for what it is but I suppose they trying to keep riff raff out, some still get in tho
I find lots of the young lasses have been getting into weight training the last few years. I guess a well built arse is the latest fashion. I think thats probably the one decent contribution the Kardashaisns have made to humanity; making my gym sessions that bit more enjoyable.When I used to go the treadmills were directly behind the Cross trainers which usually meant a nice view.