Gyms.

[Mo1959]

Great if you don't have much time I suppose, but personally I detest exercising indoors so they're not for me I'm afraid. I did join one and lasted around 6 weeks. Too hot and stuffy for me. Give me the outdoors. Even a walk in the rain is preferable to being stuck inside.

 

[johnblack]

I used to tease my boss - he drove to the gym to ride a stationary bicycle. He did see the irony to be fair

So do I, but gym is near work not home, and an hour interval training on a watt bike is far better for what I want to achieve than what I could in the same time on my road bike. Horse for courses and all that.

 

[gavroche]

Not sure how often he rides the ones he has...fair weather only, lives in Wales

Quite a bit lately as the weather has been good. Don't know how long it will last though, the weather I mean.

 

[MarkF]

I think l paid £20 a month, it was in a great location on the canal near Saltaire. It went bust about 6 months ago, strangely another 2 have opened since within half a mile. There must be 6 mega gyms within a 2 mile radius of my house + 3 expensive health centres, 2 council pool ones and a couple of rough meathead ones.

I now pay £10 a month in a charity funded boxing gym, nobody seems to use the weights/cardio room, they are all boxing. It's like having my own gym, at 56 l need one to keep the shape l want, walking a dog or cycling cannot do that.

www.theliongym.co.uk

 

[MarkF]

Come to think of it, my gym that went bust was the only one without a car park....

 

[Dave7]

When younger I enjoyed going to the gym. At first I joined the council one but it really was dirty. Then I joined the big one that went bust (cant recall the name) but eventually that became dirty eg chewing gum in the bottle holder-still there weeks later.
As we had a spare room we put a bench in there and enjoyed that for a few years.
As an old fart I now just do light weights, cycle and play golf.
As others have said its horses for courses (golf courses in my case).

 

[ColinJ]

'Up & Active ' it's called. I haven't heard anything about reductions.

It might be worth asking? The reduction I would get is nearly £55 a year.

I did the calculations and worked out that I would need to average about 3 sessions a week to make it worth me getting a membership so I didn't bother. Given that I have not been to the local leisure centre even once in over 4 years, I made the right choice!

 

[stephec]

What kind of fool goes out in the rain and risks getting run over by mad car drivers?

I go to the gym and ride on an exercise bike for an hour, never need to oil it or change a puncture, in fact no maintenance at all. Then when I've done that I hit the weights to load up my skeleton in a way that cycling never can.

Ride a bike outside, are you mad?

Now where's the right smiley for this?

To be fair though I do laugh at people who I see park in the yellow hatched area near the loading ramp at my gym, all because the nearby parking spaces are full and the nearest one is a good forty yards away.

 

[AndyRM]

I haven't got a TV.

 

[Dave7]

I haven't got a TV.

Its people like you that force our licence fee up. If you paid the annual fee we would all benefit.
Not having a tv is not an acceptable excuse

 

[snorri]

I used to tease my boss - he drove to the gym to ride a stationary bicycle. He did see the irony to be fair

Perhaps real cycling is discouraged, like at my local leisure centre where the cycle parking is in the old wheelie bin area and not easy to access.
There's a clear wish to keep bicycles out of sight and out of mind.

 

[oldwheels]

My nearest gym is a minimum of 2 hours each way which includes a ferry journey. In winter I could be stuck away from home at least overnight and possibly longer with gale force winds. A different world from you lot. I just have to cycle when possible but this is very weather dependent. In the past I did go out in force 8 and over but those days are past I fear.

 

[screenman]

So I am saving between £25 and £30 a month then? Happy with that.

But you were not going to spend it as you seem not to understand what a gym offers. Cycling gets me fit for cycling and very little else.

 

[RoadRider400]

Who needs them? Between walking the dog and cycling, I think I am fitter now than I was 8 years ago when I restarted cycling, and , apart from the initial cost of buying the bike (s) , it cost me nothing to go out whenever I want, wherever I want. Win, win situation. No obligation to go, no monthly fees to pay. Who needs a gym then?

 

[Rusty Nails]

I'm feeling very smug and saving an absolute fortune by not joining a rowing club, a tennis club, a squash club, a golf club etc., etc.

Why anyone want to do anything other than cycle beats me. Perhaps they just enjoy it.